Hoegaarden

Brewed by Brouwerij Hoegaarden (InBev)
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Hoegaarden, Belgium

Bottle: Pours a natural cloudy straw color with a frothy white head. Aroma and flavor is initially sweet with hints of orange peel and bananas. Medium body finishes with a refreshing mild sour taste. One of my favorite after work beers during the summertime. Very enjoyable!

Pretty blonde brew with a good-sized head. The label is all right, and I like the octagonal glasses that it often comes served in. There is a sweet, saturated aroma on this Dutch treat - perfumey hops, sweet malts, a touch of yeast, and a little vegetal scent too. (Is this the world’s best-selling witbier? Was it the first?) There are tastes of clove, citrus, and wheat - but despite these dessert-like, festive characteristics, the brew is not sugary. Hoegaarden reminds me of fairgrounds, and laughter, and European cafes. Its weakness is that it is too light and watery. They may have begun shipping a more watered-down version to the USA, but that is just a guess. (I would love to try an imperial version someday!) There are better witbiers out there, but this is still deserving of its popularity.

Cloudy looking and very tasty, this beer is surprisingly sweet. Better than I expected.

Pours a hazy pale yellow peach flesh color with a thick frothy white head. Decent lacing. The aroma is all wheat, with some citrus and coriander. Decently spicy. The flavor is yeasty with a lot of lemon and coriander. Very sweet, yet crisp. Medium body and very refreshing. A pretty solid beer for being so widely available and relatively inexpensive.

12oz. bottle. Pours an almost opaque, densely clouded, light yellow/straw with a thick, white head that persists a leaves a spotted sheet of lace all over the glass. The aroma is strong with wheat and citrus (lemon and orange zest is what reminds me of). The flavor starts very wheaty with a touch oatmeal (the presence of flaked oats is surprisingly noticeable and adds to the fresh bread character of the flaked wheat and malts). There is also a very nice, subtle touch of coriander spice. At mid-palate, citrus sensations grow to form a very refreshing and crisp touch of orange along with subtle, earthy, balancing hops and spicy, citrusy coriander seed. The finish is dry and the flavors of wheat and coriander linger lightly in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel is very crisp in texture - effervescent and refreshing. The body is medium in fullness and seems somewhat thick and starchy on the sides of the tongue, to which it clings. Overall, a remarkably refreshing, light, wheat ale. And this is one of the best Witbiers around (likely attributable to the fact that it’s the original).

great belgian white! the best I ever tasted. It has a very fruity,sweet taste. The aroma is also very sweet. Hope to drink this beer more often.

25cl, from Hopduvel Gent, very refreshing and easy to drink, cloudy, good head, top-class Belgian White

Was not impressed by this beer. Poured yellow with a faint head. Didn’t have much taste. The taste was wheat and some orange peel. Probably would not buy again.