Schlafly Wit

Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Maplewood, Missouri USA

Tasted 9/19/09. Schlafly’s Hop in the City. Draft. Hazy golden hued. Aromas of perfumy citrus and slightly spicy. Medium bodied with a slight peppery flavor. Nice meld between the wheat and the yeast. Cereal grains and citrusy flavors. The perfumy floral yeast really adds a nice touch. The finish is faint yet mildly lingering. Nice.

On tap at the Schlafly Tap Room on 9-5-09. Arrived to the table with a thin white head, light yellow haziness to it with a modest amount of carbonation. Aroma had a fair amount of coriander, lots of wheat with very light lemon/orange fruitiness to it. Flavor has the coriander spice hit first with the wheat and light banana and finishes with a very light grassy ending. Very light in density, good lacing and a fantastic head retention as you drink it down. Overall the flavors are light to go along with the mouth feel and fits the style pretty good. Pretty decent summertime brew.

Draft… Murky straw-colored ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Great retention. The grainy, fruity, spicy aroma tenders notes of wheat, coriander, clove and banana. Medium-bodied and creamy with soft carbonation. The well-balanced flavor mirrors the nose with essences of banana, citrus and spice. Finishes sweet and spicy.

Shaker Pint on Draft at Waldo Pizza in Kansas City, Missouri. Pour is a cloudy hazy yellow. Some nice swirling settling as it arrived. Nice, full white head, falls slowly with with thick glass coating lacing. Aroma has clove, banana some wheat and spicy-earthy-mineral yeastiness. The taste mirrors the nose quite nicely, with good balance between the clove, wheat and the yeast notes. The earthiness is particularly evident in the finish, closing the beer out nicely. The palate was medium, and paired nicely with the Jalapeno pizza I was eating. This was a nice Wit.

From the brewpub in St. Louis, MO this draft pour came a butterscotch color, hazy as smog in LA, and with small fizzy white head and not much lacing. Nose of floral and citrus hops, and a medium mouthfeel. Flaor is of wheat and banana, and the finish is average. Very easy to drink.

Pous cloudy banana yellow with a large white head. Aroma is wheaty, yeasty, and has some average fruit smell, apple, orange, etc. and not very strong. Flavor is very salty wheat malt and a little banan flavor comes through. Mouthfeel is fizzy and salty. Plain finish. Fizz sticks arounf a while.

Draught at Saint Louis Brewery Schlafly. Pours hazy yellow with a small, fizzy, white head, mostly diminishing with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay, straw), average hops (flowers, citrus, orange), average yeast (dough, earth) with notes of grape and apple. Medium bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

A very decent wit. Sharp spiciness of coriander and wheat with a crisp finish, the aroma is very similar, but the Belgian yeast is definitely represented. Not always a huge fan of this style, but I found this very drinkable and actually pretty freaking good.