Belgian witbier as interpreted by a French brewery, from a 75 cl bottle shared by tderoeck, cheers! Snow white, bubbly, open head, cloudy beige-hued straw blonde robe. Aroma of soggy white bread, green banana, pickled sour-sweet gherkin or raw Kohlrabi (oddly!), radish even, ripe cucumber, some coriander in the background (a more trusted aroma in this kind of beer), stewed sorrel, rainwater. Fruity, tart-ish onset, cucumber, green pear and green banana notes, medum carb, slick wheat body with that sourish edge continuing, grainy middle with – strangely and unexpectedly – an ‘underdose’ of coriander seed. Citrus peel does appear, in a dullish kind of way; hop bitterness – as is traditional in a ‘blancheke’ – remains very mild, if present at all. Bland and thin witbier, with a very odd sour off-flavour to it that strongly reminded me of raw Kohlrabi and pickled gherkin or cucumber, something I never encountered in a Belgian wit… Totally different from my expectations, but not necessarily more agreeable because of it.

Bottle shared at Brewver Belgian Winter Gathering. Clear pale yellow golden color, no head. Aroma and flavor are wheat, only distant notes of other stuff like light cucumber or fruity hints. Hmm a bit disappointing.

1/III/25 - 75cl bottle @ Belgian Beer Geek Gathering (2025 Winter/Spring edition), BB: XI/2024, batch: 2799 (2025-212) Thanks to minutemat for sharing the bottle!

Slightly cloudy very ligh yellowish beige beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: fruity start, some banana, yeasty, a bit sourish impression. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: weird, sourish, a bit infected, very yeasty, a bit lemony, soapy. Aftertaste: pretty lemony, unpleasant bitterness, a bit acidic, weird, very yeasty, floral notes, very metallic, a little soapy in the finish.

Clear pale straw, very light in color. Small head. Soft wheat, watery, light zesty, coriander maybe, cucumber, kiwi. Light sweet, sour and bitter. Over light bodied. Quite thin and light but not bad.

Bouteille 75cl @ Belgian Winter gathering 01 March 2025 – Tim’s place, thanks Mat.
BB 11/2024. Batch# B2799.
Dorée/pale-paille, col blanc fin crémeux.
Arôme est sur une base tout autant classique belge d’une blanche assez solide – petite note épicée fraiche avec un léger parfum fruité – malté en rétro-nasal.
Palais sur une approche belge classique de blanche – bonne rondeur de froment avec une fine douceur de fin de bouche – pointe de coriandre, le tout est léger un peu effet ‘watery’.

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso propende per il frumento. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale, permanendo in maniera sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine, con carbonazione abbondante. Il colore è giallo paglierino. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è di media potenza. La forza gustativa è elevata e permane in maniera sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Il tetto della bocca porta note di miele, frumento, un accenno di resinoso, agrumi, spezie e banana.

bottiglia 33 cl, schiuma bianca fine persistente, colore giallo smorto torbido, al naso spezie leggero banana chiodi di garofano lieviti, in bocca spezie coriandolo e agrumi, lieve acidula, corpo leggero, carbonazione forte, dolce con amaro percettibile. Non male ma niente di speciale. c. Cantina della birra 27.03.21