Brewery: Brasseries Kronenbourg Country: France ABV: 5% Style: Belgian Witbier
Brewer Description: (from website) Brewed with a hint of citrus and coriander spice, Blanc has an inimitable sweet and refreshing flavor that makes it special amongst all the other wheat beers (white beers).
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.13 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8
Intro: A 330ml blue bottle with a best before date of April 2016 and poured into a pint glass. Appearance: Poured a hazy straw yellow with a slightly more than one finger white head that dissipates within a minute leaving stringy lacing. Aroma: Fruity aromas of orange, banana and peach with honey floating about and a light citrusy lemon wheat backbone. Taste: Flavours are mainly peachy with hints of fruity lemon, banana and apricot. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Overall: Light, crisp and very easy to drink. It is refreshing on a hot summers day with the nice peachy flavours.
Brewer Description: (from bottle) The secret of Cerveza SAGRA lies in its brewmasters’ obsession to create a 100% Spanish flavoured product. Spanish craft beer inspired by the flavourful Belgian Wits with a distinct Spanish touch. Fruity flavour and citrus aroma and taste. Creamy body, refreshing bitterness and floral finish. Brewed using orange peel and coriander.
My rating: 2 My beeradvocate.com rating: 2.48 My ratebeer.com rating: 2.5
Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 30th April 2017 and poured into a Hoegaarden pint glass. Appearance: The beer poured a hazy golden straw colour with a slightly less than one finger white head that dissipated slowly. Aroma: Strong orange and lemon aromas. Very orange juice like. Taste: Citrus flavours mainly lemon and orange, with a little wheat and a slightly bitter orange peel finish. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, light to medium carbonation, oily and creamy. Overall: I thought it was ok but the citrus orange and lemon was a bit over the top. Not one of the better witbiers I’ve tried.
Brewery: Brouwerij van Hoegaarden Country: Belgium ABV: 4.9% Style: Witbier
Brewer Description: (from website) 500 years of hard work went into making this beer that features the aroma of orange peel, coriander and herbs that the merry monks imported from sunny Curacao. Speaking of which: pouring Hoegaarden is just like letting the sun fall into your glass: light yellow and naturally murky. And the soft foam adds a cloudy finish. And then there’s the soft taste, light and slightly sweet and sour and with subtle citrus notes… ah, just go ahead and taste it instead of reading about it!
My rating: 4 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.8 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6
Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 2nd March 2016 and poured into a Hoegaarden pint glass. Appearance: The beer poured a hazy straw yellow with a one finger white head that dissipates slowly into a thin creamy layer with nice curtain like lacing. Aroma: Starts with wheat bready malt aromas before leading into some banana, honey, spice and bubblegum. Taste: Some breadiness at the beginning followed by banana, honey sweetness and a tinge or citrus orange and clove to finish. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. Overall: A good beer that is refreshing and quite tasty. Internationally, it is probably the most recogniseable and easily accessible witbier. In Hong Kong its price is very competitive as most good craft is at least double the price.
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