kp (6300), Woodstock, Georgia, USA Mar 9, 2008 Updated: Apr 20, 2008Date: 03/04/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, wispy white head,
Aroma: musty malt aroma with a spicy earthy character followed by slightly sweet citrus,
Flavor: sweet orange flavor is well restrained by a dry wheat character, light earthyness,
Overall: big yet balanced,
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Date: 04/15/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: brick store
Score: 3.5 to 3.7
strong fruity esters are making a huge impression this time around,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0 Drinkability: 9/10
Score: ***/4
Cornfield (4343), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA Sep 5, 2007 Pours a hazy light straw body with a billowing head that does intricate Belgian lacing. The aroma has wheat, banana. coriander, clove, and a lemony tartness. Very creamy mouthfeel yet leaving a peppery feeling on the tongue. Tastes of wheat and banana and warm spices and has a developing citrus zest bitterness. Kind of a dry finish. With its un- Wit characteristics and its hefty ABV, I’m surprized that this isn’t listed as a Batch 8000 Belgian Strong Ale. Sam’s Wine & Spirits, Downers Grove, IL
JPDIPSO (4286), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA Oct 6, 2008 Hazy "dirty" dark golden liquid with a smaller off-white head. Nearly sickeningly sweet scents of raisins, candi, and rotting pears. There is a little more depth in the aroma, but I don’t care to look for it anymore. Sweet flavors all over the place in the flavor as well. Start has some melon and citrus. Quite bitter in the finish and really dry and bitter with an iron twist in the linger. I’m only a few ounces in and this is close to being one of less than a dozen actual drain pours. I make one more pour and will try and slog my way through this. Actually the it seems to "mellow" a tough as it warms. Still syrupy sweet, but some of the volatiles seem to be driven away. This is, at best, a poor strong golden, and certainly no Grand Wit. Ernest (4254), Boulder, Colorado, USA Feb 27, 2008 Bottle.
Head is initially small, frothy/fizzy, white, mostly diminishing.
Body is hazy medium yellow.
Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain, husks/cereal), lightly to moderately yeasty (mold, basement), with notes of buttered popcorn (diacetyl?), pear syrup, cotton candy, squash.
Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter.
Medium to full body, velvety/syrupy texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic.
Pretty awful stuff. No aromatic resemblance to a witbier, some nasty odors in there instead. A syrupy-sweet, clumsy mess of a beer. heemer77 (3782), Savannah, Missouri, USA Aug 27, 2008 From a very hazy dark gold body with a huge bright white head. The aroma is light clove with some plantains. There is also an artificial peach smell, like peach flavored Jolly Ranchers. The taste is rich with peaches and some light clove. There is also some pecan. Too sweet in the finish, there is also a strange canned passion fruit finish that hits me the wrong way. This is pretty bad.
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