St. Bernardus Blanche (Witbier)

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Watou, Belgium

Bottle pours a cloudy body with a solid white head. Sweet wheat, orange, lemon zest. Nice lemon tart acidity with a big wheaty backbone that carries some spices through this nectar. Good beer.

Deep cloudy orange, healthy persistent tight creamy head. Big wit aroma - wheaty, citrussy, and spicy - a little dusty. Smooth milky palate, but pretty crisp carbonation - tingly because of that, and also hops. Spicy citrussy taste. Finish is a nice zingy hoppiness. Pretty full-bodied for a wit - refreshing and tasty. One of the better wits, bettered perhaps only by Pierre Celis’ other brews.

opaque orange colored with a thin layer of white head, it has citrusy aroma and slighly sour flavor.

Amazing wheat beer, pours a golden hazy color with very thick nice head, aroma starts with strong flowers and nice spices and settles down to very pleasant fruity pear to bubble-jum aroma, complex and well balanced flavors of banana-yeast, non-sweet orange and spices like coriander and lavender, sweet tasty aftertaste of sweetness spices and a bit of spearmint, a real WOW.

Had on tap at Monk’s Cafe in Pa. Pours a nice, cloudy yellow with a big, fluffy head. The nose is lemon and other citrus with hints of spices. It tastes bready, sweet, spicy and just blame scrumptious. It is as smooth as butter on the palate. It tastes very full.

Bottle: well, quite yeasty, some cardboard, dusty, banana, cloves, some orange, some lemony sourness, coriander, weak bitterness, medium to light body and mouthfill, dry finish, quite nice although i’m not a fan of wit beers.

Best Before: 27 07 09. Appearance: Pours an opaque, dull orange body with a thin, white head. Smell: Aromatic nose smelling of lemony citrus and sugar-coated baked goods fresh out of the oven. Taste: Bready malts with a sugary, honey-coated sweetness. Dash of freshly-grated lemon zest. Sip of grapefruit juice. Tangy wheat flavor near the end. Teaspoon of nutmeg. Slight pear fruitiness. Restrained hop bitterness. Tiny blip of sourness. Fruity, bready finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: It’s nice. Certainly heavier and much fuller than I’d ever expected, but still overall nice.

On tap at the Sunswick in Queens.Once again here is a style of beer that I often avoid, but wanted to try this as it was on tap right in front of me, and I am very glad that I did try it.Poured a cloudy golden amber. The nose was wheaty and yeasty. The flavor was mild and smooth, with a mild wheat flavor to it. The finish was similar to the start, overall a very good beer.