Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Wit-Blanche from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 22 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
On draught at The Claddagh in Columbus, OH. It might be blasphemy to say so, but I like Blue Moon more than this. Pours a light gold color with a thin white head. Bubbly with very thin lacing. Aroma is very bready and yeasty and clean. Light-bodied and slightly sour flavor under the wheat. I could not detect much spice or citrus which usually makes Wits more tolerable to me. The finish is a little watery, with more yeast and a little banana.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cloudy amber color, big head. Deep malt aroma, Madeira touch. Good body structure, some malt. Even 2 years after the expiry date it's still quite good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cloudy brown beer with a medium head. Spicy nose with a lot of character. Hide the alcohol very well. I was expecting a very industrial beer but it seems this may be an exception. Very suprised and pleased by this beer. Adding "fruit" in the name might be misleading since this is more of a belgin strong ale than a fruit beer à la leifman...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Dark brown; brownish, thick dense head. Nose of candi-syrup, coriandre, some dark malts. Sweet and roasted malts in the taste. Slightly perfumey - I'm thinking of chestnut flour. Thick mouthfeel. A bit soupy. An industrial brown. OK, not very refined.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Grand Cru from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thick creamy head with irregular to very large bubbles, collapsing but reasonably stable. Peachy colour, hazey. Nose with coriander, white candi sugar, pefumed, citrussy. Very perfumed taste as well, slightly bitterish - orange peel taste, wheaty. Lots of sweetness left. Fizzy mouthfeel. Bitterish, spicey aftertaste. Much citruspeel again, and some kind of exotic fruit. Hoegaarden Grand Cru used to be a beer on its own - uninterchangeable. Maybe it still is. But I do miss the Pierre Celis - touch.
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Wit-Blanche from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
This is the first white beer I ever tried and I was very dissapointed, it was nothing I expected from a belgian beer. Small head that goes away quickly and an interesting aroma. Little body and nothing special about it whatso ever.
diabel (1874) reviewed Hougaerdse Das from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 22 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
It has an amber colour, and there are some structures in the beer, I don't know how you call it, but it looks a bit like a spider's web. The flavour is dominated by malt. Little bit sweet aftertaste.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Wit-Blanche from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
For Ratebeers' sake - normally I wouldn't touch this stuff with a nine-foot long pole... Well-known hazy-yellow-with-the-greenish shine. Not huge, but persistent lacey white head. The inevitable coriandre-cum-orangepeel... Perfumed, like a fragrance for a fourteen-year old fan of the Spice girls. Surprisingly bitter for a fleeting moment at first. Then it falls flat. Less spices in the taste, not much citrus , which was the strenght of the original Celis Hoegaarden. Warming up, the coriandre gets through more and more. Light bodied, empty palate; no new aftertaste, just a bit more orange. Whyever this beer became a world classic, I'll never understand. Unless because it's even blander than the usual Pilsener?
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Julius (Blond) from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
An unclear orange beer with a good head. The aroma is sweet, yeasty and with notes of orange. The flavor is also sweet, with notes of orange and alcohol - it ends on a slightly bitter note. A very nice beer.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Grand Cru from Brouwerij Hoegaarden 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
An unclear orange beer with a small head - very bubbly. The aroma is sweet with powerful notes of orange. The flavor is great, with a nice sweetness and powerful orange notes and more faint yeasty notes. Ending on a very faint bitterness. Really a good beer.