New South White Ale

Brewed by New South Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA

Date: 04/12/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Hickory, NC

pale yellow, light wheat aroma, very light flavor, touch of orange, brewed with an ale yeast, interesting but lacking much character

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 2/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 2/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.3/5.0
Score: 4
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Hazy. Very pale. Light malt, spice. Fairly bland character, mainly wheaty. Mild, malty finish. Light spice. Somewhat refreshing.

on tap-pours a white head with cloudy yellow color. Aroma is apple. Taste is apple/fruit. OK carbonation.

Draught at Tyler’s in Durham, NC. Clear golden color without any head. The lack of haziness made me suspicious from the start. A witbier should not be filtered. Not much nose. Nice grainy flavor, but a bit lacking on the yeast, orange, and coriander. Not quite true to style I think.

Tap. Nice typical witbier aromas - orange, banana, clove, wheat malt. Cloudy yellow-brown color with small head. Light sweet orange/peach malt flavor. A bit light. Overall, a nice beer.

Remarkably, this White Ale is virtually identical to T-Bonz’s Market Street Wheat. I suspect they took their wheat beer and added coriander and spice to create a wit. The only difference b/w the two is that the White Ale is less crisp. Otherwise, it also is a bit sourish, with a hint of citrus in the taste. Decent.

Cloudy pale yellow, no head. Very faint aroma - some wheat notes, some armpit notes - wait, scratch that, that’s me I’m smelling there. Anyway, Nice aroma, just not much of it. Clean and crisp, some peppery notes, some wheat flavor, but not a lot of fruitiness. Sampled at WBF Raleigh.

Draught @ T Bonz, Charleston. Pale gold, hazy but small head and no lacing. Very mild aroma is hard to pull off of. Smells basically spritzy and fruity-fresh like ginger ale or 7up. Clean, refreshing and goes down easy. Spritzy carbonation. Nice dry yeast character. Decent and drinkable.