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Hibiscus Wit
2nd Shift Brewing
- From:
- 2nd Shift Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 8.06%
- Reviews:
- 18
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 21, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 07, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 14
Here's what I've been goofin' around with for a while. I love Belgian wits on hot summer days (or freezin' your butt off days). Anyway I took a witbier and threw in a bunch of hibiscus flowers in it and made the stuff even better.
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Ratings by JordanHageman:
Rated by JordanHageman from Missouri
4.05/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Aug 16, 2016
4.05/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Aug 16, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
3.44/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: POurs a beautiful orange-red with a heavy pinkish-hibiscus tint. Completely cloudy with a massive head.
Aroma: Strong floral and perfume aromas with a rubbery funk. Some Belgian yeast of clove and some coriander. A little pear or grape. No banana.
Taste: Tongue follows the nose. Strong floral hibiscus flavors upfront that dominate. After that fades you get more Belgian yeast. Clove and Coriander on the back end. A slight light rubbery funk. Oddly, no pepper, but tons of pale malts to make it finish rather sweet. I would have expected more pepper or carbonation to dry the palate.
Feel: Lighter to medium bodied as expected. Not very carbonated. Finishes slightly sweet on the palate.
Overall: The hibiscus adds an interesting twist to the beer, but it doesn't blend as it should. The hibiscus is all upfront and then fades into the rest of the wit. The wit is sweeter as it should be. (I assume to balance the hibiscus). However, once the hibiscus fades the rest of the wit and pale malts are left to leave it sweet. Could use more carbonation, or Belgian spice to pepper and clean the palate. It's sort of a sandwich between hibiscus upfront and pale malts in the back, with the witbier sandwiched in the middle. Unfortunately, that middle witbier is lost between the other two.
Edit: As the beer warms the flavors meld together and it becomes much more enjoyable as it should.
Jun 09, 2019Aroma: Strong floral and perfume aromas with a rubbery funk. Some Belgian yeast of clove and some coriander. A little pear or grape. No banana.
Taste: Tongue follows the nose. Strong floral hibiscus flavors upfront that dominate. After that fades you get more Belgian yeast. Clove and Coriander on the back end. A slight light rubbery funk. Oddly, no pepper, but tons of pale malts to make it finish rather sweet. I would have expected more pepper or carbonation to dry the palate.
Feel: Lighter to medium bodied as expected. Not very carbonated. Finishes slightly sweet on the palate.
Overall: The hibiscus adds an interesting twist to the beer, but it doesn't blend as it should. The hibiscus is all upfront and then fades into the rest of the wit. The wit is sweeter as it should be. (I assume to balance the hibiscus). However, once the hibiscus fades the rest of the wit and pale malts are left to leave it sweet. Could use more carbonation, or Belgian spice to pepper and clean the palate. It's sort of a sandwich between hibiscus upfront and pale malts in the back, with the witbier sandwiched in the middle. Unfortunately, that middle witbier is lost between the other two.
Edit: As the beer warms the flavors meld together and it becomes much more enjoyable as it should.
Reviewed by Livyatan1996 from Missouri
3.85/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Canned just over a month ago, this is hazy and a pretty pink/red color, and I guess I'm a sucker for a good color in my beers. A decent pour turned up a finger and a half of pearly head that sizzled up and slowly down to a small rim and some small floating suds. A few drops of lacing cling to the sides. The nose picks up yeast/wheat and a subtle hint of spices and hibiscus. Went in expecting the tart, herbal scent of the hibiscus flowers but it takes the backseat and just plays as an addition to the wheat. Taste goes along the same, with a smooth wheat flavor that is balanced and enhanced by a slight floral flavor. Very smooth, very quiet. Would love to compare with the base witbier.
Jun 18, 2018Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.31/5 rDev -11%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -11%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Received in a trade with @gibgink – Thanks Dennis!
Undated 16 oz can, stored at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.
Body – Dirty pinkish-orange, opaque, slight effervescence.
Head – Average (Maximum 2.8 cm, aggressive center pour), off white, medium density, short retention, diminishing to a two mm ring fed by effervescence and a thin complete layer.
Lacing – Virtually none.
First pour – Light pink, hazy.
Aroma – 3.25 – Some yeast and flower – I don’t know if it is hibiscus or not – it doesn’t smell like my hibiscus bush. If you really horn it, a trace of coriander can be found.
Flavor – 3.5 - A bit of yeast and some coriander. Ends with a flash of an oddly sweet aftertaste. No hops, no malt, no alcohol, no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3 - Thin, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and summation – 3.25 – The appearance is not particularly appealing, looking like vomitus (sans chunks) after eating pizza. The aroma is weak but not unpleasing. The flavor isn’t bad, a bit weak in the yeast department, but otherwise decent. The palate is typical of most witbiers, if a bit on the thin side. Overall, a pretty average take on a witbier, one I would drink before a BMC brew but not one that I’d seek out.
Mar 12, 2018Undated 16 oz can, stored at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.
Body – Dirty pinkish-orange, opaque, slight effervescence.
Head – Average (Maximum 2.8 cm, aggressive center pour), off white, medium density, short retention, diminishing to a two mm ring fed by effervescence and a thin complete layer.
Lacing – Virtually none.
First pour – Light pink, hazy.
Aroma – 3.25 – Some yeast and flower – I don’t know if it is hibiscus or not – it doesn’t smell like my hibiscus bush. If you really horn it, a trace of coriander can be found.
Flavor – 3.5 - A bit of yeast and some coriander. Ends with a flash of an oddly sweet aftertaste. No hops, no malt, no alcohol, no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3 - Thin, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and summation – 3.25 – The appearance is not particularly appealing, looking like vomitus (sans chunks) after eating pizza. The aroma is weak but not unpleasing. The flavor isn’t bad, a bit weak in the yeast department, but otherwise decent. The palate is typical of most witbiers, if a bit on the thin side. Overall, a pretty average take on a witbier, one I would drink before a BMC brew but not one that I’d seek out.
Rated by Beerucee from Texas
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Reddish wheat
Jan 25, 2018
Hibiscus Wit from 2nd Shift Brewing
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
95 ratings
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