Hoegaarden!

If you are a fan of wheat beers than I highly recommend Hoegaarden. Hoegaarden is a Belgian White or Wit (pronounced Vit) beer. They are a Belgian creation much like the waffle. However although being similar to American and German they are their own style. Wikipedia's definition for Witbier goes a little something like this:

Witbier, or white beer, is a barley wheat top fermented beer style started in Belgium. It gets its name from the suspended yeasts and wheat proteins that give it a cloudy look when poured into a glass. These beers are flavored with a blend of spices most notably is coriander and orange.

I love this beer. I was first introduced to it while I was still wondering the world of American mass produced cheap light beers (they are fun to drink though). Jenny was the one who showed me the light. Last summer I got even more familiar with it while I was in Europe for the summer. It was available everywhere! Here in the US you usually have to find a specialty beer shop but it is getting more popular especially with Anheuser-Busch being absorbed by InBev. Here's some beer facts from the Anheuser-Busch site:


Hoegaarden is brewed using natural ingredients – mineral spring water, unmalted wheat, barley malt, hops, yeast, coriander and Curaçao orange peel. Hoegaarden is unfiltered, giving the beer a soft body, cloudy white appearance and thick, frothy head. Hoegaarden is 4.9 percent alcohol by volume (ABV).



Anyways its a great summertime beer. It is light and spicy. Very refreshing on a hot day. It is similar to a blue moon but the spices work better. It is also lighter and less orange tasting.

Jenny in Belgium with the 0.5 L Hoegaarden Glass (it weighed a ton!)

ENJOY!!