Concord Rapscallion White Ale

Formerly brewed at Concord Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Lowell, Massachusetts USA

on tap-pours a thin retaining creamy white head and cloudy yellow color with effervescence. Aroma is coriander, secondary spicy hops, yeast. Taste is coriander, citrus-lemon, secondary spicy hops, yeast. After taste is a bit off. Good effervescence.

draft - Pours slightly cloudy and yellowish with a thin head. The aroma is mainly of yeast with a wheat flavor to match that also displays mild citrus notes. It has a too thin body and a slightly off aftertaste. I didn’t find it as sour as some other reviewers, but I’m not terribly impressed either. It’s average at best.

Draught at Redbones on 8/12/06.
Lucid, white gold intersparsed with straw and lemon peel yellows. Cloudy, but not muddy. Creamy, dense white head is extremely small, a third a finger in height, and receding to partial cover, with minimal lacing.
Heavy coriander in the nose, takes a while to emerge, and citrus peel and nutty wheat are shown up front before the coriander begins to bite at the nose. Dry, with only marginal fruit esters and bubble gum, but a strong, herbal aroma.
Massive coriander acidity in the flavor, is very astringent, and very acidic for the style. As if it were meant to be a Belgian IPA, only substituting coriander for hops. Otherwise clean, with smooth wheat in the mouth, some light citrus tones and just a splash of honey and dough. Low to moderate carbonation, some wateriness on the end. Very, very bitter and astringent, much too much so. Palate is heavily fatigued by the end of the glass, which is ridiculous, as this is supposed to be a refreshing summer drink. And Concord certainly arent the only ones guilty of this.

This beer pours a cloudy lemon color with blonde highlights, it had some yeast in the body, the head left a thin white lace but it was served with a lemon def no-no, esp for what was about to come. The nose is hard citrus lemon and orange rinds with a little sweetness. The taste was way to sour, closer to a sour ale than a witbier. The sourness in the brew was so strong it almost burned my palate. It really messes up my tongue similarly to a lemonhead candy. This was unfinishable, very dissappointing for a Rapscallion.

Looks good enough, as it pours cloudy white with a decent sized white head. Aroma and taste are very similar with flavors of mostly banana and pepper. Taste has some cardimom and sweet malts. Taste has just an off yeast flavor though in the finish. Low carbonation makes the mouthfeel smooth but it’s a bit sweet for w wit.

Sample at VTBrewfest - Poured a cloudy, pale yellow in color with a white head that hung to the sides of the glass. Aroma was spicy and smelled of orange peel and good Belgian-style yeast. Flavor pretty well matched the aroma with perhaps a bit more orange peel than it smelled of.

On tap @ Lowell Brewing Co: I think I was the only person to order it all night. Fairly standard wheat beer. Cloudy body, citrusy taste.

On tap at their restaurant in Lowell. Bartender was knowledgeable about the beer: knew alcohol content off the top of her head, put it in the proper glass, and offered an orange wedge. Overall not a bad white, a little lemony and grassy (lemongrass?), kind of harsh in the aftertaste.