Mill Street Belgian Wit

Brewed by Mill St. Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Toronto, Canada

On tap at the Brewpub. Cloudy, deep yellow with a thin but persistent head. Rich wheat malt aroma, with orange, spices, banana, strong citrus notes. Thick, rich wheat flavor, somewhat like a big hefeweizen, but spiced like a Belgian wit. Very cake-like. Huge bananas. Thick but spritzy-clean palate. Very nice, merging the Bavarian and Belgian styles to some extent.

Pale opaque yellow. Lemony, peachy, orangey aroma with light spice and some wheatiness. Assertive citrus, quite tart and wheaty. Subtle coriander at the back, and fairly dry.

At brewpub. Hazy pale yellow banana color. Small off-whit ehead. Lemon, orange, mint, and cilantro in nose. Fizzy mouthfeel. Slightly tart, fairly complex body includes lemon and yogurt and citrus zest. Nicely crisp, and refreshing.

(Draught) Sampled at the Manx in Ottawa on August 29, 2008. Pours a lasting white head atop a cloudy yellow body. Nose is very citrus and a snippet of Belgian yeast. Wow... Unbelievably tart. Very disagreeable. Geez. 6/3/3/1/6

Hazy straw colour with a thin head. Strong spice aroma, orange peel-lemon tones. A little thin in body, good lemon and corriander flavour, light straw bitterness.

Bottled sample via radiomgb. Sunny yellow in colour with a bit of haze and moderate carbonation. Wheaty aroma with secondary notes of coriander and orange. Lemon sourness and coriander elements are strong in the mouth, with some stale malted wheat, black pepper, and bubblegum nuances. A little too heavy in the palate for me (at least upfront), that the sourness nearly balances. Not bad overall.

Brown bottle, 341 ml, purchased at the LCBO on July 7 2008, savoured on July 25 2008; eye: straw with a whitish hue, hazy, average effervescence, voluminous white head that falls rapidly and turns into a tiny ring, slight lacing; nose: freshness, wheat, coriander, light orange, light hops; mouth: wheat, fizzyness, rather abrupt fall in savours, light orange, coriander appears strongly, rather acidic finale in wheat with a hint of orange and coriander, medium-thin body, rather carbonated; overall: better than expectations FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 341 ml, achetée à la LCBO le 7 juillet 2008, savourée le 25 juillet 2008; œil : paille avec une teinte blanchâtre, voilée, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche abondante qui tombe assez rapidement pour se transformer en un petit anneau, très légère dentelle; nez : fraîcheur, froment, coriandre, léger orange, léger houblon; bouche : froment, pétillement, chute assez marquée des saveurs, léger orange, coriandre arrive assez fortement, finale plutôt acide en froment avec une pointe d’orange et de coriandre, corps moyen-mince, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : mieux que mes attentes

Appearance: Cloudy light yellow. Tiny amount of fizzy head. Aroma: Lemon and wheat. Herbs? Taste: Wheat and lemon. A bit watery. Slightly sour. Info: 341ml bottle, 25/11-2007