Optimal Wit
Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Regular|
Score
6.56
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The perfect blend of spice is found in Optimal Wit. This Belgian style witbier is crisp & citrusy with layers of flavor that evolve in the glass. It is brewed with Virginia wheat, Spanish orange peels & coriander. Grains of Paradise give a subtle, peppery finish. It tastes like Sunshine & Happiness!
11.5° OG, 2°FG.
11.5° OG, 2°FG.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned 473ml. -Cloudy lemon yellow coloured, small white head that went away fast, coriander and whiff of vegetables in the nose. Milky, coriander, light fruity and notes of vegetables with mild spicy notes. Maaybeee discreet vanilla and some yeast in the finish. light fruity ice cream like notes. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Oct 2017
at 06:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
9th August 2017
GBBF Day 2. Bottle shared with Keen and drank whilst chatting to the brewer. Light haze on this paleish gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and fairly dry. Decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts, slightky sweet. Sweet floralness. Nice light spice. Light floral citrus. Crisp dry finish. Clean crisp wit. Their best seller if memory serves.
GBBF Day 2. Bottle shared with Keen and drank whilst chatting to the brewer. Light haze on this paleish gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and fairly dry. Decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts, slightky sweet. Sweet floralness. Nice light spice. Light floral citrus. Crisp dry finish. Clean crisp wit. Their best seller if memory serves.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2017
at 03:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Thanks Ogi! Misty yellow body, full, tiny white head. Enormous, soft coriander & orange aroma, bit lactic, like a slightly sweeter Hoegaarden. Taste... soft and balanced, sweetish, juicy, again, coriander and a touch of orange, perfumey, vague peach juice too. Dry finish and far from cloying, though it does have a nice bit of body for the style. Ends dry and ever ever ever so lightly bitter, just as a counterpoint note to a powdery dryness. Excellent, drinkable, slightly moreish wit.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2017
at 10:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at The Pony Bar, New York. Pours cloudy yellow gold with a small white head. Aroma of wheat, lemon, orange, coriander and ice cream soda. Quite heavy sweetness, light bitters and sour. Light to medium body, slightly watery texture, average to fine carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2017
at 16:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours quite hazy yellow, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is wheaty, touch of banana, coriander, lemon, bit of Belgian spice. Light plus body, soft mouthfeel. This is a pretty well crafted wit, honestly.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2017
at 16:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap@The Owl Farm, Brooklyn. Murky yellow color, small white head. Banana sweetness in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Riped sweetish banana in the flavor. Light coriander in the nose and aroma. Mellow, light. Despite the ingredients tastes more like German hefeweizen than witbier.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2017
at 13:55