White
Alaskan Brewing Company in Juneau, Alaska, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Regular|
Score
6.26
|
|
Alaskan White Ale is based on a Belgian-style witbier, literally translated to “white beer.” White beers, or “witbieren,” are named for the suspended wheat proteins creating a cloudy appearance in this unfiltered beer.
Sign up to add a tick or review
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This beer is a cloudy yellow color with a medium thick and foamy white head that diminishes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of wheat, spices and fruit. Light-bodied with flavors of citrus, coriander, wheat and yeast. The finish is fruity with a spiced citrus aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2014
at 16:19
5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught at The Lazy Moon Craft Tavern, Port Angeles
Cloudy pale blond color with creamy head. Bready aroma. Weak and dry mouthfeel, with a bready character and low bitterness.
Cloudy pale blond color with creamy head. Bready aroma. Weak and dry mouthfeel, with a bready character and low bitterness.
Tried
on 01 May 2014
at 01:00
6.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
She pour a slightly hazy yellow/orange color and leaves the same colored body with a two finger white foamy head that rises and falls within thirty seconds to a film coating the top of the body. Streams of carbonation are seen rising at a moderate pace.
The smell has some light malt. There is some light banana all coming through in a refreshing sort of way. Hops are barely there, and there isn’t any yeast.
The taste is slightly malty but not sweet, sour perhaps - hmmm.... maybe, no yeast. There isn’t any aftertaste and there is a dry watery finish.
On the palate, she sits fairly light, comes across sessionable, and seems a bit undercarbonated for a witbier.
Overall, this is a mostly average beer for its style, but comes across well for the summer months. I would probably have this again with a nice seafood dish.
The smell has some light malt. There is some light banana all coming through in a refreshing sort of way. Hops are barely there, and there isn’t any yeast.
The taste is slightly malty but not sweet, sour perhaps - hmmm.... maybe, no yeast. There isn’t any aftertaste and there is a dry watery finish.
On the palate, she sits fairly light, comes across sessionable, and seems a bit undercarbonated for a witbier.
Overall, this is a mostly average beer for its style, but comes across well for the summer months. I would probably have this again with a nice seafood dish.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2014
at 12:20
5.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Nearly clear gold with a tall white head. Lemon/orange aroma...grain, a bit of skunk. Taste is slightly wooden, lemon-honey-grain.....lemon and grain increasing as it warms... Not bad....not memorable, however.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2014
at 08:02
7.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A- Oranges, coriander, wheat. A- Copper color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Orange, spice, and wheat tones. Balanced well. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, smooth finish. O- An excellent Belgian white. Orange and coriander tones are almost perfect. Makes me crave a lot more of Alaskan Brewing beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2013
at 13:10
5.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Witbier is not one of my favorite styles, however, IMHO, this one isn’t that good. Extremely light aroma (which seems sour) and taste with metallic/varnish finish. Color and appearance are right, but all else falls behind it’s Belgian brethren.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2013
at 18:43
5.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
hazy yellow. Creamy head fades fast. Nose is pretty weak with a Hint of wheat and lemons. There’s some spice and honey. Weak overall. Certainly a Belgian wit but not breaking any palate assumptions
Tried
on 16 Oct 2013
at 22:31
6.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 12oz. A lightly hazy one, yellowish pale golden in color and topped by a small, dense, off-white head. The aroma has a touch of coriander seeds and orange, with a generic fruityness and pale malts in the back. Lighlty peppery, coriander-ish flavor with oranges and a generic citrusy fruityness. Wheat. Some bitterness, but just a little bit, the spices, fruityness and malts is much more evident, and lasts longer. Medium to full body, perhaps a tad sweet. Pleasant carbonation level. Not bad in any way this one, althoug a tad sweet maybe. At least it feels a bit too sweet to make me think I could have many of these, but served cold it could be a nice thirst quencher. 130828
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2013
at 15:51
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Location: Draft at Ginger Man - Houston, 7/23/13
Aroma: Fairly typical of the style, but a little dull nose of orange, wheat, coriander/spice
Appearance: It pours a hazy orange color with a small white head on it
Flavor: It is light-medium sweet, with a bit of spice, but overall, the flavor is a touch bland
Palate: This one has a light body, plus carbonation, and a clean, mild dry finish
Overall Impression: Not the most impressive beer, it is fine, but I had higher expectations from Alaskan.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2013
at 17:30
5.5/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Poured from 355mL bottle. Hazy pale yellow with very minimal white head. Orange, coriander and wheat aroma with hint of lemon. Citrus and coriander taste with a little bit of dish detergent (and it wasn’t my glass because I washed it myself). Quite light and no wit taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2013
at 20:50