Brugge Brasserie White

Brewed by Brugge Brasserie
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Name: The White
Date: April 23, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: opaque yellow, gine white head, bits of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet spicy orange aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet orange flavor, lots of balancing spicyness, touch of black pepper, light citrus
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

on tap-pours a thin white head and cloudy yellow color. Aroma is clove, some banana, wheat. Taste is lemon, clove/pepper, some banana, wheat. A bit thin. Mild/minimum carbonation.

Bottle… Clear yellow ale with a small, creamy, white head. Yeasty, grainy and citric, the aroma offers notes of warm bread, straw, herbs and benign citrus fruit. Light-bodied and fizzy. Citrusy, breadsy flavor – hardly any spices or esters. Crisp, mildly spiced finish. Refreshing.

Bottle: Pours a hazy pale golden with a wispy white head. Aroma of lemon citrus and grassy hops with a touch of coriander. Body starts effervescent with lots of citric tartness and light malted wheat flavor along with a touch of biscuity yeast before a smooth, semi-tart finish. A pretty decent attempt at a witbier, but it tastes more like a Berliner Weiss with all the tartness. Still pretty refreshing.

Pours a hazy amber with a generous white head. Smells of strong citrus, grassy, some coriander, ginger, yeasty. Tastes citrussy and grassy with some floral hints and touches of coriander.

Bottle from Pat’s Liquors in Porter, IN, without a "The" on it: This has the classic <i>Wit</i> look, a cloudy pale straw body with a tall, sustained head. Oddly, very little lacing. Plenty of carbonation. The aroma was grassy with some soft wheat malt and a lemony tartness. The lemon intensified in the flavor, perhaps a bit too much, because it began to negate other tastes as the ale warmed. The finish is a combo lemony tartness with a grassy/herbal bitterness. Not too bad.

Draft sample at Keg Fest under the name of White. Poured hazy amber color with a minimal fizzy white head that was mostly diminished with fair lacing. Moderate sweet citrus & yeast aroma. Medium body. Medium sweet & sour citrus flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Drinkable soft beer.

Tap at brewery: Hazy golden hue with a small lasting head and some lace. The aroma has notes of clove, coriander, orange zest, grassy and herbal esters, bready malt, acidic funk (but not brett) and a hint of wintergreen mint too. The taste is a tad sour and displays a fruity acidity (think JP Bam Biere) with a layer of bready and wheaty soft grains in support. Then the spice kicks in a almost overpowers the rest of the palate. The aftertaste is a tad iodine like. The mouth feel is lively and light-bodied but it still lacks the crisp refreshment of the best of the genre. Still not a bad attempt and I found it enjoyable enough.