Type:  Beer – Belgian White
Name: Hoegaarden
Price: $1.79
Made: Hoegaarden, Belgium
Alc/Vol: 4.9%

First let’s see what Hoegaarden has to say about itself…

“The original wheat beer is the oldest and most famous of Hoegaarden’s range. When poured, it forms a soft, white creamy head and leaves a generous lacing on the glass. Its naturally cloudy, pale hue shimmers when viewed through the glass.

With an aroma of orange peel, coriander and spice, its characteristic taste is entirely unique: smooth, light-bodied, and simultaneously sweet and sour, with a subtle, spiced citrus flavour. Best served in its traditional hexagonal glass.”

This beer’s origins date back to 1445, like Pilsner Urquel and Stiegl Pils this beer has some history on it. It has its own myths and legends, a unique glass  and special way of pouring it which can be found on the back of the label, that my friend makes it one special beer.

Although, for all all its history and fancy talk I wasn’t overly impressed. Hoegaarden is a good clean light tasting beer with mild subtleties that give it character but not enough that make me love the taste. It was only slightly sweet,  not hoppy or bitter, and in a way I can’t explain it tasted just like it smells. It has everything it boasts, with an emphasis on the light not as a light beer is light but that it wasn’t much of anything. Hoegaarden has a thick creamy texture to it but nothing is left there to really give you a lasting impression. It’s from 1445 so I want to really like this beer so I’ll chalk it up to a few errors on my part, I didn’t poor correctly, I didn’t have the fancy glass, I didn’t serve it with an orange and it is an imported bottle  which means its freshness wasn’t probably up to par. Yet, I still was hoping this beer to blast me away with its awesomeness, instead I can only say I liked it and probably wouldn’t be willing to pay the import price over some other domestic beer that I like.

Overall I give this beer a 3 out of 5 bananas, it probably would of fared better if I hadn’t held it up to such high expectations.

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Tags | Beer, Belgium, biere blanche, Hoegaarden, witbier