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It's an absolute miracle that I haven't made notes on Westbrook's White Thai before today. A quick check of untappd reveals that I am one of its "loyal drinkers", and that I have checked-in 31 times going all the way back to May 2011. In short, I...
High white head, but it's wispy and soon gone to leave little lace, and only a collar on the beer. Pale lemon body with some mild haze. Head is less impressive than most other de la Senne beers. Nose is pretty neutral to be honest, with some simple...
A pale golden, lightly clouded body sits underneath an initially large, well-formed head, but one that fades to absolutely nothing rather quickly. A fizzy tease. A lovely color, but the beer flatters to deceive a little in terms of that initial...
A bit of a weak looking pour with a pale gold, hazy body sitting below a below average head. Not much retention or lace. Nose has a very strong apricot note for me, with some mild funkiness. The apricot nose comes through a little in the tastes...
Interesting departure for Dany, a Witbier at 4.5%. Lots of recent, positive reviews of this beer - excited to try it. Light golden, slightly hazed pour. Head and lace is strong as ever with Fantôme. Light white pepper on the nose, along with some...
I am reliably informed that this is the re-branded Wittekerke. Pour is a slightly clouded, lemon body with excellent head. Retention is above average if not spectacular; much the same can be said of the lace. Sweet and bready on the nose as one...
Pictured 02/08/26 Original notes 08/11/24 Hate the can. Anyway ... classic, hazed lemon colored pour with a decent head. The head is a little light in terms of density, but delivers some great lace. The lace redeems things a lot. As this warms...
750mL, corked and caged, sooooo good to see that presentation again. Purchased on a recent trip to Houghton, MI in the UP, $15.95 for the bottle. Opens with a tremendous pop, excellent carbonation, always like to see that. Mid-golden, lightly hazed...
A curious beer to say the least. 375 mL corked & caged, Produced on 04/27/2022. Delightful, golden pour with a better than expected head and some pretty good lace. A thin film settles on the surface of the beer too. Very light in the mouth...
Bottled 29th Jan 2022. I've had this beer maybe a dozen times before this review. It's hard for me to understand why I don't have any notes on it. I love it. Rather than describing the smell, tastes and individual aspects of the beer, I always feel...
Additional notes 06/29/24 Pictured. I really don't get this beer, but I quite like it. Sweeetish orange notes but by no means a classic Wit. Keep that in mind, and you'll be OK. Original notes 08/23/23 12oz pour. JK O'Donnell's, Fort Wayne, IN....
11.2oz bottle, BB 24 NOV 25, Dry Hopped Wheat Beer with Brett. Difficult to resist a collaboration between these two, but it has to be send that collaborations very often fail to meet the (often unrealistic) raised expectations. Clouded, lemon...
2016 Encore 20th Anniversary re-release, sadly not the original. $13.90 from Beer Lime & Sunshine, Pittsburgh, PA. Solid orange/tan pour with large head that recedes. Some lace, decent surface head retention. A little malty oxidation in the...
Pretty sure the pictured (06/14/23) is the 'same' beer re-branded at 7.4%. Original notes 08/07/14 No. 8 in the Smokestack Series. Love this beer. The kind of beer/style that none in America does better than Boulevard. A really spicy and jacked up...
750 mL bottle in the usual Smokestack series presentation. No. 20 in the series. Re-release of the 2011 Collaboration series No. 2. Batch Number (looks like) RB13254-2 Best By Date 06 2014 Pour is a sweet looking, golden beer with a substantial...
Additional notes 06/24/14 Golden hazed body with an initial high head that drops off to give zero lace and not much retention. 12 oz single from the mixed pack. Unusually for me the specific cinnamon and nutmeg notes are quite perceptible in the...
22 oz bottle, tanks go out to @lnashsig for the opportunity to try this one. At first glance this seems like an unusual combination. A rye based Witbier? Odd. As I have said on more than one occasion in the past, rye is not my favorite thing, but I...
32 oz growler from AleYeah! Roswell in September, and then about six weeks or so later, as a 32 oz growler from JUGS in Sandy Springs. Most of these thoughts are from the initial growler fill, with supplemental additions on part 2. Part of the...
