Blanche De Brooklyn
Brooklyn Brewery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On tap at Mad Mex - State College - Oct 29, 2007. Pours a bit too clear in pale straw and almond flesh. A top fading, rocky clean white. Aroma is a rich, bready yeast. Heavy on the wheat and spiced oils. Nice. Flavor is a bubbly, fresh, bright and active clean wheat juice, sweetened white tea and calming chamomile. Mingle ample bread and spice with a real refreshing muscatel, lemon water and almond mist for a real refreshing blow. The hops are a fine point of this beer and I am impressed with Brooklyn consistent good use of Noble hops for real gummy, resin-heavy presentation. Wonderful utilization and a fine end to the beer. Also, good yeast character and dryness. Could use some more chewiness and density from the wheat, but overall maintains decent nuance through a sprightly gulpable body.

 

 

Mini growler pour from American Bev in Broklyn. Pours very light golden, very clear, minor near white head and no lace left behind. On the low side on the carbonation scale. Just a whiff of powdered sugar for the nose to enjoy. Heavy coriander notes, some light yeast and flowery, fruity sweetness. Quite light and very easy drinking BPA. Sort of Belgian Lite beer for the masses. If I was at the METS game I would put 2-3 of these down with ease

On-tap at Clark's Ale House for $4 a pint. This is an all-around delicious beer. It could have been more drinkable with natural carbonation, but that's my only criticism. Otherwise, there's a lovely and subtle spicy lemon taste over mild dry wheat grain. It drink smoothly and is well-made. Another winner from Brooklyn.

I had this on tap at Citi Field while catching a Mets game. Blanche de Queens had dense cold haze about it with a nice creamy cap of foam. The aroma consisted of a generic graininess, clove and orchard fruits such as pear and Golden Delicious apple.

The beer is a little sweet--as this style tends to be at times--but pleasantly so. Yeast wisps by through the center leading to a quick light and snappy finish.

I enjoyed to beer and it went great with the frites!

Pint glass tasted from tap.

Poured a medium and cloudy yellow color with a smaller sized white head. Aromas of bananas, cloves and other spices, citrus, and light yeast. Tastes of spices, bananas, citrus, and very light wheatiness.

Notes from 9/27/07

Served on-tap in a 16oz clear pint glass

A: Opaque hazy golden color with thin cusp of foamy white head. Lace sheets the glass.

S: Luscious fruit and wheat scents abound with pear, apple, orange, and banana with strong coriander component and great wheat twang. Less fumes and more powerful aromas.

T: The flavors are delicious with tangy wheat layer with orange rind and lighter-than-expected coriander contributions.

M: Unlike many other witbiers with its solid, heavier body more reminiscent of a hefeweizen (rather than thin, fumey, ethereal body on most average witbiers). Still crisp and spritzy with active carbonation and a sweet wheaty aftertaste.

D: Another excellent Brooklyn Brewery creation that cuts down the style boundary between Hefe and Wit with style and tons of flavor with an excellent mouthfeel. Maybe -- Imperial Wit?

Pours a very pale yellow with green hint. Nice, creamy head with good lace.
Light scent just lemon, apple & wheat.
Taste is lemon, touch of orange, hops, malt, pepper, hint of clove.
Tangy, light-medium body with medium effervescence. Nice aftertaste fades to a banana note heretofore unseen.
A solid offering.