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  Belgian Witbier
Witbier brewers, moreover, retained a devotion to the style's gruit history by continuing to employ exotic spices in the kettle.
The fact that witbiers are popular and widely brewed today can be attributed to the tenacity and vision of a single man, Pierre Celis, who worked in Hoegaarden as a milkman.
The truth is that witbiers are quintessentially traditional and have remained true to their roots as a farmhouse, rural beverage with a touch of the exotic.
www.allaboutbeer.com /style/23.4-witbier.html   (1905 words)

  
 Witbier Extract Kit -- Kit Inventory Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Witbier was originally made by blending hopped wort with unhopped, bacterially infected wort, which gave it a tart, acidic taste.
Light in color and extremely quenching, Witbier's unique flavor is also enhanced by coriander and bitter orange peel.
A tart, slightly phenolic character capable of producing distinctive witbiers and grand cru-style ales alike.
www.northernbrewer.com /docs/kis-html/1221.html   (116 words)

  
 biere 101: witbier at Biere De Table   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Back tonight as we look at witbier, a refreshing wheat biere from Belgium that is spiced with curacao orange peels, coriander, cumin and other spices.
Although Hoegaarden witbier is still brewed to this day, InBev has put profit before taste and taken the brewery out of the town where the style was born, what a shame.
Witbier is hazy yellow in color with nice orange aromas and little to no hop presence.
bieredetable.com /2006/07/25/biere-101-witbier   (246 words)

  
 Think you don't like wheat beer? Try this one   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Belgium's very carbonated witbier pours a frothy white head, imparts a refreshing citrusy taste and leaves a crisp, refreshing finish.
Instead of the cloudy, warm, translucent yellow color one expects from a witbier, this one is golden and crystal-clear.
I'd call Sunshine Wheat a witbier hybrid; New Belgium says it is "reinventing" European styles in an American environment.
www.azcentral.com /home/food/articles/0908beerbuzz08.html   (239 words)

  
 BT - Witbier: Belgian White
As happened with many distinctive beer styles, the lager revolution of the 19th century made serious inroads into the traditional Witbier markets, and in the years immediately following World War II the style was on the brink of fading away.
Jackson reported that the last of the Hoegaarden breweries producing this style had been closed some 10 years when Pierre Celis revived the style in 1966 (2), though one Louvain brewery soldiered on into the mid-1970s.
In a practice harking back to before the days when beer was universally hopped, Witbier is spiced, usually with coriander and the peels of both sweet and bitter oranges and frequently with at least one more "secret spice" known only to the brewer and the brewer's herb merchant.
www.brewingtechniques.com /library/styles/2_4style.html   (2154 words)

  
 One-A-Day
Witbier is made with about 50% unmalted wheat(2) causing it to have a permanent cloudiness.
Witbiers have a light, crisp dryness that will surely do the trick on a hot summer day.
Witbiers all but disappeared from Belgium by the early 1960s when a beer revivalist named Pierre Celis reintroduced the world to witbier in 1966.(3) His brewery now belongs to the Interbrew brewing giant but Celis's Hoegaarden White is still available.
homepage.fcgnetworks.net /bosko/oneaday/wheat.htm   (730 words)

  
 WindRiver Brewing Internet Newsletter
The beer traces its early origins to the middle ages, and reached its early climax in the area east of Brussels, centering primarily around the cities of Louvain and Hoegaarden.
Belgian wit, or "Witbier" or, translated "white" beer is particularly well suited to summer brewing because its citric and herbal flavors taste great on a warm summer day.
This is a very good question as witbiers are among the palest beers made, and darkening during boiling can be a real problem when using malt extract.
www.windriverbrew.com /text/899news.html   (2040 words)

  
 Witbier: See what people are saying right now on Technorati
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing November 25th, 2006 Blue Moon is a pretty tasty Belgian-style Witbier...
De strijd om het Hoegaardse Witbier gaat niet...
De strijd om het Hoegaardse Witbier gaat niet alleen over jobs 17 december 2005 Over bier, identiteit, symbolen en (anti-)globalisme.
www.technorati.com /tag/witbier   (311 words)

  
 John's Grocery Inc.: Beer: John's Generations White Ale
The origins of the Belgian witbier (white beer) style can be traced to a 15th century monastery at what is now the Belgian town of Hoegaarden.
The fragrant beer style was almost extinct by the early 1960s had not Pierre Celis bought the last "white" beer brewery in Hoegaarden and launched a revival of the style.
Today, Belgian witbier is gaining a large acceptance in the United States as a wonderful summer-time drink.
www.johnsgrocery.com /Departments/Beer/Products/wit   (231 words)

