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The Brew Kettle Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

  Witbier Regular
Score
6.84
ABV: 5.2% IBU: 17 Ticks: 9
Our take on a Belgian style unfiltered wheat ale brewed with raw wheat and flaked oats and spiced with coriander and orange & lemon peel.
 

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8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours hazy golden straw color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big lemon zest, orange peel, pear, apple, coriander, pepper, clove, light banana, wheat, cracker, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon zest, orange peel, pear, apple, coriander, pepper, clove, light banana, wheat, cracker, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal bitterness/yeast spiciness and slight wheat tang on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon/orange peel, coriander, pear, apple, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, herbal, grasss, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from spiciness as well. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, crisp, moderately creamy/bready, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero alcohol warming as expected of 5.3%. Overall this is a fantastic witbier! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2016 at 20:01

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 oz. bottle. Pours pale, greenish-yellow, with a small, grey head, light floaters and lots of bubbles. Bright citrusy aroma, with some notes of white wine, lime, light spice, and orange peels. Sweet and citrusy, with a light bitterness that dries it out pretty nicely. Light, crisp, and effervescent. This is a refreshing, relatively dry, balanced, and well-made witbier.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2015 at 12:22

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours cloudy straw, small creamy white head, nice lacing. Aroma is wheat, lemon, coriander. Flavor is pretty true to style, very light sweet, coriander and wheat with a bit of zest. Light body, creamy. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jul 2014 at 16:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample at the Big Tap In on 04/20/2013. The beer pours hazy yellow with a medium thin white head that evaporates quickly. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus and wheat. Light-bodied with flavors of lemon, wheat and pale malts. The finish is fruity and sweet. Decent overall.
Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2013 at 08:46

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle courtesy of weihenweizen. Lemon-orange, wheat malt, and coriander aroma. Cloudy pale yellow with a large white head. Floral lemon, wheat malt, and spicy flavor. Light body, lively carbonation. Slightly different take on a wit, which I found to be dangerously drinkable stuff. Very nice
Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2013 at 15:34

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Orange, lemon, and coriander aroma. Pale yellow with large white head. Floral coriander, orange, lemon and wheat malt flavor. Nice body. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2013 at 19:42

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Refrigerated bottle poured into a weizen glass. Pours slightly hazy pale golden with small white head. Some thin small bubble lacing, light body, light carbonation, and nice coriander aroma. Taste is light lemon, coriander, and some wheat. Average wheat.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2012 at 18:32

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
22 ounce bottle. Pours a vibrant straw-lemon color with a slight haze. Large pillowy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of big citrus notes, caramel, banana and a spicy finish. The taste is wheat, citrus, apricot, spices. Faint hoppy finish. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2011 at 23:07

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
From a bomber and I don’t think this qualifies as a beldgy white, its more like a wheat ale. Has some odd sulfur in the olfactory. Yes it looks like a white beer but in taste its much ruder than one would expect. Has lots of those rude ale attributes. Does has some hefe effects in the flavors but it does nothing to hide the alky and it comes across more like 6%, no lie. Finish is what else, wheat ale. Does not have hardly any of the refine real wit bier old stuff from the old country. Not much for a well behaved wheat beer.
Tried on 07 Aug 2011 at 10:27