I originally drank this at the Brick Store on draught. This review is mainly from my experience with the 750 mL corked & caged bottle, with a nod to that original draught offering as well. This beer was brewed to commemorate the opening of the...
Presented by both Dogfish Head and Dan The Automator (whoever he is), this has farro, cayenne and cilantro added. I like me some cilantro, so I think this has potential. It also has a label with DELTRON 3030 emblazoned on it - another thing that...
Beer looks like a glass of orange juice with a head (the picture below doesn't quite do it justice)! Head that lacks much retention or lace. Enormous orange whiff meets the nostrils when the cap is taken off but this fades quite quickly. The nose...
From notes. 12 oz single on a recent foray to Raleigh, NC. Marmalade colored body with some bubbly, white head. Head is a little small but the lace and retention are both OK. Standrd wit notes with light spice and high drinkability. Mouthfeel is...
12 oz single courtesy of Kevin - many thanks. The beer pours with a requisite, hazy lemon pour with a somewhat disappointing head. Retention and lace are lackluster to be honest. The beer does contain all of the character that should be in a Wit,...
12oz single from my brother-in-law - cheers Rob. Not sure about this from the get-go. Is this a filtered Wit? Seems odd to say the least. The beer is golden with a small head but almost has zero cloudiness in the glass. Makes me feel odd, a bit...
750 mL bottle courtesy of finewinemike in my 2010 Secret Santa package - many thanks Mike. Obviously this beer is quite old, and probably at an age way beyond what the brewer originally intended so the review should be viewed in that context....
Many thanks go out to finewinemike for a chance to try this beer. Came as part of my Secret Santa for 2010. I guess that this is a somewhat atypical Dogfish Head beer in as much as it is somewhat typical for the style! Nothing really very...
750 mL, corked, caged and foiled affair. Hop City, GA, USA. Nice pop on opening, a little gun smoke. Pour yields a standard, yellowish body with a wispy, light head. The head lacks some depth and the body seems a little on the thin side. I...
So what's going on here? More craziness from Scandinavia? We'll see. Picked this one up at Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. 500 mL bottle approx. $8-9 for the chance to try this one. Poured into the Tücher, 0.5 L Weizen glass the beer is truly...
22 oz bottle courtesy of Tom (DrDogBeer) as part of Secret Santa 2009. Thanks. Pour is a miserable looking, pale, insipid off-yellow cloudy (almost beige) affair that looks worryingly weak in terms of body, head, retention and lace. The nose and...
Delighted to get to try this one, courtesy of DrDogBeer (Tom) - many thanks. 750 mL bottle, usual Lost Abbey, corked & caged presentation. The opening of the beer is disappointing. A worryingly, uninspired lack of pop - oh, oh, this is Lost...
750 mL, corked & caged bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is close to black with a nicely formed, solid looking head. Nose gives some significant fruit notes which are much deeper than a traditional Wit. Plenty of continued fruit in...
$5.99 from Green's on Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, USA. It appears as though people are paying a LOT more for this beer around the country. It had LITERALLY been just entered into the Green's system, so perhaps it will be adjusted upward in time. I...
12 oz single from Hop Cty, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a surprisingly ORANGE color which the requisite hazed body. Color definitely forms a distinct orange (rather than yellow color that is often the case in Wits). Head is surprisingly disappointing...
750mL bottle, Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Having read some of the previous reviews I decided to open this over the sink and use the 500 mL Tücher Weizen glass as a precaution since I was half expecting a huge gusher and beer everywhere. As it...
Extremly odd beer for me. Pour is a turbid brown with very good head, lace and retention. The head was really thick and pleasing almost like the "scum" that one gets on top of a fermentation tank. The color is less appealing, but that's just a...
12 oz stubbie for the usual Abita presentation. Fairly low expectations like all Abita beers. Weird yellow/green pour with a frothy but not dense head. Falls away quickly to leave no trace of lace or other sign that there was head present. Some...
12 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. In a nutshell, a simple brew that fits nicely in style from a reliable brewer. Pour is a very typical, light, lemon-yellow affair with a light head that is gone fairly quickly. Not much lace. Looks like...
12oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Interesting as I found this beer more substantial than the Weyerbacher Blanche that I drank alongside it - I was expecting the opposite to be true. Mendocino has a habit of producing so fairly average...
22 oz gold foiled neck in the newish Great Divide packaging. Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour produces a very high, light head with very good retention and decent lace. The body is golden with a very slight haze. Light carbonation. Nose is a...
12 oz single from Tower on Buford. Pretty much exactly as expected. Pour is a clear, golden hue with a decent head and some lace. Carbonation levels are appropriate and good. The beer basically looks like, acts like and feels like a simple, well...
12 oz bottle from Total Wine at Perimeter, Atlanta, GA, USA. A little pricey @ $2.99 methinks, but we'll see. Poured into the Southampton Weizen glass, the beer is much darker than I was expecting. Dark golden. Very fine carbonation, not much of it...
As a single from either Total Wine or Tower in Atlanta, GA, USA. Wits are an intriguing style for me because a really well made one is a beer that I enjoy, but at the same time I feel that they have the potential to be a bit of a let down. Their...
$7.00 via mail from Brusin' Ale, Asheville, NC, USA. 750 mL black foiled and capped. Blue and silver notes accent the usual ABdR label. Presentation is nice. Minor gusher. Note: This is marked "Best Before end of 2008", so may be a touch past its...
22 oz bomber, $3.99 from Riverside in Chattanooga, TN, USA. Best before 6th March 2009. Love a good Wit, but the style walks a fine line for me. There are some things that must be avoided, and other points that it must hit. I like a really spicy...
Recent entry into the ATL market. 12 oz single from Macs Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA. Part of the $8.99 mixed sixer. I've had this beer several times before but not reviewed it until now. Previously I have always drunk it from the 22 oz bomber so the...
12oz single from Tower on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. A Wit??? A TERRIBLE example of the style with a TOTAL lack of depth, flavor and no presence. Dreadful. This is tragic. It's a poor macro lager and a dreadful Wit - in fact it has no orange peel or...
750 mL bottle, (plastic) corked and caged with black foil on the neck. Cork is devilishly difficult to remove. Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. This one goes into the Duvel tulip with a HUGE, rocky head with wonderful retention and lace. Honey...
Mac's midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA. Until recently I didn't realize that Fluxus was going to be a different beer from year to year; I assume that it is, since this is obviously a major departure from the same beer from last year. 750 mL corked & caged...
$8.99 corked & caged 750 mL bottle from Smyrna World of Beverage, Atlanta, GA, USA. Disappointing lack of gun-smoke and pop on opening - worrying. Poured into the Tücher Weizen glass it looks better than I was expecting after the opening. I...
12 oz bottle from Penney after a trip to Bloomington, IN, USA - many thanks. Pour is a very pale yellow wth some cloudy character. Lacks presence in terms of head and lace. Sweet and slightly acidic. Even a little insipid. Medicinal nose. Cuts...
Recently arrived in GA (along with Dad's Little Helper) as an addition to the Rogue line-up. I was a little concerned about this beer because I thought that a Rogue Witbier would just be another style that they would add too many hops to, and in...
Wits used to be one of my favorite styles, but of late I've been enjoying them less so I was pleased when this one was better than expected. On-tap at The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Classic, lemon yellow, hazed pour with an attractive, dense...
Review #1500 - a bit sad. Very happy to drink anything once, and this is no exception. It was described to me as "Blue Moon with more orange flavor" - OOOKaaaayyy?? We'll see. 16 oz pour, Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA. Head is large over an...
16 oz pour $2.38 during Happy Hour. Cloudy appearance with a very light mouthfeel and taste. A little too light for my tastes, in fact maybe even a little watery. Slightly too simple? Some Belgian yeast notes come through. Refreshing and drinkable,...
Saw this in four packs (encased in a cardboard container like an energy drink) a few times before, and figured it was not good, but then I saw it at Mac's Midtown in Atlanta as part of their "mix-a-sixer" so guessed it was worth 1/6 of $7.99!...