  
 Epinions.com - BRUGS in the system
Belgian wheat beers (more often called white, or witbier, due to their cloudy, milky colouring) usually have a refreshing, tangy flavour with hints of orange, honey, and spices.
It's fairly cloudy and has quite a vigorous carbonation which leads to a billowing, puffy white head that shrinks a little, but never disappears and leaves a good amount of lacing on the glass.
At 4.8% ABV, this is quite a nice witbier.
www.epinions.com /content_4073169028   (657 words)

  
 BYO - Witbier
The typical spices in a witbier are coriander and bitter orange peel.
The “zing” in a historical witbier may have come partly from contaminating lactic acid bacteria or wild yeast (esp. Brettanomyces).
White Labs and Wyeast sell various strains of witbier yeast, each with noticeably different flavor and aroma profiles.
www.byo.com /recipe/1445.html   (540 words)

  
 Classic Brews for Summer at Beer Guides at Epicurious.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A true holdover from the spice trade era (15th and 16th centuries), the Belgian witbier is brewed from malted barley and raw wheat, and spiced (mostly) with coriander and Curaçao bitter orange peel.
A big fan of the Belgian witbier in the summer is Brooklyn Brewery's brewmaster Garret Oliver, author of the seminal Brewmaster's Table.
Fruity, spicy, and geyserlike in carbonation, Hefes are second to none with spicy ethnic foods, especially Mexican, Chinese, and Indian, which have their share of fats and oils to cut through.
www.epicurious.com /drinking/beer/summerbrews?mbid=rss_epilf   (1084 words)

  
 Oxford Bottled Beer Database: Hoegaarden Witbier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is a classic witbier, very good - but not quite as good as Texas' Celis White (founded by the man in charge of the Hoegaarden revival of the '60's).
Bottled Hoegaarden Witbier purchased in the United Kingdom is inferior to the beer we purchased direct in Belgium.
Perfect Draft Witbier - true ive only tasted Hoegaarden on draft but its perfection in a glass, have to say prefer it in pint format rather than the half glass idea.
www.bottledbeer.co.uk /beer.asp?beerid=167   (6087 words)

  
 Sint Bernardus
The flavour of this beer is pleasantly soft and is characterized by a delicate bitterness where the balance between malt and hop is based upon a fruity orange taste with a straight fresh after taste (7.5% alcohol content)
This traditional Witbier (Wheat beer) has been developed in cooperation with Master Brewer Pierre Celis, the Godfather of Hoegaarden and Celis White.
This beer as well has a second fermentation in the bottle, giving this beer its specific taste (5.5% alcohol content).
www.sintbernardus.be /en/beers.html   (453 words)

  
 Champagne Beer for Champagne Girls - Beer and Brewing
Also known as “white beer”, witbier (Flemish), biere blanche (French), or weissbier (German), this style has the pleasant qualities of a brisk and light palate.
Belgian witbier is brewed with a large portion of unmalted wheat with old-world spices of Curacao orange-peel and coriander, which add a touch of acidic tartness to the brew
Ommegang Witte — Witbier — Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, New York, USA — Capacious bleach white head crowns a milky lemon haze, with lacing that coats the flute as if it were etched crystal.
www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art35289.asp   (1161 words)

  
 Hoegaarden Brewery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celis revived the witbier (white beer, see wheat beer) tradition in 1966 when he created a beer with the traditional ingredients of water, yeast, wheat, hops, coriander and dried Curaçao orange peel.
Pierre Celis moved to the United States where he set up the Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas to continue making witbier.
Witbier, a 4.9% ABV witbier, the brewery's flagship beer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hoegaarden_Brewery   (485 words)

  
 To thank our customers
Belgian Witbier: Our version of this Belgian style wheat beer, includes coriander and orange peel.
Witbiers are slightly tart and are a great summer beverage.
This beer owes its uniqueness primarily to the yeast, we strongly recommend using one of the liquid strains for this beer.
www.midwestsupplies.com /products/RecipeKits.aspx?SubCat=180   (1426 words)

  
 Pairing beer with food   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bacon with eggs - Bavarian Weissbier or Belgian Witbier.
Crab - Witbier, weissbier, helles, American pale ale, Belgian strong golden ale.
Salads- Weissbier, witbier, American Wheat Beer, Kolsch or with Blue Cheese have Dopplebock.
www.geocities.com /barleypopmaker/pairing.html   (1164 words)

  
 Maltose Falcons: News: A Shop Brew Story with a Wit Ending
We were a witty bunch of brewers with a mission, to brew a batch of Witbier on the Shop system.
The crew worked well together to mash the grains, boil the wort, clean all the equipment, and all the other brewing duties.
The crew will return in three weeks to bottle some of the finished product, and we will have some kegged Witbier at a future club meeting for everyone to sample.
www.maltosefalcons.com /old_site/news/9608shop.htm   (695 words)

