Middle Ages Swallow Wit

Twelve oz. bottle, 10.03.09. Pours clear gold, white head. Aroma is spicy, tangy, and fruity. Flavor is the same and thin with a chemical aftertaste. Not very good.

Aroma is of colander and citrus. yeast and spice in the flavor. a good deal of carbonation on the palate with a watery finish.

On tap at the Ithaca Ale House. Arrived at the table a mostly clear gold with a thin-moderate linen white head that lasted through the first third of the glass and left behind a nearly complete webbing of lace. Mild aroma of yeast with orange and just a hint of spice. The flavor is slightly sour with some orange, coriander and cloves. A bit of an odd bird (sorry, I couldn’t resist), but overall refreshing and drinkable.

[2351-20090731] Tap. Mild flower sweet yeast and light hints of evergreen in the flavour. Clear, light brown orange body with a medium-lasting creamy white head. Wheatie grain yeast flavour has a light flour finish along with something like coriander? Medium body. Drinkable.
(@ Middle Ages; Syracuse, NY)

2009-07-31. Hazy golden yellow body with a small white head. Mil spicy aroma, touch of yeast character. (6+) Flavour is similar, light spice over sweet wheaty character. Touch of what could be diacytl. Alcohol is not particularly noticed. Average palate. Okay, quaffable. Bit mild overall. On tap at the brewery

Pouring at their booth at BCTC just labeled “wit”. Had I known they actually call this “Swallow Wit” I’d have given them a better overall score just for cleverness. Starts off ok pouring a hazy gold with a thin white head. Coriander and light lemon on the nose. And then it’s downhill from there. The mouthfeel is just offensive. Light and dry, and tasting like grain. Flavors like Korean barley tea. Which I really like. Just very out of place in a wit.

12 oz bottle graciously given to me by Dansting. Pour is hazed whitish golden. Frothy 2 inch white head falls fast. Quite a bit of carbonation. Aroma of sweet honey floral, orange citrus and wheatiness. Taste is the nose, with the honey sweetness taking on an almost vanilla taste in the finish. Also picks up a creamy egg taste. Peppery clove comes out when it warms. Palate is medium, coats mouth nicely, though the sweetness detracted a bit from overall drinkability. The sweetness really starts to cloy as this warms. Weird wit, actually. Thanks for giving me this one Dan.

Caveat that I probably let this sit too long, but such is life sometimes. Pours a dirty yellow with a robust head. Aroma is yeasty and very lacking in any sort of spice...odd would be a good descriptor. Flavor is a bit on the tart side with not much to distinguish this as a Witbier...sort of like an ’off-Hefe’. I should have consumed this a while back, but I don’t think it is the age that has hurt this one from glancing at other reviews...just a bit outside!