Fragrant black and blueberry mouthfeel more pronounced than phenol-hopped cranberry souring. Metallic twang soaks up tart fruited candy influence to soapy blackberry finish. Needs thicker malt seepage and sturdier white-breaded spine. On second passing, ripe blackberry-raspberry fruiting had firmer honeyed wheat spine and grazing Mandarin orange, tangerine, and peach snip.
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(CARACOLE) TROUBLETTE ARTISANAL WHITE ALE
Subtle yellow-clouded white-headed witbier stays moderate-bodied and less explosively carbolic than most pale Belgians. Spunky candi-sugared malting, lemony peach-orange-apple tartness and white-peppered clove-coriander spicing soften corky barnyard-hay dryness to medicinal finish. A bit askew for its class, as wheat influence neutralized by pungent alcohol-stricken sharpness.
BERGHOFF SOLSTICE WIT
OAKEN BARREL ALABASTER BELGIAN-STYLE WITBIER
BRECKENRIDGE MOUNTAIN WHEAT
OMMEGANG WITTE
Fizzy white-headed, cloudy yellow-glowed medium body may lack true distinction, but likable lemony clove tartness, light orange-dried honeysuckle herbage and clean Seltzer spritz cannot be denied. Slim banana-coriander cadence gains vanilla-bubblegum snippet lost amongst soft white grape souring, tingling off-dry herbal restraint and narrow wheat margin. On tap at Seven Lakes Station ’23, mild sourdough creaming mellows out dry citrus spicing.
BOULEVARD ZON WITBIER
PAX LIMBURGS WIT
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE SUNBLOCK WITTE
Summery pale straw witbier combines lean Belgian-like white peppered coriander-clove spicing with robust German-styled graining. A bit of a chameleon, its initial overripe banana sweetness recedes as lemon-soured orange peel bittering increases above carbolic soda-like fizz. When metallic alcohol burn subsides, plentiful floral accents affect wood-chipped sawdust respite; finishing sturdily with yellow-fruited abundance.
(RIVA) DENTERGEMS WIT
ITHACA PARTLY SUNNY WHEAT ALE
Vivacious light-bodied straw-glowed summertime session beer with slight turbidity retains infectious lemony clove-coriander influence, flirty banana uplift and peppery Belgian yeast-like spunk above sturdy cracked wheat base. Floral peppermint-ginger curiosity enlightens mouth-puckering hard candy tartness, cloaking petty vinous acidity.