Brugs Tarwebier / Blanche de Bruges
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Witbier Regular|
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The Vanneste family used raw, unmalted wheat for its wheat beer. This gives the beer a particularly refreshing character and sets it apart from other wheat beers on the market.
Finally, the beer is being brewed once again with 100% Belgian hops from “Westhoek” region as in the past, namely, the Magnum hop. This hop gives the beer both a subtle bitterness and spiciness.
“Blanche de Bruges/Brugs Tarwebier” is once again one of the most authentic, family-brewed wheat beers on the market. It reflects 5 generations of craftsmanship within the Vanneste family of brewing the typical wheat beer.
In early 2019, Xavier Vanneste, Managing Director of the brewery “De Halve Maan” reached an agreement with Alken-Maes (Heineken) to bring the production of “Brugs” back to its roots and to brew it in accordance with its original recipe in the city centre of Bruges under its original name, “Blanche de Bruges/Brugs Tarwebier”.
"Brugs Tarwebier" was originally launched in 1984 by Xavier’s cousin, Paul Vanneste, at his brewery “De Gouden Boom”. The beer was an immediate success due to its refreshing taste and aromas of coriander seeds and curaçao orange peel.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
250 ml bottle. Cloudy yellow with a fluffy head. Lemon, melissa, yeast, oat, coriander, lactose, clove, banana. Mild dry sourness, grainy yeasty sweetness. Medium bodied, oily texture, lively carbonated, dry zesty grainy yeasty finisg. Good Witbier!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
250 ml bottle from the brewery in Brugge, Belgium. Pours a cloudy yellow color with a large white head and excellent retention. Decent lacing. Lots of streaming bubbles. Belgian yeast aroma. The taste follows the nose: Belgian yeast flavor dominates but it's a softer yeast flavor than most witbiers, and a light fruity finish. Light body. Soft mouthfeel. Not bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330 ml bottle. Pours a hay color with moderate head. Aromas of lemon, coriander and wheat. Flavors follow same with emphasis on coriander. Refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, banana, coriander, spices, yeast.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, banana, coriander, spices, yeast.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Cloudy yellow, white foam three fingers. Nose is citrus, perfume, dish water. Taste is citrus, bubble gum, yeasty spicy notes, slight bitter in the finish. Plenty of sharp bubbles, medium bodied. A bit bland but pretty drinkable.
Wit wie ich es mag, Hefe-Banane auf die Fresse. Zu tief bewertet.