Libelulle
La Source Beer Co. in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
IPA - Wheat / White Regular|
Score
7.23
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Une blanche à notre manière : beaucoup de froment, une belle dose de houblons aromatiques (Citra, Simcoe et Chinook) et une touche de coriandre.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
White (or wheat) IPA intended as a witbier by La Source, can bought at BrewDog Brussels and consumed as a train beer on the way home. Snow white, foamy, membrane-lacing, stable head, pale yellowish straw blonde robe. Aroma of lime zest, lemongrass, white bread, flour, withering lemonbalm leaves, green melon, touch of dill, armpit sweat. Clean fruitiness in the onset, some green pear and unripe banana, touch green melon, fizzy carb, soapy and slick wheatiness with white-bready core; the underlying sourish aspect of the wheat supports the ‘green’ lime- and herb-like character of the hops, which end up refreshingly zesty and citric, with side notes of dill and lemon verbena. Soft citrusy bitterness in the end, but the soapiness of the wheat prevails. Decent wheat beer but clearly a white IPA, dank and ‘green’ in a way, very quenching – but not a Belgian style witbier at all, at least not a traditional one...
Tried
on 30 Sep 2022
at 09:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Geers. Hazy yellow, stable, foamy, white head. Aroma of fresh pomelo, white nectarine, mandarin, starfruit, physalis, wheat, bread crust. Taste has sweetish peach & pineapple, sourish pomelo & starfruit in a wheaty, doughy malt body. Floral hoppy finish, softly spicy, lingering fresh stonefruit & citrus. Medium body, slick texture, average carbonation. Utterly refreshing, a 'Witbier' delicately elevated to a higher level.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2022
at 15:36
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2022
at 21:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Tap at the brewery. Hazy light yellow. Sank hops, wheat, citrus zest, soft herbal. Under medium sweet and bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2022
at 18:59
7/10
More session ipa than hoppy wit imho. Still good light brewski.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2022
at 22:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From the fermenter @ brewery. 250 ml. Quite hazy, nose is awesome fresh dough & bread, bit hoppy even. Taste is more basic dry cereal, oat & wheat, floral, pepper, benefits a lot from the condition, decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Sep 2020
at 08:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
13/II/20 - 33cl can from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ work lunch tasting, BB: 30/IX/20 (2020-137)
Cloudy bright yellow beer, big creamy off-white head, stable, bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: fruity, citrus, grapefruit, bit lemony. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of oranges, fruity, some tangerines, little sweet, bit watery as well, more citrus, some grapefruit, little bitter. Aftertaste: very fruity, lots of citrus, hint of banana, more citrus, bit lemony, grapefruit.
Cloudy bright yellow beer, big creamy off-white head, stable, bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: fruity, citrus, grapefruit, bit lemony. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of oranges, fruity, some tangerines, little sweet, bit watery as well, more citrus, some grapefruit, little bitter. Aftertaste: very fruity, lots of citrus, hint of banana, more citrus, bit lemony, grapefruit.
Tried
from Can
from
Dranken Geers
on 13 Feb 2020
at 11:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft sample @ La Source Taproom.
Paille trouble, col épais et crémeux blanc.
Arôme au nez assez IPAish pour une blanche, retenant une belle dose de pin en rétro et un fruité généreux.
Palais reste sur une approche classique IPA, reprenant des éléments de blanche belge - dont pas mal de brasseries italiennes brassent de beaux exemples.
Note agrumes avec pas mal de c-hops, rondeur de bouche apportée par le froment, retrouve une petite touche de coriandre qui apporte ce léger épicé de blanche. Pamplemousse et léger pin ferment la marche. Légère et complexe, belle exécution.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2019
at 14:41