Keegan Ales White Ale

Brewed by Keegan Ales
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Kingston, New York USA

on tap–pours a retaining thin white head and cloudy yellow/orange color. Aroma is wheat, pine/lemon hops with a twand. Taste is wheat, lemon, banana, light malt, pine. Interesting in how the taste comes across. Fizzy effervescence.

Tap at the Brickhouse this past afternoon - very lightly hazy blonde beer - there is pretty much nothing wit-like about this - this is hoppy, dry and bitter, tasting like a lightly spicy american pale ale - there is an odd bubblegum-like character in the finish (which is a flavor I wound up belching up about a half hour later) - some banana flavor - mostly light and hoppy - not terrible, but a wit this is not.

On tap at Keegan. Pours a hazy golden amber with a medium white head. Smells a little sweet, with a nice coriander note. Thin to medium body. Light banana flavors, a touch of grain, and a bit of wheat and fruit. Finishes with a bit of yeast, and a bit more banana.

draft @ brewery - light gold and very hazy; thin white head; grainy, earthy aromas; bready and lots of yeast; spicy fruit too; pretty smooth drinking with grainy texture; pretty yummy

TAP NY 08. Very murky blonde in color, actually a bit too much yeast floating around in this one. Aroma: coriander, alot of bready/spicy belgian yeast, some citrus. Taste is pretty nice with coriander, yeast, light citrus and pear, bready/earthy yeast and some light spicy hops. Light bodied. Overall this was very nice, if it was just a bit more clarified (relatively speaking) and refined this would have been great.

Pint pour @ brewery/restaurant. Color is so damn pale but one still cannot see through it yet a whole lot of light is passing through it. Small head but a sticky lacing. Aroma is coriander-and-lemon-irific. A bit earthy. Taste is bit minimally very light and biter herb-hops. A long lightly bitter aftertaste. Nice wit, I hope this becomes more common.

9/18/2007:A cloudy pale yellow on draft tonight with dinner at the keegan brewpub/bar.. A surprise that I hope they keep and bottle regularly. A very mellow spicyness ...coriander and a touch of cumin? This sucker lasted a good while as compared to many Belgian white ales that I have had. I should have got a growler to go. Re-rate 04/26/2008 : Got the 4th pint in tap today. Very cloudy under carbonated fantastic pint for lunch today. Up .1 overall. mellow steady corriander on the medium body. Rich, smooth and slightly cream roundiness. Mmmm.