Blanche des Honnelles Dubbel Wit-Blanche Double
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs in Montignies-sur-Roc, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Witbier Regular|
Score
6.74
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Amber in colour, which after all is the traditional appearance of historical white beers, it has a higher volume of alcohol (6%) than the white beers we are familiar with. Having been created locally (1991), this white beer has long since burst out beyond the banks of the Grande and Petite Honnelle rivers whose name it proudly bears. Yet, Blanche des Honnelles steers clear of the well-trodden paths taken by some beers. Its taste is surprising and in no way comparable to the other beverages of the same type that are currently on the market. While relatively discreet on the nose, its initial flavour yields to an intensely dry bitterness on a peppery background. There is no acidity in this three-cereal white beer (barley, wheat, oats). Its taste is invigorating.
In 2019 the new 1979 label was introduced to commemorate the 40th jubilee of the brewery.
In 2019 the new 1979 label was introduced to commemorate the 40th jubilee of the brewery.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Cloudy orange body with a huge creamy white head. Aroma is sweetish spicy and fruity with yeast. Flavor is fruity, yeasty with a sweet malt profile. Good balanced with a hint of alcohol and a long finish. As always a nice and sweet brew from the Rocks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2008
at 02:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Deep amber colour, slightly hazy, with next to no head. Plenty of carbonation. Aroma of sweet grain, yeast, orange and earthy hops. The flavour was complex, with marmalade, apricots, herbs and a mineral edge. The finish was long and dry. An interesting take on a wheat beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2008
at 12:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cloudy golden with a disappearing bubbly white head. Fruity aroma, pineapple and other tropical fruits, plus some yeast and a touch of spice. Rather dry, yeasty flavour with a fruity sweetness - reminds me more of a blonde than a wit.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2008
at 14:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a hazy yellow with a large white head. Aroma is a nice mix of vanilla and citrus with a little allspice thrown in there. Flavor is very lemony with some pepper and yeast. Goes down with a little bitterness on the tounge. It gets the job done in the wit department.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2008
at 17:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a little and lacing white head. Aroma is mild cornish and lemonish, slight wheaty. Fresh fruity wheat flavour with a solid level of coriander. Medium sweet and light citric. Ends smooth yeasty mellow yet fresh lemonish too. Nice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2008
at 14:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear medium yellow / orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy and yeasty, citrus, spicy, pepper, light malty, wheat, toasted. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (141107)
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2007
at 07:56