Noggin Grog Imperial Wit
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
- From:
- Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.76 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 27, 2007
- Added:
- Jul 27, 2007
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Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon
2.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
2.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
This Imperial Wit is 25 IBUs, made with wheat and pale malt, Czech Saaz, bitter orange peel, coriander and grains of paradise.
On draught at the Oregon Brewers Festival, I had a full pint in the plastic mug, and took good notes. Noggin Grog is a hazy pale orange with a thin white head. The color seems to indicate that the imperialiness comes from extra malt rather then candi sugar.
Aroma is very strong, citrusy from the clearly evident spices, with a nice wheat sourness as well. The dominance of the spices made me skeptical, since I don't think they should ever be so easily identified.
Turns out my intuition was correct, as this is really too spicy. Taste exactly like you'd expect of a double wit, strong and assertive, with twice the malt and spices, making it sweet and boozy, with lots of bitter citrus.
The mouthfeel thick, a heavy viscosity to the body.
This was just too much everything to be drinkable. The richness got cloying, the spices very bitter, and the thickness heavy in the stomach. And since it's so big, you can't drink it fast, and as it warms, it gets worse. Think this is my second double wit, and like Southampton's offering, I'm disappointed and starting to conclude that wit's shouldn't be imperialized. They're supposed to be refreshing and quaffable, which this couldn't be further from.
Jul 27, 2007On draught at the Oregon Brewers Festival, I had a full pint in the plastic mug, and took good notes. Noggin Grog is a hazy pale orange with a thin white head. The color seems to indicate that the imperialiness comes from extra malt rather then candi sugar.
Aroma is very strong, citrusy from the clearly evident spices, with a nice wheat sourness as well. The dominance of the spices made me skeptical, since I don't think they should ever be so easily identified.
Turns out my intuition was correct, as this is really too spicy. Taste exactly like you'd expect of a double wit, strong and assertive, with twice the malt and spices, making it sweet and boozy, with lots of bitter citrus.
The mouthfeel thick, a heavy viscosity to the body.
This was just too much everything to be drinkable. The richness got cloying, the spices very bitter, and the thickness heavy in the stomach. And since it's so big, you can't drink it fast, and as it warms, it gets worse. Think this is my second double wit, and like Southampton's offering, I'm disappointed and starting to conclude that wit's shouldn't be imperialized. They're supposed to be refreshing and quaffable, which this couldn't be further from.
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