Purchased as a sixer in Hilton Head, SC, USA just a few days or weeks before this made it to Atlanta. Victory had already made it here but Whirlwind was NOT in the initial wave of Victory products, but now (mid-July 2007, it’s here).
12 oz bottle. Pour is disappointingly flat – lack of head and lace (which to me is a real problem for a Wit) is alarming, and carbonation is light, but at the same time over FIZZY – a very odd combo. Nose has the yeast and spice, but also an odd mixture of sweet, adjunct type macros – not great. Tastes lack Wit characteristics.
Mouthfeel lacks silk and is somewhat watery.
IMO this is NOT a good Wit. It lacks body, and is WAY too reminiscent of a macro lager for my liking. Poor example and not very nice.