Bright White
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Winter|
Score
6.67
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An alternative to dark and heavy winter warmers and stouts, Bright White (formerly Winter White) is a stylish and refreshing Wheat Ale.
Fermented with a Belgian ale yeast, this blend of barley and wheat malts yields a mixture of clove and fruity aromas, all without the use of any spices
Fermented with a Belgian ale yeast, this blend of barley and wheat malts yields a mixture of clove and fruity aromas, all without the use of any spices
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. It pours a pale, yellowish and hazy body with a white head. Some floaties. Cellarish, spiced aroma, with coriander, some pale malt. Fruity flavor with banana and coriander, as well as some lemon. Medium, quite dry mouthfeel, with a spicy, fruity finish. A really godd withbier, quaffable and refreshing. (080305)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2008
at 16:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Super hazy golden orange coloured body with a thinnish and fast-fading white head. Aroma of nice wheat, malt, coriander seed, yeast and a curacao. Medium-bodied; Sweet flavour of curacao, yeast and wheat coupled with a nice twang of icing sugar, apricots and peaches. Aftertaste has the coriander seed freshness and the yeastie quality that drives the long-lasting taste. Overall, a very nice wit - definitely one to have in winter and to save a few for summer! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchaed from Norm’s in Vienna, Virignia on 04-April-2008.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2008
at 19:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle [Thanks Phil_L]. Murky light yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, moderate yeasty, banana, citrus, pepper. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. (151207)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2008
at 04:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle from poolboy. No batch stamp, odd for Bell’s. Pour is a really cloudy white - pale yellow. I have never seen a beer that looked like this, a little weird looking, actually. Head is a 1/2 inch white that drops rather quickly. Aroma of Belgian yeastiness, citrus, wheat and a nice spiciness (coriander?). Very full aroma profile. Taste is big on the wheat, nice full body almost more akin to a German Hefe (some clove, bubblegum). There is also the citrus and some sweetness. The finish is punctuated by the spiciness again. Interesting beer, thanks Dale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2007
at 17:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Bottoms Up Pizza in Richmond, VA on 01/24/2009. Cloudy orange body with a medium frothy off-white head. Sweet spice and wheat aroma with some banana clove and citrus notes. Sweet light banana and clove flavor with some light citrusy notes. Medium light body with fairly high carbonation. 6/2/7/3/14 - 3.2 09/05/2007: Shared with Kinz for an impromptu tasting. Hazy orange body with a small white head. Sweet banana and light spice aroma. Light caramel and banana flavor with a slight spice background. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2007
at 13:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured a light grapefruity golden with pinkish hues with a white fizzy head that faded immediately. Smells slightly malty, slightly grainy and a touch of yeast and bananas. Flavor is quite interesting. It tastes a bit like an American wheat (admittedly not my favorite) with a smokey flat kind of flavor. It tastes also like a traditional wit, yeasty, fruity and a touch nutty. The marriage of the two types and the two flavors is only partly successful in my eyes. A pure American wheat would be too flat and grainy, a wit too yeasty. This beer is entirely drinkable, with a watery neutral finish. A good multi-seasonal beer for novice beer drinkers, a interesting combination of styles for the educated.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2007
at 19:04
5.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle courtesy of Plucier: Poured extremely cloudy whitish/yellow color ale with a nice small pure white foamy head with good retention. Aroma of medium wheat with some very subtle spice note. Taste is lighter then expected with some wheat but no bubblegum notes that I usually appreciated in an hefeweizen and some very subtle spices and therefore no coriander that I usually like in my witbier. It appears that by mixing those two I am not getting the best of both word. This is probably one of the weakest offering from this fine brewer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2007
at 10:55