Hoegaarden Grand Cru
Brouwerij van Hoegaarden

Flavour, aroma, head and easy to drink. Tropical fruits like banana. Would dink again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

De color ámbar, con una gran cabeza espumosa. Cuerpo medio y carbonatación ligera. Aroma cítrico y afrutado aunque con menor intensidad. En boca tiene un sabor intenso agradable.

L- Mid gold, slightly hazy (bottle-conditioned), pours with 3mm white head.
S- That scent of a deep beer, a hint of orange.
T- This is the 3rd beer that's new to me this evening and finally I'm getting some complexity. It has some conifer, banana, and typical spicing of a Belgian trad beer.
F- Punchy ABV% and richness brings some overall balance.
O- Perhaps a bit too sweet for me. Overall rather disappointing for a 'Grand Cru' from a brewery of this repute.
Bought from Beerhawk/UK, 330ml bottle BB 20/07/20

Hazy orange, small bubbles head dissipates quickly.

Very clove-y, spicy, like a strong wheat beer.

Nice but not great

L: hazy yellow turning orange, thick foamy head with dissipated quickly. Moderate lacing.
S: typical wit. Sourdough bread plus spices (coriander I guess). Perhaps some pear.
T: Less tart and more alcoholic than a wit, with a bit more yeasty character. Still, bread and some wit-like spices (coriander and some orange peel). There's not the orange fanta feeling of some wits. Pear fruitiness is also there. Good and complex.
F: as expected, medium to light body, very carbonated, dry finish.
O: Very good, more complex than usual witbier. Not outstanding but very good

 

 

 

 

It poors with no foam all, which is a little disappointing. It has a peachy, hazy look like it says on the label. Smell is almost absent. The first sip is not bad but does not impress, Then it develops. It is not very bitter but it lasts nonetheless. One bottle is plenty for the evening. I like it a lot.

Poured from 330ml bottle into Grand Cru tulip glass. Color looks like an IPA but upon closer inspection bits of yeast (?) floating around. No problem. Smells a bit fruity, like a weizenbock, bringing expectations of a Vitus-like beer? At first the taste is nothing to write home about but strong hints of alcohol on the back end. Mouth feel is well balanced. Gets stronger as it warms up. One is all you need to start a session. 2 and I’m calling a cab.

 

 

 

 

 

From Optimus Beer. In Roquetas de Mar, in shaker glass. Watching Big Bang Theory + Mum. Cross between tripel, with pear notes, and wit, with clove/coriander spicyness. Well adjusted carbonation. Noticeable alcohol but not bother

 

330 ml bottle, exp. 07/2017, pouring in a tulip. Great one!

 

 

Murky orange colour with a fluffy head. It has weird brown spots on top of it though (yeast? malt residue?). Smell is a bit yeasty, but mostly absent. Taste has flavours like banana, cloves, coriander, pepper and yeast. Mouth feel is surprisingly silky and smooth. I expect something bolder with a strong belgian pale ale. This was something between a Hefeweizen and a Weizenbock. Fine beers, but not something i'm looking for when pouring a SBPA in a tulip. More bite, less silk please.

 

A bottle from a Supermarket in Brussels.