Whittier White
The Tap Brewing Company (MA) in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Regular|
Score
6.90
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Clear golden coloured body with a hint of a copper glow and a thin, fast-dying off-white head. Aroma of oranges, light malt, caramel, yeast, strong coriander seed, citrus and much more curacao! Medium-bodied; Effervescent up front with a lot of yeast and curacao showing and a good malt backbone, some light lemons and a dash of wheat to keep it light. Aftertaste shows a ton of spices, curacao and coriander seed to make it very true to the style with a lingering, yet nice aftertaste. Overall, a very nice beer that shows well, is complex and is very light and refreshing in hot weather! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Colonial Spirits in Acton, Massachusetts on 23-September-2010 sampled at home in Washington on 19-July-2011.
CLW (16859) reviewed Whittier White from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From the 12 oz. bottle. The pour is a very cloudy pale yellow with a small soapy white head. Head left small spotty lacing in my Weizen glass on the way down. Pleasing aroma of wheat, yeast, and many different spices: The taste is much the same, (mostly orange peel and coriander) with a light bitter after taste, plus a hint of pepper at the end as well. The mouthfeel is light. It is fairly true to the style. It’s like drinking and remembering a small piece of summer on a cold November night. Well done by Haverhill Brewery, they have inspired me to make a trip to the brew pub!
maniac (11822) reviewed Whittier White from The Tap Brewing Company (MA) 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at the brewpub on 05/14/2010. Cloudy pale orange body with a small frothy white head. Big banana and clove aroma. Banana, clove and big spice flavor. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours light orange into a Tumbler. Bright white head slowly recedes to skim surface. Orange and yeast aromas. Sharply carbonated upfront sour orange rind. Lasting lemon yeast finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
I guess it was a good enough hit at BCTC, as this is now a rotating offering at the brewpub, which I had a pint of on 1/7/06.
Rosey as dawn and flecked with shimmeringly brilliant white gold and almond flesh tones. Fully cloudy, very homogenously so, with a fluffy, medium-sized snow-white head atop that seems to be stuck to the beer and glass. If the lacing or retention is not quite up to snuff (and I’m not sure that it isn’t), the captivating color on the beer more than makes up for it.
The aroma boasts soft, light sugars mixed with a playful bubble gum ester, hints of banana puree dropped in to a vanilla and wheat germ milk shake. Coriander ringing forth with a fresh and drying presence, though not as dominant as it apparently was at BCTC. Yeast livliness adds a playful white pepper and soft dough note, while dry lemon zest and star fruit skin glitter amongst the wheat back-drop.
The flavor combines an elegant balance of dry, lightly creamy wheat and fresh, green coriander. Lemon and bubble gum are quick to approach, but a snappy Belgian yeast, more white pepper-like notes and perfectly timed malt sugars comfort the palate. Ends rather boisterous, perhaps a little too heavy on the coriander acidity/tartness as it wears on. The carbonation is quite lively, bubbles a bit too large, with some lemon and unripened tangerine notes really being showcased a touch too dominantly. No alcohol apparency. Lively, touch watery texture. The wheat dosent add as much chewy texture as I would have expected. If they could get some more substantial texture from the wheat and tighten the carbonation, this would surely be one of the prime American examples out there.