Witbier Lime 13°

Roots of this straw-yellow beer reach as far back as 14th century’s Belgium andNetherlands. Back then, the beer was brewed with 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 yet unknown hops a mixture of herbs and spices called gruit would act as a counterbalance for the malty body. Monks of a nearby town of Hoegaarden adopted this recipe, adjusted it and made witbier world famous. Our witbier has an authentic, pale straw-yellow colour and a thick snow-white head. Thanks to the precipitated proteins and yeast, under certain light it can seem to be white, hence its name. The traditional gruit mixture consists of aromatic and sweet coriander and sweet or bitter orange peel. Ours also contains ground black pepper, which adds surprising twist on taste and aroma. However, this time we went even further and substituted orange peel for lime peel. Our unique mix makes the beer boldly lime – fruity, slightly acidic, almost spicy and fairly bitter, but still properly thirst-quenching.