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Second on my list is this witbier from @Alastair70 .
Bonus points for picking a bottle cap that matches our kitchen .
Moderately carbonated beer, but with an excellent head that lasted ages (unlike mine that vanishes). Plenty of lacing.
This was a bit surprising as it doesn't have the normal wheat beer smell and taste, and is darker than thinks like Hoegaarden/Blanche's etc. I can taste the wheat in there (I think) but the wit flavour (banana/clove) is very low and subdued - what yeast did you use?
If pushed, I would say it's half way between an English bitter and a witbier. Moderate malt flavours and a dry finish with low bittering make this very refreshing and a lot more digestible (as the Belgians would say) than I get from other wits in that I keep going back for it but it doesn't leave me burpy and feeling a bit overwhelmed by the wheatiness. The aftertaste has a lovely softness that lingers on the palette for about 30s as it gradually fades away with hints of orange and thyme. The beer burps are much more pleasant than Hoegaarden etc and a pleasant aftertaste of the beer, rather than the "someone farted beans up my gillet that I get from most witbiers"
Not quite what I was expecting from a wit, but in many ways I prefer this to what I was expecting - it's not as "in your face wheat" as a lot of wits are and it is fantastic because of that because you can just keep going back for the next sip. It's just a shame that I can't go back to the bar and ask for another pint, because that's exactly what I want!
Excellent work, well done
Bonus points for picking a bottle cap that matches our kitchen .
Moderately carbonated beer, but with an excellent head that lasted ages (unlike mine that vanishes). Plenty of lacing.
This was a bit surprising as it doesn't have the normal wheat beer smell and taste, and is darker than thinks like Hoegaarden/Blanche's etc. I can taste the wheat in there (I think) but the wit flavour (banana/clove) is very low and subdued - what yeast did you use?
If pushed, I would say it's half way between an English bitter and a witbier. Moderate malt flavours and a dry finish with low bittering make this very refreshing and a lot more digestible (as the Belgians would say) than I get from other wits in that I keep going back for it but it doesn't leave me burpy and feeling a bit overwhelmed by the wheatiness. The aftertaste has a lovely softness that lingers on the palette for about 30s as it gradually fades away with hints of orange and thyme. The beer burps are much more pleasant than Hoegaarden etc and a pleasant aftertaste of the beer, rather than the "someone farted beans up my gillet that I get from most witbiers"
Not quite what I was expecting from a wit, but in many ways I prefer this to what I was expecting - it's not as "in your face wheat" as a lot of wits are and it is fantastic because of that because you can just keep going back for the next sip. It's just a shame that I can't go back to the bar and ask for another pint, because that's exactly what I want!
Excellent work, well done