Ommegang Witte

Brewed by Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Cooperstown, New York USA

3/11/08 notes: from bottle at Brewery tasting. Medium carbonation, decent sized white head and light golden color. I could taste some coriander and orange-fruit, but everything was a little too muted. Finishes dry and a bit empty. Solid beer, but would not buy a whole 750 ml bottle!

Bottle: Small head for a witbier, but typical hazy orange color. Smell of some dried fruit. Taste is spicy and tart. Lemon zest in there as well. Low carbonation on this one. Over all not my favorite witbier but not bad.

Good, fluffy snowwhite head over greenish-yellow hazy beer. Fleeting aroma as of ink, then the coriander and citrus-like notes take over. Predictable. Rather oppressive coriander & citrus, but with a little wry, nearly bitterish finish. Very perfumed and spicy, but not long-lasting. Rather tittilating MF, but not overly refreshing for a wit. Wheat slickness. Ubiquitous wit. Thanks to the many links that brought the beer to faraway Tolvanpluto

Pours fairly clear gold with a big frothy head. Aroma primarilly of spice and wheat, with slight notes of citrus and funk. Spice dominates the flavor too, and it finishes clean, like a pislener. Very odd witte. No banana or funk notes in the taste. Tastes more liike Hefeweizen. Not a bad beer, just an odd one form a brewery that usually hits its style.

Bright, only a little cloudy yellow beer, pours mostly foam and settles down to none shortly. Lemon, other citrus, and yeast aroma. Flavor is dominated by corriander, other spices, and yeast. Mouthfeel is freshing and carbonated to just the right degree. Finish is slightly dry and pardons another sip.

The beer pours a cloudy pale yellow golden color with a thin head. The nose is slightly acidic with notes of lemon and coriander. The body is light with a fine sweetness that pairs well with the orange and spice notes of the palate. I can get some vanilla off it as well. Lightly yeasty and very clean and drinkable. A good beer but I am not a big fan of this style.

A little more attractive in the glass than your standard Witbier - a little darker, cloudier, with a typically solid head. The aroma is of citrus, coriander, cloves...pretty mild overall though. Flavor is pretty much standard for the style, but quite tasty. Nice light, refreshing mouthfeel.

Pale yellow, low carbonation. Very light and fruity. Mild with a softening by the wheat. A bit too mild for me. I do taste a bit of lemon zest.