Biofresh Blanch
Brouwerij Strubbe in Ichtegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Witbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.65
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Alengrin (11561) reviewed Biofresh Blanch from Brouwerij Strubbe 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
The family of organic Biofresh beers is still growing apparently, and this is the - to my knowledge - latest descendant, a daughter named Blanche, evidently a witbier, but made with four grains (barley, wheat, oat and spelt) rather than the classic two grains. Bottle from some organic food store in Ghent. Medium thick, mousy, regular, snow white, slowly and irregularly opening head, generally stable, over an initially lightly hazed, lemon-yellow blonde beer with lime-green tinge, shifting to an equally misty yellow-blonde with sediment. Weird aroma of dry old bread crust, old and dirty polyester doormats, rubber tyres even, green apple, dusty old coriander seed, dried out lemon peel, hints of pumice, unripe pear, damp straw, fennel, freshly cut garden weeds. Fruity onset, unripe banana, green apple, some peach and pear, lively fizz with emphatic minerally effects, slick and lightly soapy body; clear wheaty soapiness and sourishness mingles with a bready barley note as well as 'dull' spelt and oat 'spiciness' and graininess, but the velvety effect I expect when I see oats in the ingredients list does not really come through. Dusty coriander seed and old dried lime peel effects try to brighten up the finish, the latter even adding some vague sourish refreshment, while the sweet graininess and bready-yeasty effects linger, a tad starch-like, along with a floral, light hop bitter touch. Sharp carbonation (even for this usually highly carbonated style) remains active till the end. Your typical old school witbier, albeit less soapy, more spicy and more lean than is classically the case; drinkable and quenching, but this weird polyester and old rubber effect in the nose, no doubt a flaw in fermentation somewhere, is hardly inviting to take a next sip...
tderoeck (22679) reviewed Biofresh Blanch from Brouwerij Strubbe 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Blanche (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
16/IX/18 - 33cl bottle @ Opendeurdag Wijveld (Destelbergen), BB: 19/VI/20 - (2018-1244)
Pretty cloudy pale blond to light yellow beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, wort, grains, cow fodder, no wheat aroma? MF: lively carbon, medium to light body. Taste: pretty fruity start, yeast, banana, bit sweet, soft bitterness, malty, overripe banana. Aftertaste: pretty yeasty, bitter touch, little chemical, some paint thinner, banana peel. At least it's not metallic as in a lot of the Strubbe beers...
Rubin77 (10150) reviewed Biofresh Blanch from Brouwerij Strubbe 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
F: huge, snow-white, long lasting. C: pale yellow, hazy. A: banana, fruity, orange peels, bit spicy, yeasty, coriander. T: light malty, wheat, coriander bit oily mouthfeel, orange, fruity, banana, bit grassy, very nice balanced, refreshing, medium body, high carbonation, enjoyed, 0,25l bottle from Färm shop Chaussée de Wavre 1080, Brussels.