Heathers
Wellington Brewery
- From:
- Wellington Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.37 | pDev: 18.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 10, 2015
- Added:
- Jul 27, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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An unfiltered witbier brewed with heather tips and lemon peel. This summer beer has a mild wheat body, slight pepper note, and an herbal bitterness from the addition of heather tips. With a dry and zesty lemon finish this classic witbier is the ultimate summer patio beer!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.85/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
473 mL can purchased at the brewery; best before Dec 7 2015 and served well-chilled.
Pours a foggy golden-yellow colour, topped off with one finger of dense, creamy white head. It seeps away steadily over the next 3-4 minutes, depositing some scattered swaths of lace as it is reduced to a thin collar and some filmy wisps at the surface. The aroma includes some grainy, doughy pale malt sweetness, as well as hints of lemon zest, herbal heather, banana, citrus peel and Belgian yeast. No surprises thus far - this one looks and smells like your average wit.
It tastes pretty good, but this is where the curveballs start getting thrown. Bready, doughy wheat malts and some mild sugary sweetness serve as an unassuming backdrop for the flavours that follow. Banana esters are unusually prominent here, at least for the style, with hints of apricot also coming through as the profile builds to its climax. The added lemon peel provides a pithy, citric bitterness; but the herbal, "greener" heather bitterness begins to really dominate by the end. The sip concludes on a yeasty, somewhat peppery note - though it is solely the herbal heather that lingers beyond, into the aftertaste. Light-medium in body, with moderate carbonation levels; the bubbles are small, subtly prickling the tongue, working out well in the context of the spicy finish. Thirst-quenching and quite easy to glug back - yeah, I'd say it's sessionable.
Final Grade: 3.85, a worthy B+. Heathers Witbier makes for a fine summer refresher. Though this wit is made with lemon peel instead of only the more orthodox choice (orange), the most interesting aspect of Heathers Witbier is, perhaps unsurprisingly, the titular heather tips. These manage to provide a long, floral, herbal bitterness on the back end that I find to be a genuinely unique addition to this style - one that nicely complements its more traditional witbier tropes, such as the spicy, yeast-forward finish. It's not something I'd bother to seek out, but if you're presented with the opportunity, it's well worth a try.
Aug 10, 2015Pours a foggy golden-yellow colour, topped off with one finger of dense, creamy white head. It seeps away steadily over the next 3-4 minutes, depositing some scattered swaths of lace as it is reduced to a thin collar and some filmy wisps at the surface. The aroma includes some grainy, doughy pale malt sweetness, as well as hints of lemon zest, herbal heather, banana, citrus peel and Belgian yeast. No surprises thus far - this one looks and smells like your average wit.
It tastes pretty good, but this is where the curveballs start getting thrown. Bready, doughy wheat malts and some mild sugary sweetness serve as an unassuming backdrop for the flavours that follow. Banana esters are unusually prominent here, at least for the style, with hints of apricot also coming through as the profile builds to its climax. The added lemon peel provides a pithy, citric bitterness; but the herbal, "greener" heather bitterness begins to really dominate by the end. The sip concludes on a yeasty, somewhat peppery note - though it is solely the herbal heather that lingers beyond, into the aftertaste. Light-medium in body, with moderate carbonation levels; the bubbles are small, subtly prickling the tongue, working out well in the context of the spicy finish. Thirst-quenching and quite easy to glug back - yeah, I'd say it's sessionable.
Final Grade: 3.85, a worthy B+. Heathers Witbier makes for a fine summer refresher. Though this wit is made with lemon peel instead of only the more orthodox choice (orange), the most interesting aspect of Heathers Witbier is, perhaps unsurprisingly, the titular heather tips. These manage to provide a long, floral, herbal bitterness on the back end that I find to be a genuinely unique addition to this style - one that nicely complements its more traditional witbier tropes, such as the spicy, yeast-forward finish. It's not something I'd bother to seek out, but if you're presented with the opportunity, it's well worth a try.
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