The Bruery Orchard White

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Placentia, California USA

Draft. A hazy yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with ntoes of malt, lemon, and pomerans, and so is the flavor, leading to a dry and spicy finish.

On tap. Cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma of coriander and lavender. Medium body with sweet citrus, some yeast and again distinct coriander notes. Some phenols come through in the finish. 060709

From tap at Stone Bistro. Pours a pale yellow and with no head. Spiced and slight wheaty aroma. Spiced and mild phenolic flavour mixed with a light hops note. Mild caramel too into the finish.

Bottle at home. Hazy yellow coloured with a huge but fast disappearing white head. Fruity aroma of citrus peel, coriander and spices. Fruity flavour of citrus peel and spices with notes of hops. Fruity and spicy finish.

Date: January 10, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, HMoG
Appearance: cloudy dark yellow, fine white head, sheets of lace
Aroma: sweet malt aroma, lots of spicyness, touch of wheaty tartness
Flavor: big malt flavor, malty sweetness is balance by the light wheat tartness, spicyness comes in to add complexity, light bitterness follows the spicyness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Cloudy yellow. Big flowery, coriandery, malty aroma. Hugely, assertively peppery with a big whack of coriander. Lacks all semblance of subtlety. Big dry finish. A distinctive wit.

(BCTC, 750ml bottle, thanks dickinsonbeer) Gusher, white head, murky apple juice body. Aroma is medium sweet, flower/lavender, light horseblanket. Taste is medium sweet, herb, some flower/melon. Light-medium body, light effervescence.

Bottle from Paiste2002, thanks! Blonde, hazy. Citrusaroma, wheaty, with some flowery and lavender notes. Citrusflavor, thinnish with honey, wheat and lavender, more outspoken as in the aroma. Pleasant, but a bit too perfumed for me.