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....
12 oz bottle as part of a $6.99 mixed single at Mac's, Atlanta, GA, USA. A very standard American Wit that is more refreshing than most. Lots of sediment (as expected) but also some odd, white chalk like particles the like of which I have not seen...
Got lucky and picked this up as a single as part of the $6.99 mixed six pack at Macs, Atlanta, GA, USA. Attractive bottle in the usual Flying Dog/Steadman style. VERY bready nose comes from the cloudy yellow body. A classic Wit color. Mild spice...
On-tap, The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Served in the correct glassware, as usual very classy presentation at the BS. Not my favorite style, but this still looks good. http://www.kirawhitebeer.com/ Just above average all the way around. The...
Additional notes: 09/18/2020 (pictured) Purchased this bottle last month in Indianapolis. I know it's old, the question is how old? Opening produces a little pop, and some carbonation is left although everything associated with fades quickly. Some...
From a brewery that I have been underwhelmed with in the past, and a style that is certainly not my favorite, and drinking it at the wrong time of year when it was probably older than was good for it...I wasn't really expecting this to be a very...
$2.49, Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. 12oz bottle. Annoying huge head that eventually falls back to something managable and sensible. Some lacing. Great color - a hazed, clouded bright yellow, like a top quality Hefe or better. Nice looking...
Extreme yellow color, almost to the point of looking artificial. Cloudiness yes, but with the addition of rather a lot of yeast type floaties. Not adding to the aesthetic nature of the beer. Decent head, some lacing. Typical in many respects....
Poured with an orange hue, but a good looking cloudy, unfiltered appearance. Half-decent head and some sticky, if somewhat conservative lacing. Spiced and smooth aroma, with a really quite full mouthfeel. Chunky on the palate. Taste is where things...
OK, this is not a classic Belgian Wit, but it is drinkable and it is leaning toward the style, even if it is not typical. A very pale, thin looking orange hazy appearance, with a small fluffly head and some mild lacing. Aromas and taste are...
Additional notes 03/24/24 (pictured) Remarkably little change to my thoughts of 19 years ago. I still like this beer, but for me there is a certain depth missing compared to some. Still, it's a better Wit than many US versions. Middle of the pack...
EDIT: I am reliably informed Wittkerke has been rebranded as Bavik Super Wit. Not bad. Pretty standard appearance for a decent Wit, with the anticipated lemon, cloudy hue and a large billowing, white head. Looks good, although the lacing and the...
Very, very nice, 100% drinkable and a perfect complement to the Atlanta heat that is slowly, but steadily, rising here in mid-May. From the bottle a large frothy, rocky head adorns the orange haze below it. Definite relationship between the orange...
Firstly much of what can be said about the draft serving has been said on the bottle review here. But the distinct differences are; Not such an impressive head on draft. The serving temperature seems to dampen the carbonation. Also, in terms of the...
Picture from 04/15/23 Pierre Celis Signature Edition 12/22/07: 4.5, 3.5, 4.0, 4.0, 4.0 B+ 4 Deliberately added as a new entry to the BA database to reflect the Pierre Celis Signature Edition for the Wit. 750 mL, corked & caged. $8.99 Arbor...
Extremely attractive looking beer, that takes the usual pale yellow cloudiness to new level. This beer truly looks yellow. It' s so yellow, I was expecting to take a gulp and taste lemons! Crowning, classic rocky white head, great retention and...
Pictured 10/06/24 Remember when majestic, corked and caged 750s of this were everywhere? Oh how beer has fallen in the USA. Oh how Ommegang has lost their way. Such a shame. Original notes 07/26/04 $4.48, Green's Beverage, Ponce de Leon, Atlanta,...
A classic of its type. Despite the plaudits that I hear for other, more "trendy" and expensive beers of the style, for me Hoegaarden continues to be consistently excellent. It's appearance is really second to none. The cloudiness perfectly...
Pours a very cloudy yellow color with very little head. Frankly I found this very refreshing indeed. Definitely a good thirst quencher. It has a fragrant or floral taste that I thought I would find not to my liking, but does have an unusual quality...