Witbier

Potential Release: Great Divide HEYDAY

The above is HEYDAY, a new potential release from Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver, CO). Perhaps when you’re not out hunting (and drinking) Yetis you can work a witbier into your drinking routine.

HEYDAY is an eminently pleasant pour. Brewed with Continue Reading →

Blue Moon Makes Plans For Proximity

Proximity is an experimental wheat ale from Blue Moon, brewed with juice from Sauvignon Blanc grapes. It will be available at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. (This might be an alias for Vintage Blanc). Looks like Blue Moon is making Continue Reading →

Brooklyn Debuts Fiat Lux [Video]

Brooklyn Brewing adds to the Brewmasters Reserve Series with Fiat Lux. The name means “Let There Be Light.”  The name is less religious and more “let the be the light of summer.”

Let there be beaches, let there be Continue Reading →

Burnt Hickory White Flag Third Strike Wit

Burnt Hickory White Flag Third Strike Wit.  A Belgian style wit beer. Brewed with wheat malt, oats, & pilsner malts. Spices include grains of paradise  and coriander.  As an added bonus, the brewery adds marmalade during secondary fermentation.

Now available in 22 Continue Reading →

Cans For Revolution Bottom Up Wit

Revolution Brewing (Chicago, IL) has expressed their intent to distribute bottles & cans in the near future. The above is label art for one of the brewery’s flagship beers – Bottom Up Wit.  Wit, along with Anti Hero India Pale Continue Reading →

Posted in Great Divide

Potential Release: Great Divide HEYDAY

Great Divide Heyday Belgain Style White Ale

The above is HEYDAY, a new potential release from Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver, CO). Perhaps when you’re not out hunting (and drinking) Yetis you can work a witbier into your drinking routine.

HEYDAY is an eminently pleasant pour. Brewed with bailey. oats and raw wheat. HEYDAY is uniquely flavorful for such an easy drinking ale. With a slightly cloudy appearance and traditional yeast, it is a balanced, agreeable offering. Exuding mild hop bitterness and a nuanced body, this is the easiest decision you’ll make all day. 

Style: Witbier
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

5.2% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Blue Moon Brewing, Coming Soon

Blue Moon Makes Plans For Proximity

Proximity is an experimental wheat ale from Blue Moon, brewed with juice from Sauvignon Blanc grapes. It will be available at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. (This might be an alias for Vintage Blanc). Looks like Blue Moon is making plans to bottle Proximity, in 25.4 oz bottles.

Style: Wheat Ale (w/ grapes)
Availability: Draft, Bottle.
Arrival: TBA

8.5% ABV 

Read More: Blue Moon Brewing

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases

Corsendonk Apple White Beer Arrives Stateside

A new Corsendonk has arrived stateside. Corsendonk Apple White is a witbier, brewed with spices and apple juice. and at a low 3.2%, it is a true session beer. Corsendonk is brewed in Oud-Turnhout, Belgium.

Corsendonk Apple White Beer is a compact, creay beer with a lingering froth. With aromas of yeast and apple, it is mild on the palate with well-balanced bitterness and hints of apple. It is excellent as an aspertif or as a thirst-quencher.

Style: Witbier (w/ Apple Juice, Licorice, Coriander, Orange Zest
Availability: 750 ml bottles, Draft

3.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sam Adams

Drink Like Bing Crosby. Samuel Adams White Christmas debuts this winter

Maybe you won’t have a white Christmas. Starting this year, you can drink like you’ll have one.  Sam Adams White Christmas debuts this winter.

As crisp as the first snowfall of the year, this unfiltered white ale is blended with holiday spices including cinnamon, nutmeg, & orange peel. The familiar citrus and wheat characters of the ale are complemented by the warmth  of the spices for a festive brew that’s perfect for the season. 

Sam Adams White Christmas is available in 12-ounce bottles, and draft seasonally.

Style: Witbier (w/ Cinnamon. Nutmeg. Orange Peel.) 
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft.
Arrival: Winter 2012

5.8% ABV

PIC: Beer Street Journal

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Brooklyn Brewing, New Releases, Videos

Brooklyn Debuts Fiat Lux [Video]


Brooklyn Brewing adds to the Brewmasters Reserve Series with Fiat Lux. The name means “Let There Be Light.”  The name is less religious and more “let the be the light of summer.”

Let there be beaches, let there be blankets laid out on grass, let there be beer gardens, let there be barbecues, let there be outdoor concerts, let there be good beer everywhere, great people to drink it with, and time to enjoy it. Yeah, we thought you’d be down with that too. Brooklyn Fiat Lux is great with everything you’re cooking and eating this summer (it’s not that great with beef stew… but you’re not eating beef stew) from barbecue to burgers, from crawfish to salmon. And it’s mighty nice with goat cheese. Have a great summer, folks. And yes, we admit it — we really do love walking into places, declaring “Fiat Lux!” and making it so.
Lux is based on a witbier recipe, brewed with Canadian and American malts and un-malted white winter wheat. Then Lux is spiced with coriander and lime peel.

Style: Witbier (Coriander, Lime Peel)
Availability: Draft only

Brooklyn Brewery presents Fiat Lux from Transient Pictures on Vimeo.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Burnt Hickory Brewery, New Releases

Burnt Hickory White Flag Third Strike Wit

Burnt Hickory White Flag Third Strike Wit.  A Belgian style wit beer. Brewed with wheat malt, oats, & pilsner malts. Spices include grains of paradise  and coriander.  As an added bonus, the brewery adds marmalade during secondary fermentation.

Now available in 22 ounce bottles (when brewed) as of early, 2015.

Style: Witbier (w/ coriander, grains of paradise, marmalade)
Availability: 22oz bottles, Draft. Seasonal.

7% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Revolution Brewing

Cans For Revolution Bottom Up Wit

Revolution Brewing Bottoms Up Wit

Revolution Brewing (Chicago, IL) has expressed their intent to distribute bottles & cans in the near future. The above is label art for one of the brewery’s flagship beers – Bottom Up Wit.  Wit, along with Anti Hero India Pale Ale and Eugene Chocolate Porter are slated for cans.

According to the Chicago Tribune in March, the brewery’s canning line once belonged to Stroh’s.  The canning line is apart of a 35,000-square-foot plant, in the 3300 block of North Kedzie Avenue, in Chicago.

Style: Witbier
Availability: 12oz cans, Draft
Arrival: TBA (in cans)

5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay