Dageraad Brewing – 2014 De Witte Sour Fermented Witbier

Rating

3.9 out of 5

Aroma

3.8 out of 5

Appearance

4 out of 5

Taste

3.9 out of 5

Palate

Total

3.9

3.9 out of 5

Overview

• Brewery: Dageraad Brewing Co.
• Beer Style: Sour Ale, Witbier
• Pros:

  Polarity of flavour adds great depth

• Cons:

  Sour masks some of the spice

• Conclusion:

  Nice Belgian flavour with the twist of sour

Dageraad Brewing – De Witte Sour Fermented Witbier Review

Dageraad Brewing has released their first seasonal offering as a part of their Single Batch Series. This Belgian Style Witbier is brewed with Lactobacillus, giving the categorization of a Sour-Fermented Belgian-Style Spiced Wheat Ale. With that mouthful of a style label the beer pours from a bomber bottle a slightly cloudy, golden colour topped with a finger and a half of tightly packed head. As the head settles at a moderate pace an aroma os wheat, orange peel and a touch of coriander wafts through. The sour tones are not sharp like you may expect from the name but a slight sharpness add contrast to the mellow wheat notes on the nose. In the tasting the De Witte has a crisp start with a sourness that builds very quickly. The sharpness in this sour is not of a typical Witbier or a big sour ale but more along the lines of what you may find in a Berliner Weisse style. This sour aspect mellows rather quickly however making room for the wheat notes and a smidgen of coriander and orange near the finish. A slight sourness lingers but the flavour profile is rather polar with a big sour start and a nice, mellow Witbier to finish.

Alcohol – 5.6%
Size – 650ml
Price – $7.25 (Craft Retailer)
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