Witbier

Avery Lililo’i Kepolo Slated For Cans

An Avery Brewing taproom rarity, Lililo’i Kepolo is taking aim at 12oz cans.

Avery Brewing Lililo’i Kepolo is a Belgian-style witbier, brewed with passionfruit, coriander, and orange peel. A tropical beer that goes wherever you go.

Luscious. Juicy. Tart. And like no other! Continue Reading →

Rogue Pumpkin Savior Ale, Spring 2015

Rogue Farms had a bountiful pumpkin harvest this year. Some of those pumpkins are used in Rogue Pumpkin Patch Ale. With the excess pumpkins, Rogue frozen the gourds whole, and is creating Pumpkin Savior Ale.

Rogue Pumpkin Savior Ale is a witbier, Continue Reading →

New Belgium Black is the New Wit

New Belgium Black is the New Wit joins the Garage Series. A witbier brewed with coriander and orange peel.

The Garage Series comes off the brewery’s pilot system, and hits specific markets.

Style: Witbier (w/ Orange Peel, Coriander)
Availability: Draft only, as of Continue Reading →

Shock Top Spiced Banana Wheat Launches

Shock Top continues their quest to create limited edition flavors with the addition of Shock Top Spiced Banana Wheat.

As with the plethora of other offerings by the brewery, Shock Top uses the base Belgian-style witbier, and nuances it with banana, honey Continue Reading →

Posted in Don't Miss This, Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick Hibiscuwit Launches in Cans In March

Red Brick Hibiscuwit is coming to 12oz cans in mid-March. What was once a draft only offering last year is getting an upgrade to package.

The recipe is the brainchild of the brewery’s Tyler Cates. He entered Hibiscuwit into Red Brick’s quarterly Employee Brew-Off, and found his kegs were the first to go.

Red Brick Hibiscuwit is a Belgian-style wheat beer, brewed with organic hibiscus, sweet orange peel, and cinnamon. Hibiscuwit will be one of the first two core beers the brewery has released, after Laughing Skull launched last year.

Expect a Mid-March shelve date in Georgia, the brewery’s other states, by April, 2015.

Style: Witbier (w/ Hibiscus, Cinnamon, Orange Peel.)
Availability: 12oz Cans, Draft.
Release: Mid-March, 2015

5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Headlines, New Belgium, Terrapin Beer Company

Beer Street Journal Video: Terrapin & New Belgium Team Up

Back in October, Terrapin Beer Company’s co-founder and brewmaster “Spike” Buckowski traveled to New Belgium to create the first half of this new collaboration, Black is the New Wit. Weeks later, New Belgium’s Peter Bouckaert travelled to Terrapin’s Athens, Georgia home.

Peter Bouckaert and Spike have been wanting to collaborate for some time now. Their biggest issue wasn’t geographic distance, but style. After kicking around style ideas, the duo decided on an imperial witbier. This style is light bodied enough to allow the wood aging to shine through in the finish. Black is the New Wit is no exception.

“Peter and I have been wanting to do a collaboration for about three years now,” said Terrapin’s Brian “Spike” Buckowski. “We originally wanted to brew something with muscadine, but the timing didn’t line up right. We kicked around a couple of ideas like a Baltic porter that didn’t really have a dark color, but got its dark flavor from wood.  From that popped out the idea of doing an imperial black wit brewed with rye and aged on cedar.”

There will be two editions of Black is the New Wit released. Both versions are essentially the same beer, but with each aged on different wood.  New Belgium aged on cedar, Terrapin on sassafras.

In the Beer Street Journal exclusive video above, you can join Spike and Peter on brew day in Athens.

Style: Witbier (Coriander, Orange Peel. Wood Aged.)
Hops: Sorachi Ace, Lemondrop, Mandarina Bavaria
Malts: 2-Row Pale, Torrified Wheat, Malted Wheat, Rye, Midnight Wheat, DH Carafa III

Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft.
Arrival: February, 2015

8.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Avery Lililo’i Kepolo Slated For Cans

An Avery Brewing taproom rarity, Lililo’i Kepolo is taking aim at 12oz cans.

Avery Brewing Lililo’i Kepolo is a Belgian-style witbier, brewed with passionfruit, coriander, and orange peel. A tropical beer that goes wherever you go.

Luscious. Juicy. Tart. And like no other! Adding a tropical island flair to a spicy traditional witbier, Lililoi Kepolo erupts with monumental passionfruit aroma and acidity along with a sublimely succulent finish. Sediment may occur over time. Fear not! It’s passionfruit.

 

Style: Witbier (w/ Coriander, Orange Peel, Passionfruit.)
Availability: Draft (Current) 12oz Cans (Soon)
Release: TBA

5.4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Rogue Brewing

Rogue Pumpkin Savior Ale, Spring 2015

Rogue Farms had a bountiful pumpkin harvest this year. Some of those pumpkins are used in Rogue Pumpkin Patch Ale. With the excess pumpkins, Rogue frozen the gourds whole, and is creating Pumpkin Savior Ale.

Rogue Pumpkin Savior Ale is a witbier, brewed with fifteen ingredients, including cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla beans, and cloves.

Created with pumpkins grown at rogue farms in Independence, Oregon. This year we had an abundant harvest that left us with extra pumpkins after we brewer  pumpkin patch ale. So rather than let our precious pumpkins rot in the field we decided to save them by freezing them whole and brewing a spring pumpkin wit.

Rogue Pumpkin Savior Ale will be available of 750ml bottles in Spring, 2015.

Style: WItbier (w/ Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla, Ginger, Cloves)
Availability: 750ml bottles
Arrival: Spring, 2015

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, New Belgium

New Belgium Black is the New Wit

New Belgium Black is the New Wit joins the Garage Series. A witbier brewed with coriander and orange peel.

The Garage Series comes off the brewery’s pilot system, and hits specific markets.

Style: Witbier (w/ Orange Peel, Coriander)
Availability: Draft only, as of 11/13/14

7.8% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Yellowhammer Brewery

Yellowhammer Belgian White Headed to 12oz Bottles

Yellowhammer Brewing (Huntsville, AL) will soon put their Belgian White in 12oz bottles.

The Yellowhammer take on the Belgian white is a little different. Instead of the more traditional hints of orange and coriander, the Yellowhammer white derives a hint of spice from Kaffir lime leaves and fresh ginger. A perfect beer on a hot day.

Yellowhammer Belgian White is a year round offering.

Style: Witbier (w/ Kaffir Lime, Ginger, Chamomile)
Availability: Draft only (Current), 12oz Bottles (Soon)

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Shock Top

Shock Top Spiced Banana Wheat Launches

Shock Top continues their quest to create limited edition flavors with the addition of Shock Top Spiced Banana Wheat.

As with the plethora of other offerings by the brewery, Shock Top uses the base Belgian-style witbier, and nuances it with banana, honey and citrus.

Some Shock Top “limited edition” brews appear solely in their mixed packs.

Style: Witbier (w/ Honey, Banana, Oranges)
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Release: August, 2014

5.5% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay