La Barberie Blanche aux Agrumes

Brewed by La Barberie
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Québec City, Canada

Part of a sampler tray at the brewery. Low carbonation. Citrusy aftertaste. Average beer.

Completely cloudy yellow-orange with an average white head. Strong orange aroma. Orange and grassy taste. Orange taste is too dominant, almost feels like a breakfast juice. Peppery finish. Watery and oily body. I’m starting to feel as if the odds of Barberie brewing a good beer are about the same as the odds of meeting black people while yachting. 500ml bottle.

Bottle. Golden color with sediment and white head. Coriander and fruits (citrus) aroma. Taste of citrus and lemon. taste like a limonade. Bière de couleur doré avec des particules dans sa robe et un collet blanc. Odeur de coriandre er de fruits (agrumes). Au goût, c’est les agrumes et surtout le citron, on dirait une limonade.

Smallish white head, looking somewhat coarse because of the large bubbles. Body is a kind of muddy yellow. Aroma is interesting; kind of thin, and fruity, with strange notes of soap, tea, and something darker. Very powerful taste, with strong notes of what seems like grapefruit; very sour. There are promising things in the taste, but the grapefruit overwhelms it and makes it hard to come to terms with. Didn’t really enjoy this, but the aroma is nice. A beer to smell, but not to drink, I guess is the conclusion. (0.5l bottle in glass.) Looking up "agrumes" in a French dictionary I see that it means "citrus fruit". Yeah. That figures.

Nice dark gold cloudy body with good carbonation. Head is foamy, dense and lasting. Yeasty aroma with strong citrusy hints. After such a good strart, I’ve been quite disappointed by the taste. Mouthfeel is dominated by an unpleasant sourness and a lack of malty or hoppy flavors. It almost tastes like the mix of carbonated water and lemon juice I used to drink when I was training for marathon. There’s a lot of work to do on that one...

Average rating posted. Re-rate (02/06/04 7-4-8-2-14=3.5): Clean smelling lemon-grass aroma with notes of sulfur. Hazy opaque yellow body with thin white line of head. Lemon biscuit crunch with nice balancing bitterness to the finish. A bit undercarbonated. Feels thin. On tap at Mondial 2004). Original Rating (02/05/04 - 2-1-2-1-2=0.8): Sickly sweet aroma. Oranges and spice apparent but there is something funky here too. Clear bolnd colour with no head. Sour flavour with some oranges and limes. Thin body. No carbonation. Undrinkable. Bottle.

Gold and light haze... seems almost too dark and too clear to be a wit. Aromas of lemons, ginger, and pine. The dominant flavor is lemon as well, with some very potent spice notes... although not the corriander that you'd expect. Unbalanced, and lacks the subtlety and refreshment that I've come to associate with this style. I'm glad I tried it (thanks radiomgb), but it's a hard beer to like.

hazy gold, fluffy and lacy white head. aroma of orange, lemons, lemongrass, pepper and coriander. very lemony with mild solvent notes int he flavour. not bad.