Belgian Style White Ale
The Portsmouth Brewery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.85
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CLW (16720) reviewed Belgian Style White Ale from The Portsmouth Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draft @ the source on 24 April, 2014. Hazy gold in color with lasting head retention. Aroma is what you find in any Wit beer. Lemon and orange citrus, coriander and wheat.
Flavor matches the aroma with sweet fruits and Belgian yeast upfront leading to a lightly spicy coriander and pepper. Thankfully the spice is not over done. The body is in the medium range with a yeasty chewy texture. Some citrus zest or rind is in the finish to help cut the sweetness giving a pith like tartness. Overall pretty well made and was a refreshing finish to my meal.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Fluffy white head tophats and very slowly recedes leaving clump lacing. Orange, wheat and coriander aromas. Sweet yeast and citrus front to back. Mild coriander bitterness in the lasting finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Portsmouth brewpub. Pours out a light straw color topped with a small white head. Aroma was of light citrus, bread, and some spice. Taste was about the same with a good amount of spice and lots of orange zest.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours lightly cloudy, glwing gold with a mild, white head. Clove and banana aroma with some yeast. Flavor is lightly sweet with notes of yeast, booze, metal and fruit. Medium bodied with fizzy carbonation and some warmth. Finishes sweet with bread, fruit and a bit more metal. Not bad save for a few minor things.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught tulip at the brewery on 7/6/07
I don’t know how this manages to keep getting changed to 7.5% abv, as it certainly is not. I believe this is between 4.5 and 5. Anyhow....
Lucid, white-gold intertwined with soft apricot/banana yellow. Moderate haziness and an initially full, fluffy white head that quickly recedes to cover, leaving minor lacing.
"Chewy", or "fat", wheatiness in the nose leaves a full impression while pinches of pale malt sugars are dotted about. It trails off with lemon, white pepper and a moderate citrus juiciness. Proper attenuation, without any syrupy/sticky sweetness, and a very light, airy yeastiness that matches the sligthly bubbly, light-hearted carbonation well. Medium strength of aroma, no flaws.
Delicious attenuation is probably its strongest point, with a wheat softness that further sells its drinkability. Light tanginess on the finish, of lemon/orange and yeast acidity, but there is an unfortunate nuttiness that adds some blandness. A very competent, drinkable wit. Somewhat low on flavor, but the flavors present are used efficiently, interjecting tartness and tanginess to give it a modest complexity.