Bellwether
Breakside Brewery in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Regular|
Score
7.17
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Imperial Wit aged in gin barrels with Kaffir lime leaves.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home, 2020 vintage. Clear golden with fizzy white head. Quite sugary, lime leaves indeed, also gin is very present, zesty, alcohol, sour candied lemons, doughy wheat. Over medium sweet, under medium sour and light bitter. Over medium bodied. Doesn't taste old at all, not really my thing but a decent beer iverall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2026
at 19:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sehr intensives Aroma, Koriander, Limetten. Im Trunk dezent sauer, leicht seidig, Koriander halt, wieder Limetten, kaum alkoholisch, spannend.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2024
at 16:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Small Batch 4-8-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2020
at 08:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle. Pours a cloudy orange-gold with a medium, foamy, short lived, white head that laces. Aroma of wheat malt, lime, yeast, floral, soap, gin and oak. Sweet flavour of wheat malt, lime, gin, floral hops, light coriander and oak with a dry, tart finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Not really a Wit, but what evs, this is a refreshing and delicious hybrid. Very unique.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2019
at 06:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slight haze, light tan. Not much head. Touch of gin, fruity and sweet citrus. Kind of candyish, so it’s not bad but it doesn’t really come together in a meaningful way for me.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2017
at 00:15
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver
Hazy deep blond color. Some aroma of soap, lemon, cranberry. Sweetish flavor, carrots and other vegetables, soap, a bit astringent in the final.
Very confused.
Hazy deep blond color. Some aroma of soap, lemon, cranberry. Sweetish flavor, carrots and other vegetables, soap, a bit astringent in the final.
Very confused.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2017
at 14:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Cap Tap. Pours translucent dark gold with a white head. For me the aroma is pale fruit with a hint of juniper. Med body or better. Flavor is weird lime with juniper. Frickin’ love gin. Can’t drink the straight stuff, so gotta get it in beer stuff! This is so unwitt! It is so much like a ginger beer? No. But it really, really demonstrates gin. Yummy. Oh yes. Not getting the wood, but the gin/juniper is totally there for me. Imperializing the wit was a very good idea. Gives it substance. Sour? Not for me, unless kaffir lime counts. And I don’t think it does. Clarence drowned in malmsey. I’d take this instead.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2017
at 13:42
9/10
One of my faves.. seriously refreshing yet nice complexities and gin is sublime.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2016
at 13:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bomber with QC Tasting Group burnt orange color a nice resilient white foamy dense off-white head. The aroma is this juicy orange, jolly rancher and tropical fruit smell. It’s an interesting smell. Good mouthfeel but quickly fades leaving a sweet malty wheat taste has a similar fruit sweetness of the aroma but less candy flavorings. Oranges, kiwi, mango. It’s a fruity wheat ale? I don’t know the deScription but it’s interesting. long after swallowing, it has a flat cola similarity
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jan 2016
at 14:43
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Chow. Pours a cloudy orange gold with small white head. The aroma is strong lime, gin, vanilla. Thin mouth, key lime pie, tart, wheat, light finish, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2015
at 23:03