Sour White - No Hops
Biosano / Beers for Nature in Lier, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijSour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
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Score
6.48
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Is a wheat-like beer. Although high fermentation it has a low alcohol percentage for a Belgian of 4,3%. Bog Myrtle (sweet gale, Myrica Gale in Latin) is used in stead of hops for adjusting taste and conserving the beer. This beer is very refreshing and the perfect thirst quencher on a summer’s day. One can not compare this white beer to other typical Belgian whites. Lactic fermentation gives it a surprising taste mélange of sourish, fruity and herbal experiences. There are no other herbs used besides Bog Myrtle. You go back to a true medieval tasting experience, the taste of beer before hops were introduced in the low countries hundreds of years ago.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: big, creamy, snow-white, good retention. C: blonde to pale gold, bit hazy. A: light malty, sour fruity, lemon water, herbal. T: sour fruity, lemon, herbal, dry on the palate, very refreshing bit puckering, light body and soft carbonation, not bad at all yet not for the style, 33cl bottle from Dolma Magasin Bio in Brussels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2018
at 18:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours hazy blonde, small white head is consistant. Smell is tart, wheat, dry, almost like a berliner weisse. Taste is tart, sharp, very dry, lemon-like sourness and astigency, even lemon-ish taste. some wheat, which finishes very nicely in the aftertaste. pretty sharp and dry. Not a bad beer at all, and certainly different. A bit to dry for my personal liking though.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2018
at 05:41