Adnams Belgian style Witbier
Brewed with a Belgian white beer yeast, wheat, oats and malted barley. Gently hopped with Hallertau and flavoured with Indian Coriander and bitter orange peel. This will be a cloudy pale beer with lots of bitter orange aroma and flavour.
Typical examples: Hoegaarden, St. Bernardus Witbier, Kira Wit.
“It might sound odd, but in brewing terms at least, Belgium is often seen as exotic.
None more so than their Witbiers.
Witbiers break all the rules that modern brewing has thrown up around itself. They use raw wheat, they add things other than hops, like coriander and orange peel to the kettle and they serve the beer cloudy.
This might sound like they are pushing the boundaries, but actually they are the most traditional of beers. They are essentially farmhouse beers from medieval Brussels that have made it into the 21st century and are flourishing. Their recent success is mainly down to Pierre Celis, who opened a brewery in the little town of Hoegaarden in east Belgium in 1966 and resurrected a style that was once synonymous with his town. It might not be for most people but I think that was probably the most important thing to happen that year.”
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