Belgian Style Wheat Wine Ale
White Birch Brewing
- From:
- White Birch Brewing
- New Hampshire, United States
- Style:
- Wheatwine
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.42 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 18, 2011
- Added:
- Nov 18, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
NO SCORE
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A style created in America using copious amounts of wheat, resulting in a rich full bodied ale. We take it a step further by using our house yeast for a fun Belgian-inspired twist on an American original.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.42/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Bottled in April 2011, batch #1, bottle #96.
Pours a nice creamy looking almost 1 finger head that fades at a slower pace with some lacing, over super dark molasses cola brown colored beer with hints of light in the corners.
Nose is erupting from the pour feet away, bringing lots of sweet additions, lots of molasses and caramel, brown sugar galore, toffee loads, biscuity malts, bit of chocolate as well, a bit of a candy earthy aroma. Then a bit of darker fruits, hint of fig and raisin, almost like a candy almond covered toffee plum candy thing, very interesting, and hint of a like a fruity Belgian stout yeast like aroma.
Taste starts also awesome! Delicious malts and sweetener additions, bringing loads upon loads of caramel, molasses, toffee, etc etc, brown sugar, candi sugar even. Then more fruits, darker fruits, fig, brown sugar and brandy covered raisins, even slight hint of plum. then more sugars again in waves, with caramel and crystal malt flavors, hint of candi sugar, candy covered apple, soft mellow aged malts, complex as hell! More interesting malt flavors bring the next wave, a bit of biscuit, bit of dark wheats almost doppelbock like, caramel, and hint of roast even, and plenty of Special B. A bit of cocoa and vanilla even. Finally a bit of bitterness strikes, with some earthy hops. As it finishes, the earthy hops turn spicy and give a nice bitter bite, with tons more malts and sugars, lots more caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, candi sugar, biscuit malts, etc. Finish just lingers, with a sweet bite and a little sticky. Then a bit of warming booze finally makes its appearance.
Mouth is heavier bodied, rich and creamy a bit, lower but decent enough carb, just a hint of booze compared to 11%.
Overall great, another winner from White Birch. Their wilds are hit or miss, but Bill's Barleywines and apparently Wheatwines are all hits. Delicious malts, fruits, sweet syrupy like flavors, dark and soft aged like malts, and nice bitter hops towards the finish, all play together well and make a really nice beer. It even drinks like a 7% rather than 11% beer. I can only imagine how well this will age.
Nov 18, 2011Pours a nice creamy looking almost 1 finger head that fades at a slower pace with some lacing, over super dark molasses cola brown colored beer with hints of light in the corners.
Nose is erupting from the pour feet away, bringing lots of sweet additions, lots of molasses and caramel, brown sugar galore, toffee loads, biscuity malts, bit of chocolate as well, a bit of a candy earthy aroma. Then a bit of darker fruits, hint of fig and raisin, almost like a candy almond covered toffee plum candy thing, very interesting, and hint of a like a fruity Belgian stout yeast like aroma.
Taste starts also awesome! Delicious malts and sweetener additions, bringing loads upon loads of caramel, molasses, toffee, etc etc, brown sugar, candi sugar even. Then more fruits, darker fruits, fig, brown sugar and brandy covered raisins, even slight hint of plum. then more sugars again in waves, with caramel and crystal malt flavors, hint of candi sugar, candy covered apple, soft mellow aged malts, complex as hell! More interesting malt flavors bring the next wave, a bit of biscuit, bit of dark wheats almost doppelbock like, caramel, and hint of roast even, and plenty of Special B. A bit of cocoa and vanilla even. Finally a bit of bitterness strikes, with some earthy hops. As it finishes, the earthy hops turn spicy and give a nice bitter bite, with tons more malts and sugars, lots more caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, candi sugar, biscuit malts, etc. Finish just lingers, with a sweet bite and a little sticky. Then a bit of warming booze finally makes its appearance.
Mouth is heavier bodied, rich and creamy a bit, lower but decent enough carb, just a hint of booze compared to 11%.
Overall great, another winner from White Birch. Their wilds are hit or miss, but Bill's Barleywines and apparently Wheatwines are all hits. Delicious malts, fruits, sweet syrupy like flavors, dark and soft aged like malts, and nice bitter hops towards the finish, all play together well and make a really nice beer. It even drinks like a 7% rather than 11% beer. I can only imagine how well this will age.
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