  
 BYO - Cherry Witbier
Belgian witbier yeast culture (such as Wyeast 3944)
Other possibilities include steeping the fruit in the cooling wort for 15 minutes or so and then putting the fruit (in a mesh bag) into the primary; adding fruit juice or flavoring essence to the secondary; and adding fruit essence with priming sugar, or a fruit-flavored liqueur instead of priming sugar, when you bottle.
Spices: The "original" witbiers have a combination of fruit (bitter orange) and spices, usually coriander.
www.byo.com /recipe/30.html   (614 words)

  
 witbier's Home Page — Project Gutenberg EU
witbier is Dutch for White Beer, or Wheat Beer.
My name is John White and I organise Beer Hunts, hence the name of my website: White Beer Travels.
Plone and its visual design is Copyright © 2000-2006 by Alexander Limi, Alan Runyan, Vidar Andersen.
www.gutenberg.nl /Members/witbier   (70 words)

  
 Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Europe's stylish summer whites
The town of Hoegaarden is just inside the Flemish-speaking region, but the beer is served in Belgium in a chunky, bevelled tumbler that makes it look like a French pastis.
In Belgium, Hoegaarden may be offered as a Witbier or a Bière Blanche, depending upon where it is being served.
Search The Real Beer Library For More Articles Related To: BELGIUM,, Hoegaarden, fruit, Witbier, Bière Blanche, Cloister, Brugs Tarwebier, Celis
www.beerhunter.com /documents/19133-000113.html   (1138 words)

  
 Lambic, Gueuze and Witbier - Hey, Beer Man - Atlantic Highlands Herald - New Jersey
Lambic, Gueuze and Witbier - Hey, Beer Man - Atlantic Highlands Herald - New Jersey
But what exactly is Witbier or White Beer?
Like Lambic, Wit uses Wheat that is un-malted (45%), there is also an addition of some Oats 5% also un-malted and the balance of the grain bill is malted Barley.
www.ahherald.com /beer/2005/bm050526_lambic.htm   (1091 words)

  
 WeizenWeb: Witbier, Wheat ale, Wheat beer, Weizenbier and Weissbier!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WeizenWeb: Witbier, Wheat ale, Wheat beer, Weizenbier and Weissbier!
De Leckere Witbier (organic) by Brouwerij "De Leckere" (Utrecht)
Victory (Philadephia): Sunrise (Hefe), Moonglow (Weizenbock) and Whirlwind (Witbier)
www.ozaru.freeserve.co.uk /weizen/weizenweb.htm   (4222 words)

  
 St. Bernardus Blanche (Witbier) from St. Bernard Brouwerij, a Belgian White (Witbier) style beer: An unofficial page ...
Bernardus Blanche (Witbier) from St. Bernard Brouwerij, a Belgian White (Witbier) style beer: An unofficial page for St. Bernardus Blanche (Witbier) from St. Bernard Brouwerij in Watou,, Belgium
This traditional witbier has been developed under supervision of the father of Hoegaarden and Celis White, master brewer Pierre Celis.
This beer has been bottle-refermented, which lent it its specific taste.
www.ratebeer.com /Brewers/Beer/Beer-Reviews-12269.htm   (254 words)

  
 Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Beer Styles: Witbier
Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Beer Styles: Witbier
Hoegaarden is "white," spiced and fermented from wheat -- in the medieval fashion, says Michael Jackson
Search The Real Beer Library For More Articles Related To: Witbier
www.beerhunter.com /styles/witbier.html   (64 words)

  
 Maltose Falcons Home Brewing Society (Los Angeles Homebrewing) - Recipes - Artemis Callipygia Witbier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Stop by the next Club Meeting or Shop Brew to taste some great beer.
So, do a mostly standard step-infusion mash with the addition of the protein rest, gearing your sacc.
The interesting thing is, from an account I read of early witbier brewing, they used an exceedingly elaborate mash schedule involving multiple decoctions, with divided portions at different temperatures in up to four vessels at various stages.
www.maltosefalcons.com /recipes/20050703.php   (366 words)

  
 Beer Review: Victory Whirlwind Witbier (Victory Brewing Company)
Beer Review: Victory Whirlwind Witbier (Victory Brewing Company)
sampled Victory's version of a Belgian Witbier ('white beer') at the 5th Annual Old Dominion Beer Fest and found it to be a good brew.
Unfortunately, nothing else really struck me at the time about this beer, resulting in a woeful lack of tasting notes.
www.angelfire.com /dc/beer/reviews/VicWWit.html   (142 words)

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