Cloudy, bright golden-hued, milky froth atop.
In the nose: ah, there's the spice! Coriander hits the nose, some citrus, light, airy, delightful. D'lovely. Slightly sweet and fruity.
In the mouth: Sweetness, smoothness, fluffy wheat texture. Fruit, Belgian yeast. Low bitterness, juicy malt. Delicious. I could waste a day away on the dock with a ton of these. That is a fact. Though at this writing, such a thing is only a dream in the mind. Come spring, and send summer not far after you. ( Looks at snow outside. Sighs again.)
Not a bad version of a witbier in the least. Not at all.
A floral white ale featuring tangerine peel and fresh-ground coriander, Summit Skip Rock offers notes of zesty citrus, clove and biscuit. Unfiltered and brewed with a complex malt bill including wheat and oats, it’s full-bodied, slightly sweet, and a little tart beneath the surface, leading to a crisp, refreshing finish.
And more: Summit Skip Rock features tangerine peel from California and New Mexico, a fresh and fruity variation on the Curaçao orange often used in white ales. Hopsteiner’s new Lemondrop hop enhances the final beer’s citrus flavors and aromas. You may be tempted to garnish this beer with an orange wedge, BUT DON’T DO IT. As Head Brewer and noted Irishman Damian McConn says, “They don’t drink ’em like that in the old country.”
No, they don't, Damo. That all started as marketing from Coors, to get people into dipping orange wedges into their Blue Moon, and just as Widmer started the whole lemon wedge in your Hefe Weizen thing. That a beer contains a certain flavor doesn't require that we junk up our glasses with other representations of that taste. Should every stout have a Kit Kat bar dunked in the glass? Do we festoon a framboise with a wreath of raspberries? Let beer be beer, I say!
Not a bad version of a witbier in the least. Not at all.
A floral white ale featuring tangerine peel and fresh-ground coriander, Summit Skip Rock offers notes of zesty citrus, clove and biscuit. Unfiltered and brewed with a complex malt bill including wheat and oats, it’s full-bodied, slightly sweet, and a little tart beneath the surface, leading to a crisp, refreshing finish.
And more: Summit Skip Rock features tangerine peel from California and New Mexico, a fresh and fruity variation on the Curaçao orange often used in white ales. Hopsteiner’s new Lemondrop hop enhances the final beer’s citrus flavors and aromas. You may be tempted to garnish this beer with an orange wedge, BUT DON’T DO IT. As Head Brewer and noted Irishman Damian McConn says, “They don’t drink ’em like that in the old country.”
No, they don't, Damo. That all started as marketing from Coors, to get people into dipping orange wedges into their Blue Moon, and just as Widmer started the whole lemon wedge in your Hefe Weizen thing. That a beer contains a certain flavor doesn't require that we junk up our glasses with other representations of that taste. Should every stout have a Kit Kat bar dunked in the glass? Do we festoon a framboise with a wreath of raspberries? Let beer be beer, I say!
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