Tag Archives: witbier

De Jyske Bryghuse – White hawk

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De Jyske Bryghuse is a brand owned by United Beverages and is currently brewed by Svaneke Brewery on Bornholm, Denmark. Originally the brand was brewed by a selection of smaller breweries in Jutland, Denmark.

I bought this beer in Kvickly, a supermarket chain in Denmark at the price of maybe 2 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 4,6%. I do not recall exactly on the price.

A yellow coloured unfiltered beer.

A medium head with fine bubbles.

Fresh and clear fruit, flowers and spices in the aroma.

Low CO2, ultra flowered taste and quite some bitterness. There is a long drawn flowery after taste that lasts.

Overall rating 73 / 100

 

 

To Øl – Cloud 9 wit

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To øl is not a real brewery but two guys that are nomad brewers, Tobias Emil Jensen and Tore Gynther started their first commercial brews in 2010. Edit: since 2019, To Øl have their own brewery!

I bought this beer in the wine store H.J.Hansen in Odense, Denmark at the price of 5 Euro for a 330ml bottle at 4,6%.

A lightly coloured yellow and just some sediment in this unfiltered beer.

Large sized head, fine bubbles on the top and rough in the bottom.

A sweet fruit with a mango, some hop and flowers to the aroma.

Good CO2, very bitter, oranges and mango fruits in the after taste. Bitter as in goose bump bitter. Over the top for what I find pleasant but it has some good fruit tones.

Overall rating 73 / 100

Hoegarden – Witbier

GS6A2761Wit beer can be tracked back to being brewed in the middleages in the village of Hoegaarden in Belgium. There have been many breweries, fires, closures etc and the the brand have been bought and sold numerous times between large breweries in new times. The man behind Celis White brewed in Texas, America was also the owner of Hoegaarden before he sold it and moved to America.

I bought this wit beer in a local supermarket in Odense, Denmark at the price of 5 Euro for a 750ml bottle at 4,9%.

Light yellow unfiltered colour.

Head comes off with big white foam of fine bubbles.

Aroma is powerful with a lovely fruit and some floral tones to it.

Balanced CO2, Good fruit and floral tones to the taste. After taste is sweet and lightens out a little watery.

Overall rating 80 / 100

Epic brewing company – Wit beer

GS6A2440Epic Brewing Company is located in Salt Lake City, Utah in America and was founded in 2010. All beers are hand crafted in small series and all bottles are numbered. So far 39 series of beer have been released.

I bought this beer in a local beer shop in Berlin, Germany at the price of 7,8 Euro for a 650ml bottle at 5,3%. There are only 1800 bottles of this beer and this was #18.

A beautiful unfiltered yellow colour.

Large head made of very fine bubbles and it stays with a good layer.

Aroma comes off with a lovely fruit, sweet and in balance.

Soft CO2 makes for a pleasant drink with a good fruit to it. Reminds me more of a weissbier than a wit. Still a good beer.

Overall rating 82 / 100

Latrappe – Witte trappist

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The Trappist monks brewed their first ale in 1884 in the village of Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands. After world war 1 in 1920 a bigger brewery was built to keep up with demand. The name La Trappe was introduced in 1980 and a new brew house was installed in 1989.

I bought this beer in a local wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 3 Euro for a 330 ml bottle at 5,5%.

The unfiltered beer have a light yellow colour.

The head is big and white, leaves a thin layer.

The aroma is sweet with a hint of banana.

The taste is a light fruit with a little bitterness and a fast after taste. CO2 is good.

Overall rating 78 / 100

Midtfyns Wit

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Midtfyns brew house was founded in 2004 in Årslev, Denmark. It is a micro brewery that started out brewing beer on license from Scotland but since 2006 they have used their own recipes and develop their own new beers.

I bought this beer in a local wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 6 Euro for a 500ml bottle at 6,2%

The colour is orange with mostly brown glow and notes too it, due to its heavy residue and being unfiltered.

The head is good, but disappears quickly and leaves a thin layer.

The aroma is fresh and fruity with a hint of bitterness.

Very low CO2, hops shines through and the fruit feels anonymous. The after taste is pleasent, the bitterness is low and good and it hides its high alcohol level very good.

Overall rating 78 / 100

Theresianer – Wit

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Theresianer brewery is located in Trieste, Italy. The brewery was founded in 1766 by Mr. Lenz, he obtained permission from Maria Teresa’s government to open the city’s first  brewery.

I bought this beer at Vinmonopolet in Oslo, Norway. Price was 4,5 Euro for a 330 ml bottle at 5,1%.

Yellow unfiltered look with a faint orange glow to it.

Head is low and rough, disappears instantly.

A very faint aroma that can not be identified as anything specific.

A lot of CO2 makes a good bubbly taste with a little fruit taste, it is like the after taste starts right away. For a wit there is really nothing wit about it. Lack of aroma and spices in the taste.

Overall rating 68 / 100

Ægir bryggeri – Siv Witbier

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Ægir brwery is located in Flåm, Norway and was founded in 2007.

I bought this beer at Vinmonopolet in Oslo, Norway at the price of 8 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,5%

Yellow unfiltered beer with a faint orange glow to it.

Head is small and fades out fast to almost nothing.

Aroma comes off with a hint of fruit and a more dominating flower.

Very little CO2, which unfortunately leaves it a bit dull, as the otherwise nicely balanced coriander and orange makes the taste. The bottle fermentation did not produce enough CO2. Prices on beer and alcohol is in general very high in Norway.

Overall rating 72 / 100

Indslev bryggeri – Flora Wit

GS6A1933Indslev brewery was established in 1897 by Frederik Christian Rasmussen. At some point the brewery was closed down, but in 2005 restored to former glory with brand new production equipment. The re-opening was made possible by Anders Busse Rasmussen, grand grand nephew of Frederik Christian Rasmussen.

There is a lot of sediment in the bottle.

The head is big and rough. It will quickly disperse to a thin fine layer.

The colour resembles the flora name with its orange colour with a rosé glow.

The aroma is a sweet fruit and flowery one.

A bubbly sensation with a little bitterness of flowers over it, the after taste continues with a tone of the flowers from the taste.

A wit brewed without  orange peels and coriander. Instead it is spiced with rose and hibiscus. A interesting take on the Belgian wit.

Overall rating 81 /100

 

Bavaria 0,0%

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I bought this beer at a local supermarket at the price of 1,1 Euro for a 330ml bottle at 0,0%.

A slightly unfiltered look with a bright yellow colour to it.

The head structure is very fine bubbles that resembles a creamy foam.

A well rounded aroma of fruit and a gentle fruit taste with a fast finish. It is very noticeable that it is without alcohol and thereby gives the impression of a wheat smoothie or wheat lemonade. If you are driving or do not drink, this is a fair alternative for getting a Witbier.

Overall rating is 71 / 100