Saint-Monon 1673

Brewed by Brasserie Saint-Monon
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Ambly, Belgium

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear yellow with a white head. Coriander dominating the nose with a vague underlying Bretty edge. Medium body, very dry citrusity and distinct coriander. Dryish, astringent finish. 241009

Bottle, 7%. Good fruity aroma, smells nicely sweet. Hazy yellow colour. Small white head. The flavour is nicely sweet, quite flowery from the hops. Some clove. Refreshing.

Bottled. Hazy yellow colour, small creamy head. Strong wheat, fruit (citrus), quite typical witbierish nose. Sour witbierish flavour with some soapish hints. Some hayish/mouldy/grassy notes too. Strong fruity finish,

Cloudy golden with a tiny white head. Aroma had brett, loads of coriander and wheat. Flavour had wheat, brett and coriander notes. finished dry.

BOttled (BB 09/2008)
Hazy pale yellow, very small white head. A bit sugary, wheaty nose. A bit alcoholic, coriander spicey, grassy hoppy flavor. Thin mouthfeel. Hoppy, slightly sweetish aftertaste.

Pale blonde, cloudy. The color of a witbier. Coreander, grape juice and citrus in the aroma. Just a fair bit of coreander in the flavor, together with some flour and citrus. Powdery mouthfeel. Fairly thin and alcoholic.

Orange-golden beer with bit fluffy off-white head, fed by lively carbonation. Spicy nose, with noteable coriander & wheat. Bitterish, wry oakgall- or walnutpeel taste, ink, wheat and citrus. Strange, somewhat uneasy, but not unattractive flavourbalance, coriander reappearing retronasal. Bit spritzy, dry, refreshing overall. A better quality of wheatbeer - but then, at 7% ABV...

Bottle@Home. Apple and apricot aroma. Pale yellow, small white head, few lace. Sweet, bitter, apple, apricot, pretty bitter finish. Sticky yet crisp, strange mouthfeel. More alcoholic feeling than 7% would suggest.