Alabaster Belgian White
Oaken Barrel Brewing Company

Amber to light golden in color. Nose is very zesty, sweet almost candylike. Taste was orange peels, partial zest, sweet with a white pepper finish. sweetness is the overwhelming note.

 

 

Very refreshing beer. Clear taste of lemon but not too sour. My favorite from this brewery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delicate and perfumy- the high floral character and fruit-forward soda taste sides this ale with the more sweet tooth friendly kind of crowd.

Medium gold in color Alabaster pours with significant haze that causes the ale to look a few shades darker than it probably actually is. With part-fizz, part-froth fashion- an eggshell white column of foam billows to the rim of the glass with those large-knit bubbles that falls nearly as quickly as it rose. Steadfast at a thin translucent sheet across the glass, the ale struggles to lace despite such frothy potential.

Strongly aromatic with high coriander and dried Curacao orange peels- the scent is firmly fruity and sweet with spice. Seemingly of Pez candy, its sweet and candied tone is supple and playfully seductive. Its sweet taste is a mix of both dry wheat bread and soda-type syrup as it alternates taste- the first is unreasonably sweet, the other is of grain. The fruit and spice makes me think Sprite or 7up as the beer's citrus taste is refreshing- albeit lacking depth or richness.

Medium-light, the beer's long-lived sweetness gives greater impressions of weight, its high rate of carbonation gives the sugars a lift from the tongue and a greater impression of dryness. But as the carbonation erupts and then wisps away, what's left behind is lemon and orange soda pop. A finish of light vanilla, mint, spice and carbonic bitterness keeps the beer supple and zesty.

Its strong fruit and sweet character hinges on wine coolers and shandy- fine to drink but not exhibiting the character that comprise beers of the highest quality. True, I'm a bit seduced by the taste in a non-beer world. But here, much of its character is ill-represented. It'll appeal more to the Leinenkugle Sunset Wheat type of drinker.

 

 

 

Poured a haz,cloudy, light yellow. Light white ring of foam, not much head, but it did leave lacing. Aroma is mild spicy phenols and a hint of bready malt. Taste follows through with light malt, a hint of spice, very well balanced. Mouthfeel was a lighter in body with smooth carbonation. It's an easy drinker and good to have on a warmer day.