Liberty White Ale

Brewed by Liberty Steakhouse & Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA

Date: 12/17/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Myrtle Beach

hazy light yellow, wispy white head, light citrus aroma, light malt flavor, nice orange sweetness, otherwise uneventfull

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Had this last year. Hazy gold pour with aroma of big citrus, coriander, cloves. Tastes citrusy, with some hops and cloves at the finish. Medium palate.

Tap (at Columbia’s Liberty). Orange, coriander and malt aroma. Hazy orange yellow color wtih small head. Lightly sweet orange, coriander, and wheat malt flavor with a light bitter finish. An extremely solid witbier.

#900 - Hazed pale yellow, thin white head. Very soft nose of orange zest and corriander. Flavor was in the same range and decently balanced. Thin bodied and watery, bland, spiced finish. WTF....

Small white head, ok retention with minimal lace. Hazy, gold hued brew. Lightly spicey nose, coriander, vegetal notes and light citrus. Light bodied, watery. Flavors follow suit with the aromas though a tad more pronounced, not much, just a little, clove notes appear. Dry, lightly fruity, spicey finish. Makes Blue Moon look good, DOH!

your typical run of the mill white. Its best described in my opinion like a weak Hoegarden. Keep in mind this still waste a bad brew.

Draft @ the brew pub: Small, thin white head on a hazy golden body. Again, I blame lack of head on the glass. Starts w/ a sort of odd milky, lactic aroma with some wheat malt, very little orange or coriander present. Flavor starts with orange and wheat malt, well balanced w/ a lightly tart, dry finish. Aftertaste is of old stale beer for some reason; Very little Belgian character. Also has a metallic/mineral flavor in the aftertaste as it warms. Prickly, biting carbonation, but it’s got a medium carbonation and medium body. Seems to me like the Unfiltered Wheat, but with a little coriander thown in, and falls way short of a typical Belg. Wit. Incidentally, the brewer @ Liberty also brews for New South, which kegs and distributes it’s beers locally in MB. I had probably this "same" beer under the New South Label @ California Pizza a few days before and the aroma and flavor was much better, I can’t figure out why.

Classic style Belgian Witbier. Rife with coriander this wit is full flavored with a slight bitter orange peel snap on the end of the swallow. Nice session summer brew. Only downside is that it is butt ugly. Extremely hazy (characteristic of the style) with very little off-white head. Looks like muddy water. A bit more a maize color than most wits I’ve seen, but still spot on from a flavor profile perspective.