Lost Abbey Witchs Wit

Brewed by Port Brewing/Lost Abbey
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
San Marcos, California USA

Medium carbonation. Golden in color. Light spices in the nose. The flavor has a slightly tired yeastyness to it. I may have gotten an older bottle, but this is very disappointing for a Lost Abbey brew.

Really pale cloudy color. Quickly descending white head. Apple aroma and banana is in there as the main thing. Spices can be smelled as well. Sharp spicy taste. Banana overtones. Not as thin as some witbiers. Kind of dry. Light hops. Pretty tasty.

750 mL bottle courtesy of jjpm74. Much obliged, John. Pours a clear golden color with a thin head. Poor head retention and lacing. Grainy aroma with notes of corn, yeast and peach. Taste is yeast, spice, citrus and stone fruits. Full bodied.

Brown bottle, 1 pint 9,4 ounces, via Philippe Boutin, purchased on February 17 2009, savoured on February 21 2009; eye: golden with a greenish hue, hazy, good effervescence, white head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, a bit of lacing; nose: yeast, herbal, vegetal, slight honey; mouth: thin, yeast, wheat, coriander, herbal, vegetal, light coriander, slight grapefruit, finale in wheat with a bit of honey, not much carbonation, medium-light body, lightly sweet, slick, lightly acidic; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, via Philippe Boutin achetée le 17 février 2009, savourée le 21 février 2009; œil : dorée avec une teinte verdâtre, voilée, bonne effervescence, mousse blanche qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, un peu de dentelle; nez : levure, herbacée, très léger miel; bouche : mince, levure, froment, herbale, végétale, léger coriandre, très léger pamplemousse, finale en froment avec un peu de miel, peu carbonatée, corps moyen-mince, légèrement sucrée, coulante, légèrement acide; en résumé : décevante

Bottle. Pourd clear gold with a tiny white head. Aroma of grapefruit, wheat, yeast, spice. Taste is also grapefruit, spice, wheat, with the spice coming in pretty heavily in the finsh. Mouth is light, carbonation is mild. Overall, a decent wit. Not great, but not bad either.

Bottle. Plain looking cloudy yellow beer with a light head. The aroma is lightly citric, and the flavour is bitter and citric. Overall a very plain witbier.

22oz bottle from Julio’s: poured light yellow with a smallish white head. Mild citrus aroma with a touch of spice. Flavor is mild with wheat, spices, and a little citrus. Low carbonation. Easy to drink but on the lighter side of the better wits. Decent.

Surprisingly easy drinking for a Lost Abbey. Using grapefruit instead of orange was an interesting touch. Reminds me more of a Victory Golden Monkey than of anything else in the Lost Abbey Family. Very small head. Only slightly hazy. Not impressive, not a beer to study, and surely not great bang for the buck. But enjoyable.