Witbier Lemon 13°

Roots of this straw-yellow beer reach as far back as 14th century’s Belgium and the Netherlands. Then, the beer would be brewed out of locally available ingredients, thus making it unique to each individual region. In the monasteries in a small town of Leuven, east of Brussels, barley, wheat and oats were used and instead of them – unknown hops a mixture of herbs and spices called gruit would act as a counterbalance of the malty body. Monks of a nearby town of Hoegaarden adopted this recipe, adjusted it and made witbier famous. Our witbier has an authentic, pale straw-yellow colour and a thick snow-white head. Thanks to the precipitated proteins and yeast, in some ambience it can seem to be white, hinted by its name. Our unique lemon gruit consists of sweet and aromatic coriander, hand grated lemon peel instead of traditional orange one, and pepper mix, which adds surprising twist on taste and aroma. Thanks to this gruit, Witbier Lemon has sweet aroma of lemongrass and coriander, with tones of white pepper notes in the background. The beers body is creamy yet dryer and light, perfect for hot summer days, with refreshing taste of lemons and pleasant peppery aftertaste.