IWit 2.0
Feral Brewing Co.

Pours a cloudy pale orange-tinged straw colour with white head, quite dense with good retention. Lace is quite nice also. Yeah, good wit.

Fruity, mostly, with lots of candied orange peel and plenty of pepper to balance. Capsicaian, black pepper to the max. Yeah really spicy, fruity. Quite delish.

Taste is very sweet with nice citric twang, develops a very spicy peppery mid-to-late palate, lots of black & green peppercorns, star anise. But yeah very spicy without being overblown, just noticeable and exciting to the palate.

Quite a full body, with a drying character. Pleasant, slightly boozey though.

Every so often a beer comes along that reinvigorates a style, or a brewery. This does just that with the witbier. Admittedly it's not a traditional example of the style, rather it's an insanely great twist on those classic wit characters, with all the fruity, spicy and refreshing notes simply amped up but kept in an ideal balance. A bloody great beer.

I tried this long ago when it was available in Sydney briefly, but for some reason, neglected to review it. Here it is again, the remnants of the Feral Tap Takeover at the Local Taphouse in Darlinghurst, and this time I won't miss the opportunity.

Pours a cloudy, but rather deep golden colour, hazed appropriately, with a creamy and rather viscous and sheened head of white. Lacing is full, sheeting and solid. Looks the business.

Nose is spicy and sharp, with cracked white pepper dominant from the first whiff. Later, subtler characters of lemon curd and liquorice come through, but pepper is the main event. It's unusual, but it works so beautifully. The peppery spice is even oddly refreshing.

Taste is also strong on the spice, with pepper noticeable in the flavour, but not the bite or the heat. Slight bushy eucalyptus comes through along with a refreshing zest of lemon. It's unusual, but again, so well done.

I think it has become a better or more refined beer than last time I had it as well—then, I remember the anise dominating almost to the detriment of everything else. Now, this is clean, spicy, refreshing and cleansing: it's everything a witbier should be while also being completely wack, off-style and crazy.

Feral, you mad bastards.

Drank on tap at Feral Brewery

A - Pours a hazey straw colour with a hint of noney. Nice white head that reduces to a film.

S - Pleanty of citrus orange aromas and some bready wheat.

T - Slightly sweet with heaps of spice annd orange peel. There is a not too well disguised boozyness in the finish.

M - Good balance of medium carbonation and body.

D - Hats of to Feral for having a stab at a beer of this style. The boozy flavour needs addressing.

An Imperial Wit brewed for Feral Ale Stars at The Local Taphouse in St Kilda.

A - A hazy orange with 3cm white head that slowly falls away.
S - Dominated by orange aroma with spice both from phenols and added spices & obviously wheat notes.
T - Spicy qualities a lot more present in the taste but the orange is also there.
M - Medium bodied with a medium carbonation.
D - Dangerously drinkable. Another very nice & interesting beer from Feral.