Castelain ChTi Blanche

Brewed by Brasserie Castelain
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Benifontaine, France

25 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is floral and yeasty fruity. Sweet malty flavoured, rather floral note and perfumed. Sweet and light malty finish. Strange floral brew.

Blanche francese con aspirazioni(vane)di arrivare a livello delle wit belghe. Versa un nebbioso giallo, Gran schiuma bianca e frizzante. Al naso riflessi di pompelmo e mela con un pizzico di lievito.Acida e leggermente amara in bocca.Retrogusto citrino.Niente di speciale ma si lascia bere. Nota a margine,bevuta con un bel piatto di linguine al sugo di gallinella di mare e devo dire che s’è accompagnata validamente.

Buona blanche particolarmente asprigna, da abbinare con rigore a piatti di pesce non molto pesanti o a primi di pesce saltati in padella (o anche con sughetti di pesce un po’ cremosi, dato che sgrassa abbastanza); non è una bevanda eccezionale, ma si lascia bere.

bottle - pours cloudy yellow, large white frothy-fizzy head with good lacing. Nose presents grapefruit and apple with a hint of doughy yeast, which carries over to the taste, lightly sour.

75cl bottle, as shown. Hazy, impenetrable pale yellow colour (blanche-r even than most wheat bears I know), big creamy head. Aroma of sweet bananas, but with a lemony yeast touch added. Bananas dominate the flavour, too, but they’re far less sweet than the aroma seemed to indicate. There’s even a whiff of perfume. Sour and slightly bitter finish, citric aftertaste. A lean wheat beer, less fruity than the German kind (Paulaner, Weihenstephan, you name ’em), and not as full-bodied. But a good wheat beer for warm weather, and it’ll grow on you as you keep drinking - which is what I’m doing right now. ;=)

Bottled (from lahoublonniere.be). Hazy golden colour with small white head. Aroma is sweet banana, wheat some peach, spices and yeast. Flavour is rather sweet wheat, peach, some citrusfruits, banana, spices and a bit acidic notes as well. Overall quite sweet witbier.

Bottle@Home. Sweet wheat aroma with banan, lemon and coriander. Cloudy, yellow color, white irregular head, fair lace. Very sweet, some banana, hint of citrus, light bitter, light sour. Medium body and a little sticky.

Bottle 0,75l bought at Tesco Kensington Feb 08 as "Finest French Wheat Beer". Good shot when opened. Pale golden colored. A large creamy head. Aroma of citrus. Rich fruity flavor dominated by banana. Sourish bitter finish. A good wheat beer.