Abbaye des Rocs Blanche des Honnelles

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

it's a disorder orange pale color, a thick foam and a lot of micro bubbles. it smelled fresh, oranges, limon. in mouth we could toast aroma of fruits and coriander, a little spicy.pox in the mouth. quite good

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Bottle. Colour - hazed reddish gold, frothy white head. Aroma - yeast, wheat, honey, spices. Mouthfeel - medium bodied. Flavour - peppery up front, wheaty middle, slightly sweet. Overall - Part of a recent LCBO release, excellent

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This is the darkest witbier I think I have ever seen. A dark golden haze topped by a whitish cap. Aroma is on the spicy end of a witbier, although the wheat and citrus is still there. The flavour is quite peppery up front, but finishes smoothly with wheat.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Single brown bottle from the LCBO. Pours a cloudy golden colour with a frothy white head, just above average retention and minimal lacing. Mild orange aromas with some light grass and yeast. The taste is pretty mild with cereal grains and just a tad of citrus sweetness from the oranges. Medium-light bodied, kind of boring. Lacking lots of character and spices. Just straight-up easy to drink.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

330ml bottle - puts a clouded honey colored ale in the glass with a 2 finger frothy white cap- good retention - good lacing. Aroma is dusty, some fruits, grassy, herbs. Dry character but fuller bodied than most wheat ales. Dry dusty whet malts in front, some succulent fruits, light hop bittering, finish goes dry but robust with a hint of funky Belgian yeast at the end. A really tasty wheat ale in the Belgian brewing tradition.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

330ml bottle
6.0% ABV
LCBO Outlet #511 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – King / Spadina)
June 4, 2013
$2.80
The beer pours a clouded dark gold colour with a half inch white head. Aroma is wheat, spices, and yeast. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. Flavour is a bit funky with notes of yeast, wheat, and spices.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

The Honnelle is a river....who knew? This is a very refreshing witbier, but I don't see it often enough. The beer pours a hazy orange gold with a thick white head. The aroma is citrus and spices, and the flavour is nicely balanced between the malt and the hops with a spicy finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

A cloudy light copper colored body with plenty of yeast floaters. Big thick head, that leaves decent lace. Aroma and flavors started out with a little funkiness that left as it had some time to breathe. Also there were hits of orange, some banana, spice and malts. Overall it is bigger heavier wit, odd but enjoyable.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Best before end of 2008; Sampled January 2008
Lots of carbonation causes this beer to foam up as I pop the cap, not so fast that I am not able to easily get this into my glass though. The beer is topped by a frothy, four-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head. The beer is a brilliantly clear, light honey color that shows a beautiful, polished, bright copper hue when held up to the light. Aromas of honey-like malt, sweet & grassy grain and a touch of crushed soda cracker notes round out the malt character. Spicy notes of orange zest, ginger, white pepper and citrusy coriander play quite a big role in the aroma. The combination of citrus and coriander definitely play the most prominent role in the aroma.

The beer is quite effervescent still as it foams up upon crossing my lips and hitting my tongue. Lightly sweet, honey like malt notes intermingle with ample citrus notes. The beer is quite light and refreshing with all of the carbonation, but underneath this the beer sticks to the mouth just a bit; letting you know that this is not your typical Wit. Grassy grain notes mix with a light herbal spiciness and a very clean, coriander note in the finish. By clean coriander I mean it does not have that earthy, exaggerated spice note that low quality coriander does. Though as the beer warms this actually changes quite a bit; the coriander not becomes much more dominant and actually a bit too much of it is present.

As the beer loses its peppery carbonation it gains a little body and definitely becomes a bit sweeter. Not a bad beer, it certainly has a much larger flavor profile, along with increased alcohol, than your typical Wit, but for some reason I am not all that enamored of this. Some how it seems a touch flabby and it has lost some of that quaffability that I would like for a Wit to have.

Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

I've always been a fan of the fine brews served up by the Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
Aroma: The aroma is very bready with the strong tones of citrus, malt, and cloves backing it up
Appearance: The beer pours a hazy orangy colour, with a long lasting head.
Mouthfeel: The mouthfeel is medium-bodied, slightly creamy, and with ample carbonation
Flavour: The flavour was yeasty with tones of malt and orange. An excellent combination
Overall: An excellent beer.