Moylan's White Christmas Belgian Style Wit

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

a little too heavy on the spices for me, especially the coriander. not a bad beer, but a bit of a disappointment given how much I like Moylan's. Average to above average for the style, average overall...it just doesn't do anything to seperate itself.

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

this is an excellent winter beer. The orange peel adds a surprisingly good kick. There is just something interesting about the combination of flavor. White pepper? maybe, combined with cinamon, mace, coriander, and other spices? anyways, the pour was medium gold color with a thin head that stays with the beer the whole way down leaving a tail of lace. the aroma was very piney and citrus. the mouthfeel was light bodied and crisp. the flavour was like i said, oragne peel and pepper, with an aftertaste of pine. overall it is a really delicous beer.

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

Very well carbonated, a careful pour produces a four-finger thick, frothy, large bubbled, tan colored head that sits atop a lightly hazy, full copper colored brew. At first whiff this smells exactly like a Belgian Wit with spicy notes of coriander and citrus peel. Things start to get interesting though as soft notes of nutmeg, hints of cinnamon and allspice, perhaps a touch of young ginger and something floral that is reminiscent of chamomile or honeysuckle. With time the orange peel becomes the most pronounced part of the aroma. The aroma is quite aromatic, but purely spice driven in it’s dimensionality.

The beer foams up quite a bit as I take my first sip, still quite well carbonated after the five minute rest in my glass. Sweetish malt notes accentuate an up front orange zest character, but also accentuating spice-cake notes of allspice. The finish has that sort of almost, but not quite, hot or perhaps it is an astringency that is typical of pungent nutmeg; this is a fairly subtle not over all though.

This is a very spice driven beer; I do like that the citrus is the dominant spice as it is much easier to overdo some of the other spices in a beer. This is quite a drinkable beer. My biggest complaint is that it does not have enough complexity. Perhaps put another way, all of the noticeable complexity comes from the mix of spices used. I would like to have seen a bit more of the malt and fermentation character in this beer.

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

A very nice seasonal beer. Has all the qualities of a nice belgian wit but more dark in color. Mouthfeel is nice, with a little aftertaste. Flavor is rich and malty. A nice winter brew.