White Zombie Ale
Catawba Brewing Co.
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- Style:
- Wheat Beer - Witbier
Ranked #401 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #43,196 - Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 13.81%
- Reviews:
- 56
- Ratings:
- From:
- Catawba Brewing Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Avail:
- Year-round
- Wants
- 11
- Gots
- 91
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Notes:
Although named as a Halloween seasonal, Zombie's refreshing taste makes it a year round staple. It is brewed in the Belgian witbier tradition of using unmalted wheat to create the light body and white sheen. Additions of coriander and orange peel give it a fruity and spicy character, while the hops are subtle and lightly detected. Don't be scared to blow the head off a Zombie and drink up!
Reviews: 56
| Ratings: 289
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Reviews by NCSeb:
NCSeb
3.36/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pretty nice beer. Very light overtone of heffeweisen on a mostly american pale ale. It could stand to have more taste and aroma. The aroma is almost non-existent.
Very refreshing in the summer.
Jan 08, 2013
3.36/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pretty nice beer. Very light overtone of heffeweisen on a mostly american pale ale. It could stand to have more taste and aroma. The aroma is almost non-existent.
Very refreshing in the summer.
Jan 08, 2013
More User Reviews:
Mojo from Alabama
3.7/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce can -> World Market Tulip
A - hazy straw, one half inch head, no retention, and no lacing. Not a pretty looking beer at all
S - spicy smell, banana, orange peel, and coriander
T - very dry and yeasty throughout with some very spicy notes
M - decent carbonation with a slightly metallic aftertaste
O - decent to style, but not spectacular
Jul 24, 2013
3.7/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce can -> World Market Tulip
A - hazy straw, one half inch head, no retention, and no lacing. Not a pretty looking beer at all
S - spicy smell, banana, orange peel, and coriander
T - very dry and yeasty throughout with some very spicy notes
M - decent carbonation with a slightly metallic aftertaste
O - decent to style, but not spectacular
Jul 24, 2013
dirtyharry2489 from West Virginia
3.14/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
May 26, 2015
3.14/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
May 26, 2015
CM31 from Tennessee
2.03/5 rDev -43.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
A truly horrible beer to me due to the peculiar "Cheap Vanilla Icing" taste that I picked up. Looks decent and smells very forgettable.
I had this on tap as well.
Jun 10, 2015
2.03/5 rDev -43.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
A truly horrible beer to me due to the peculiar "Cheap Vanilla Icing" taste that I picked up. Looks decent and smells very forgettable.
I had this on tap as well.
Jun 10, 2015
jstevep00 from Colorado
4.18/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 11, 2016
4.18/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 11, 2016
concernicus from Tennessee
4.26/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Wow this is one tasty and delicious beer. Even from a can the beer just cannot be smoother from lips to gut. The beer is not overly sweet like many other 'witbiers' that I have been subjected to. Immediately this becomes a brew that I will be on the lookout for when looking for a refreshing drinker.
Sep 02, 2019
4.26/5 rDev +17.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Wow this is one tasty and delicious beer. Even from a can the beer just cannot be smoother from lips to gut. The beer is not overly sweet like many other 'witbiers' that I have been subjected to. Immediately this becomes a brew that I will be on the lookout for when looking for a refreshing drinker.
Sep 02, 2019
KYGunner from Kentucky
3.52/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This had a very corny flavor for a Witbier, but I did get some coriander and spice. Very light wheat but it resembled, at times, an adjunct. Lots of corn maltiness.
Jul 06, 2015
3.52/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
This had a very corny flavor for a Witbier, but I did get some coriander and spice. Very light wheat but it resembled, at times, an adjunct. Lots of corn maltiness.
Jul 06, 2015
bendukes86 from South Carolina
3.28/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Jul 06, 2015
3.28/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Jul 06, 2015
baklo from North Carolina
3.52/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Oct 06, 2016
3.52/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Oct 06, 2016
Boone757 from Virginia
3.62/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Aug 28, 2018
3.62/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Aug 28, 2018
AMCPhD from Virginia
3.75/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 10, 2019
3.75/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 10, 2019
White Zombie Ale from Catawba Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
289 ratings
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