Orange Avenue Wit
Coronado Brewing Company
- From:
- Coronado Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Witbier
Ranked #329 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #36,343 - Avg:
- 3.54 | pDev: 13.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 128
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 28, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 18, 2010
- Wants:
- 21
- Gots:
- 177
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
This So-Cal take on a traditional witbier honors Coronado’s main street, which is home to our brewpub and was once lined with orange trees. Bolstered by orange zest, coriander and orange blossom honey, it’s Belgium by way of Coronado. Expect a refreshing, light-bodied brew rife with citrus zing and a hint of earthy spice.
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Reviewed by SoFistDecayDead from California
3.53/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
16oz can poured into a Weizen glass
Appearance is a cloudy dark orange with a very thin head.
Smell is light honey, light orange with a firm spicy base note.
Taste starts with orange peel, quickly followed by subtle spice notes a clove, coriander, and mace. Slight sweetness and a noble hop character leads to a sweet and light finish.
Feel is very light and subtly sweet. It's character is off-dry, so it refreshing but not quite crushable.
Overall a very "Summer Afternoon" style brew. I would say this is a Belgian Wit on appearance, but an American Pale Wheat at heart. Above the Macro Wit's available here in the States, but not by too much.
Jul 28, 2025Appearance is a cloudy dark orange with a very thin head.
Smell is light honey, light orange with a firm spicy base note.
Taste starts with orange peel, quickly followed by subtle spice notes a clove, coriander, and mace. Slight sweetness and a noble hop character leads to a sweet and light finish.
Feel is very light and subtly sweet. It's character is off-dry, so it refreshing but not quite crushable.
Overall a very "Summer Afternoon" style brew. I would say this is a Belgian Wit on appearance, but an American Pale Wheat at heart. Above the Macro Wit's available here in the States, but not by too much.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Draft at Redhawk Gastropub. Cloudy orange golden, barely there head. Faint orange peel aroma. The taste is all wheat beer, bready. No other signs of a wit other than the weak orange peel notes.
Jun 04, 2025
Rated by mazandmar
4.06/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Very refreshing, little mild for a wheat beer.
Jul 19, 2024
Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.6/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can at Ulivo in Ocean Beach poured into glass. Orange and wheat is right.
Sep 04, 2023
Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota
3.18/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.18/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12oz can
Orangeish, very hazed, bubbly head that disappears. Smells of orange and coriander. Tastes also of orange and spice, with some good savory baked bread malts. But it also tastes kinda dusty and rusty.
It's aiight
Jan 18, 2022Orangeish, very hazed, bubbly head that disappears. Smells of orange and coriander. Tastes also of orange and spice, with some good savory baked bread malts. But it also tastes kinda dusty and rusty.
It's aiight
Reviewed by Singlefinpin from North Carolina
4.07/5 rDev +15%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev +15%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Drinking this at one of my favorite tap rooms Tapped Craft and Drafts in Greenville NC.
Poured from a tap into a pint glass.
Looks hazy orange with a nice foamy offwhite head that dropped quickly to a thin cap.
Smells citrusy orange, bready, coriander.
Taste follows the nose nicely, sadly lacking the yeastiness associated with the style.
Mouth feel is medium plus for the style.
Overall a very nice example of the style just lacking the yeast aspect, but nice and orangey and quite refreshing.
Cheers!
Dec 17, 2021Poured from a tap into a pint glass.
Looks hazy orange with a nice foamy offwhite head that dropped quickly to a thin cap.
Smells citrusy orange, bready, coriander.
Taste follows the nose nicely, sadly lacking the yeastiness associated with the style.
Mouth feel is medium plus for the style.
Overall a very nice example of the style just lacking the yeast aspect, but nice and orangey and quite refreshing.
Cheers!
Rated by Truegent2004 from Minnesota
3.8/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
From a can. Nice foam head, smells of orange and citrus, good carbonation, I wish the taste was a little stronger. A nice summer beer
Dec 14, 2021
Reviewed by NiceTaps from New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at a 19th hole in good old NJ, pint glass.
Orange is an understatement. Orange in color with a modest white cap, bubble up carbonation, wavy rings of lacing.
Orange in aroma. Mild wheat and fresh spice.
Light wheat base with orange and citrus in general freshened with cilantro.
Light, refreshing, drinkable.
Worthy of a second pour on a cool sunny day.
Jun 07, 2021Orange is an understatement. Orange in color with a modest white cap, bubble up carbonation, wavy rings of lacing.
Orange in aroma. Mild wheat and fresh spice.
Light wheat base with orange and citrus in general freshened with cilantro.
Light, refreshing, drinkable.
Worthy of a second pour on a cool sunny day.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.64/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.64/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Muy refreshing.
Orange Avenue Wit Looks average with hazy, orange coloring but its foam fades too fast. Smells fake a fecund orange orchard... then adds traditional wit spices. Tastes follow, but with another citric zest for zip. Feel is medium, but the bubbly makes this a truly refreshing beverage.
In surveying their website as I drank this, I was carried to Coronado. The visuals totally captured this isolated beach town across the bay from a large metropolis. Coronado Brewing has been there for almost 25 years; just brewing beers and adding to San Diego's superior lifestyle with three locations and, surprisingly, some recent medals. Unambitious to become some manager's brand, Coronado is cool.
Oct 14, 2020Orange Avenue Wit Looks average with hazy, orange coloring but its foam fades too fast. Smells fake a fecund orange orchard... then adds traditional wit spices. Tastes follow, but with another citric zest for zip. Feel is medium, but the bubbly makes this a truly refreshing beverage.
In surveying their website as I drank this, I was carried to Coronado. The visuals totally captured this isolated beach town across the bay from a large metropolis. Coronado Brewing has been there for almost 25 years; just brewing beers and adding to San Diego's superior lifestyle with three locations and, surprisingly, some recent medals. Unambitious to become some manager's brand, Coronado is cool.
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