John Martin Geneviève de Brabant Blanche

Geneviève de Brabant Blanche

 

John Martin in Genval, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Witbier Regular
Score
5.73
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 34
What nobler distinction could there be for this tasty wheat beer with its pleasant fruity flavour and rich foam than to bear the name of one our most illustrious forebears ? Blanche de Brabant, who lived in the 12th century, belonged to the French royal dynasty. Left to govern the country during the Seventh Crusade, and concerned both about the fate of the men who had gone to fight the infidel in the Holy Land and about the well-being of those who had stayed at home, among other measures she issued numerous edicts to encourage the cultivation of wheat. So it was that Blanche de Brabant was created, the Belgian wheat beer with added coriander seed and orange zest.
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle, 330 ml from Gem Shop in Zagreb. Pours cloudy light golden, white head. Bit perfumish, flower, fruity, light sourness, yeast. Thin. Light bodied. Medium carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2017 at 12:56

6/10
Tried on 18 Apr 2017 at 10:26

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle - Nice perfumy notes. Cloudy gold with a white head. Perfumy notes, some orange and wheat notes. Very perfumy overall.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2016 at 17:57

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled 330ml. -at Harat’s Zagreb. Lemony yellow coloured, medium sized airy white head, mild coriander in the nose. Milky, coriander, slightly lemony and touch of wheat with notes of over-ripe fruits in the finish. Boring.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2016 at 16:04

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Harat’s Zagreb. Misty yellow body with a lasting white head. Sweet aroma, coriander, underlying wheat malt, banana, lactic, dusty. Soft, nice sweetish taste, coriander, orange, light banana, ok, perfumey, adequate carbonation. Not bad, not great, all coriandered up.
Tried from Draft on 15 Sep 2016 at 10:49

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle . Pours fuzzy blonde . Good white head fades instantly . Smell is sharp, some lemon . Taste is sharp, simple, bit bitter, coriander, some orange peel ( in a full way ) . Sweet ( not too sweet ) .A bit out of balance, giving it a very straight , simple taste . On top of that , as to be expected, overcarbonated .
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2014 at 16:40

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at Luca’s Pub, Naples. Pours vey hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of yeast, light citrus, wheat and light herbs. Flavour is light to light moderate sweet and bitter. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 21 Sep 2014 at 13:21

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
75cl bottle shared @ weekly tasting. Hazy pale yellow color, some floaties in there, medium sized white head. Smell and taste wheat, lemon and a touch of coriander. Basically a very standard Belgian White.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2014 at 14:50

5.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle @ home shared by benzai. Pale hazy yellow with lots of chunks in it, big white head. Smells brie, fungus, herbs. Tastes witbier, herbs, watery. Thin body, soft carbo.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2014 at 14:50

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Golden-orange colour with a white head. Aroma is tropical fruit, malt, spices. Flavour is citrus, orange, malt, tropical fruits, spices. Medium body. OK beer.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2012 at 02:34