Topic Archives: Witbier
Elevation Wave Wheel Wit
Elevation Wave Wheel Wit
Brewery creates beer from belly button lint
One thing is certain, breweries can always find a new ingredient to put in beer. Fruit is pretty common of course, but then there are additions like scorpions, beard follicles, or even cotton candy. Now – belly button lint.
Australian based 7 Cent Brewery has created a new beer using a yeast strain found in belly button lint. That’s right. The stuff you pick out of that hole in the middle of your stomach. They call it – Belly Button Beer.
Brewers swabbed samples of the brewer’s belly buttons and swabbing the samples on agar plates. After incubation, the brewery found and selected yeast colonies, grew the yeast to pitchable quantities, and well. It’s beer time.
The base beer is a Belgian-style witbier (with license of course), brewed with orange zest and coriander. The belly button yeast gives the beer the Belgian character, with hints of clove and light banana. (And body soap?)
The orange zest and coriander seeds were used to help complement the yeast and a calculated amount of Riwaka and Mosaic hops were added to increase the citrus qualities and give it a refreshing hop kick. Four different grains were also used to add both body and complexity including: barley, wheat, oats and rye.
For those that might be a little grossed out right now, yeast is yeast, everywhere. Of course there is good and bad, and 7 Cent chose the good to make this beer happen.
I guess at the end of the day, what the hell? Why not? The bigger question is… would you drink it?
Style: Witbier (w/ Coriander, Orange Zest, Belly Button Yeast)
Availability: Australia
Reformation Union released in cans
Reformation Brewery Union, the brewery’s witbier is now available in cans for the first time.
The Woodstock, Georgia based brewery has had Union available on tap prior to releasing cans. Incidentally Reformation Union is the lowest alcohol by volume beer in brewery’s portfolio.
“An easy-drinking, low alcohol beer is a great companion for just about any time of year, but I’m especially thankful for this beer during the peak of Georgia summers. I can’t wait to drink it on the golf course.” – Spencer Nix, CEO
Reformation Union is available everywhere Reformation Brewery is sold, in 12 ounce cans and draft.
Style: Witbier
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft. Year-round
Release (Cans): March, 2016
4.8% ABV
Image via Reformation Brewery
Starr Hill Sublime Citrus Wit
Starr Hill Sublime Citrus Wit
Oskar Blues Moneyshot White Wit Wheat, a can potential
Oskar Blues Moneyshot White Wit Wheat is on the can horizon by the Colorado brewery.
Not much to offer by way of description at the moment. The base beer is brewed with white wheat and spices.
The brewery has not yet announced this offering.
Style: Witbier (w/ Spices)
Availability: 12oz Cans
Release: TBA
?? ABV
Ballast Point Thai Chili Wahoo to be bottled
Ballast Point Thai Chili Wahoo has already been available on draft in the past. In 2016, the beer looks to join the line of interesting variants.
Interesting variants? In case you’ve been out of the loop, Ballast Point started with Sculpin IPA, with Grapefruit Sculpin and Habanero Sculpin IPA following not far behind. In January, Ballast Point released Pineapple Sculpin, and Watermelon Dorado, and Mango Even Keel.
On deck, Ballast Point Thai Chili Wahoo, a spicy spin on the brewery’s witbier.
Our Thai Chili Wahoo is a favorite in our tasting rooms for its complex balance of ingredients. Citrus and spice have long been a part of our Wahoo White. In this edition, we added a dose of Thai chilies, even more head from ginger, and a counterpunch of lime. The flavors in this beer need to be experienced first-hand, so grab one and try it for yourself.
Ballast Point Thai Chili Wahoo will be a 12 ounce bottle, and draft offering. The brewery has not yet announced this release.
Style: Witbier (w/ Thai Chili. Lime. Ginger.)
Availability: Draft (Current), Bottles (Soon)
Release: TBA
4.5% ABV
Sam Adams Nitro Cans now shipping nationally
Boston Beer Company, makers of what you know as Samuel Adams beer, have officially launched their first nitrogenated beer can offerings, nationally.
First up in the series is Sam Adams Nitro White Ale. Brewed with Citra hops, plus Grains of Paradise, orange peel, and coriander, 5.5% ABV.
There are two more nitro cans to be released in the upcoming months. February will see the release of Sam Adams Nitro IPA, brewed with six different hops including Zeus, Polaris, Galaxy, Amarillo, Centennial and Simcoe. 7.5% ABV
March release is Sam Adams Nitro Coffee Stout. Hopped with East Kent Goldings, the coffee laden beer finishes at 5.8% ABV.
All Samuel Adams Nitro Can offerings will be available in 16 ounce cans, 4 packs. Retail prices between $8.99 and $10.99.
