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Smuttynose Belgian Style White Ale

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Smuttynose Belgian Style White Ale - Belgian White (Witbier)

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 Percentile 
11
overall
Formerly brewed at Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
132.25/5.02.3/5.04.3%7.1Tumbler, Weizen

Commercial Description:
Hazy pale gold in color brewed with orange peel and coriander.
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 Hopistotle420 (1178), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/58/20
Nov 16, 2002  
Smells like urine, terribly unflattering. White head dissipates quickly. Coriander is evident and dominating, but thats about all this beer is. Coriander and some light carbonation. Orange and light fruit, banana, and nothing much. Terribly bland and flat.


 jcalbi (378), New Jersey, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
May 4, 2002  
Bright glowing yellow/straw color with low to nearly flat carbonation. Ever so slight fruity/yeasty aroma. Mild spiceyness hidden behind a citrusy spritz.Not awful, just plain dull, boring and uninteresting. Hoegaarden and Mannekin Pis are much better examples of this style.


 Volgon (2487), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/53/102/510/20
Mar 10, 2002    Updated: Jan 6, 2004
There is something wrong with this beer. If I had to guess too much orange peel, too early in the mash. That and not enough malt.


 omhper (12153), Stockholm, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Mar 3, 2002  
Pale yellow, hazy. Clean with some lemon peel flavour.


 turtlehead (111), Nottingham, New Hampshire, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/59/20
Jan 7, 2002  
Too much bananas, and I had to roll it around to get the yeast back into the beer. Not bad but not a favorite. Cheers!


 kublai3 (170), Staten Island, New York, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/55/20
Dec 13, 2001  


 Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Nov 11, 2001  
It has a decent nose, but the taste is weak, some malt and a little hop presence noted. Cloudy and a bit tart, but not a good offering from this fine brewery.


 VENOM (941), Connecticut, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/510/20
Oct 9, 2001  
I didn’t think it was vile but it was pretty lame for a white. Evident but unflattering orange/coriander mix. Crisp and bubbly with no head and no yeast sediment in the bottle. Also had a metallic coppery twang to it. My bottle was older so this may not be a fair review.



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