Gentse Maagd Witbier
Gentse Traditie in Gent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Witbier Regular Out of Production|
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5.97
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Gentse Maagd (The Virgin of Ghent) is a Belgian traditional white beer with two variants: Cherryblossom and Citrus. With these two bold variants, Gentse Maagd symbolizes the legendary stubbornness of Ghent. The virginal white color represents a proud city which, untaken by external powers, always kept to its own vision.
Choosing these delicious and refreshing white beers means choosing for the recipes of a willful microbrewery. So be stubborn and drink Gentse Maagd.
Choosing these delicious and refreshing white beers means choosing for the recipes of a willful microbrewery. So be stubborn and drink Gentse Maagd.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Gentse Maagd Witbier (by Gentse Traditie):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5
14/VIII/17 - 33cl bottle from the contract brewer @ home - BB: n/a (2017-1216) Thanks for the bottle!
Pretty cloudy pale beige beer, small aery irregular off-white head, unstable, leaving some lacing. Aroma: pretty yeasty, spicy notes, some coriander, little fruity touch. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bit chemical, some citrus, lots of yeast, spicy touch. Aftertaste: unpleasant bitterness, yeasty, spicy, dry finish.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5
14/VIII/17 - 33cl bottle from the contract brewer @ home - BB: n/a (2017-1216) Thanks for the bottle!
Pretty cloudy pale beige beer, small aery irregular off-white head, unstable, leaving some lacing. Aroma: pretty yeasty, spicy notes, some coriander, little fruity touch. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: bit chemical, some citrus, lots of yeast, spicy touch. Aftertaste: unpleasant bitterness, yeasty, spicy, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2017
at 18:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from a Delhaize supermarket in Ghent. Very rocky, towering high, dense, almost cauliflower-like head, snow white and creeping up over the edge of the glass even minutes after pouring, leaving extensive cobweb-like lacing; immediately cloudy straw blonde robe with ochre hue and lively fizz. Aroma of a lot of soapy wheat, white bread dough, lime zest, coriander seed, dusty yeast, old paper, dried lemon peel, raw turnip, dried lavender, sourdough, courgette flesh, raw gherkin. Softly fruity onset, pear, unripe peach, hint starfruit, subdued sweetness with quite a lot of vivid sourishness, almost Berliner Weisse-like as kraddel already pointed out below, crisp and refreshing, minerally carbonation, supple and light body; very wheaty (soapy) and lightly bready middle, touch grainy, with the soapiness further accentuated in the finish due to the coriander, lemon zest-like aromatic sourishness continuing, some earthy yeastiness and light phenols, bready, with a vague and soft earthy hop bitter touch near the tail. Aromatic, elegant, zesty and light: this beer fits the typical characteristics of the style and does so with more sourness and dried citrus peel than your average standard witbier; not just another Hoegaarden clone, but a refreshing witbier interpretation in its own right. Quite nice example of a style I usually do not favor that much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2016
at 08:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ home shared with Thompson. Clear pale golden color, medium sized rough white head that lasts for a decent while. Aroma of wheat and light citrus, citruspeel. Taste wheat, light citruspeel, light bitter. Not a typical witbier I’d say, has a slight twist which I don’t dislike. Quite decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2016
at 14:23
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Pours clear and yellow-blonde with a big frothy white head. The aroma contains apple, wheat and yeast. It tastes light sweet and light bitter with a strange chemical aftertaste. Light body, watery texture and fizzy carbonation. Not very pleasant.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2016
at 08:05
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle shared. Clear golden with a huge white head. Aroma has weird apple notes, citrus, light fruits and light chemical notes. Flavour is light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2016
at 10:42