Portsmouth Belgian Style White Ale

Brewed by Portsmouth Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Hazy golden in color with a small white head. Artoma of ginger,herbal and medicinal. Flavor is fruity,spicy,peppery,ginger.orange.

Draught tulip at the brewery on 7/6/07
I don’t know how this manages to keep getting changed to 7.5% abv, as it certainly is not. I believe this is between 4.5 and 5. Anyhow....
Lucid, white-gold intertwined with soft apricot/banana yellow. Moderate haziness and an initially full, fluffy white head that quickly recedes to cover, leaving minor lacing.
"Chewy", or "fat", wheatiness in the nose leaves a full impression while pinches of pale malt sugars are dotted about. It trails off with lemon, white pepper and a moderate citrus juiciness. Proper attenuation, without any syrupy/sticky sweetness, and a very light, airy yeastiness that matches the sligthly bubbly, light-hearted carbonation well. Medium strength of aroma, no flaws.
Delicious attenuation is probably its strongest point, with a wheat softness that further sells its drinkability. Light tanginess on the finish, of lemon/orange and yeast acidity, but there is an unfortunate nuttiness that adds some blandness. A very competent, drinkable wit. Somewhat low on flavor, but the flavors present are used efficiently, interjecting tartness and tanginess to give it a modest complexity.

Draught @ Portsmouth Brewpub. Pours hazy gold, with a nice, fluffy white head. Nose is citrus, a bit of banana, some coriander. Taste is clean, spicy wheat, moving quickly to banana and bubble gum with a very clean coriander and lemon zest bitterness on the finish. Med light body with crisp carbonation. Almost tastes like a wit made with Bavarian hefe yeast. Interesting beer, though doesn’t fit so well into strict style guidelines.

on tap-pours a creamy white head that laces with hazy/cloudy gold color. Aroma is rock candy, fruit, perfumy, yeast. Taste is rock candy, fruit, perfumy, yeast, coriander, spice. OK carbonation.

Pours clear gold with a cola-like effervescence. A faint white head barely made an appearance before fizzling to nothingness. Zero lacework. Aromatics are an interesting mix of orange peel, grape jam, honey, and bubblegum. Some mild coriander rounds out the nose along with some doughy malt. Light bodied and slightly creamy. A low carbonation level causes the beer to fall a bit flat on the tongue. Bitter orange peel, coriander, earthy cumin, and lemon zest lead off the pallet. Some dusty wheat malt follows through along with some silky oaks and clove-studded bannana. Finishes somewhat watery with fading mild spicing and a lemony dryness. I think a higher level of carbonation and some yeast in suspension would have made a world of difference with this brew. On the second half of the bottle I swirled the yeast into the brew and it added a nice yeast bite.

Banana citrus and clove make up the aroma, with a bit of nectar and caramel. Flavor is quite citrusy with some sweeter malt and spice notes. Palate is smooth with an excellent body for the style, finishing semi-dry and crisp. Great example of a refreshing style.

20080729 Tap at brewpub. Golden color. Not very wit like but a tasty wheat beer nonetheless. Lemony citrus. More like an American wheat to me.

Aroma:good citrus wheat,banana.... Appearance:hazy yellow,small head.. Flavor:citrus,wheat,light banana....