Saturday afternoon Great River Brewery held a special tapping of their Widespread Wit. I was looking forward to trying this beer, since a wit beer is considered a great summer beer. Yesterday proved to be a good test for the beer.
As far as the beer is concerned it does look and taste the part. It is a hazy straw color with a dense white head. The flavor matches what you would expect from a wit as well. It has a noticeable bready, graininess as well as a hint of tartness. There is a subtle but yet noticeable orange peel flavor as well. Also a certain spiciness is present, which is usually attributed to coriander. This beer is medium bodied with a crisp finish and a slight mouth puckering tartness. Overall I do enjoy this beer, I only have a slight detraction and from talking with other people at the tapping I may be the only one that thinks this. There is a bit of bitter pithiness from the orange peel, that detracts a bit from the beer. This is remedied by adding a slice of orange to the beer, the sweetness of the orange offsets the slight bitterness.
This beer does prove to be a good drinkable summer beer and will certainly be tested in the up coming week since the are calling for an extensive heat wave. I would encourage every one to head on down and have a Widespread Wit. As an aside the beer is organic as they say in their advertising, "Don't Panic it's Organic!"
QC Beerguy
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