Lost Abbey Witch's Wit

Lost Abbey Summer Seasonal made with grapefruit honey and grapefruit zest.

3.4

481 reviews

San Marcos, United States

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4.0 From large cork and cage bottle. Served in fancy pint glass. Beer is very hazy golden color. Two finger fluffy white head. Very little lacing. Aroma of yeast and orange zest. Taste is crisp with a nice mouth feel. Notes of orange peel and some light yeast esters. Light to medium bodied beer. Average carbonation. Over all an enjoyable warm weather beer.

3.9 Bomber shared with Jacob. I waited way too long to try this one. I’m not usually a huge wit fan because I don’t like the heavy esters, but this one doesn’t have them. In their place, a superbly drinkable explosion of dry rustic flavor. Yikes--I need more!

3.3 August 1st, 2014 - The Witch’s Wit sits with a somber calmness, like the town hag, forced to listen to petulant peasants preach on about ineffective folk cures and the piousness of stupidity. And the smell is musty, old, with cobwebs, wet hay, and glue. There’s also an pastoral note, featuring wheat and butter, as well as the clean scent of cauliflower. Smelling both young and old, it is hard to tell which one the Witch’s Wit is, not unlike the Red Witch of Game of Thrones fame. The flavor is modestly tangy, and conjures a wonderful transmogrification of flavors from the foretaste to the aftertaste. Witness, at the beginning, those floating notes of wheat and grain, and gasp in horrified rapture as those turn into sassafras and root beer notes, getting louder and louder, until they suddenly disappear (or disapparate, as the Harry Potter inclined would say) into oblivion.

3.8 A golden beer, a head is medium and white. Aroma is strongly aromatic, I like it. Flowers, perfume, some lemon and coriander. Taste is strong flowers, some spices, hint of lemon and lemon zest. Quite light bodie, just as it should be. Not a traditional witbier but tasteful beer. Hugely aromatic with flowers.

3.5 Draft at the source on 6/29/2016. Hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma of citrus, wheat and spice. Taste is mild grapefruit, wheat, honey, and spice. Refreshing.

3.1 Pours a clear yellowish golden with a full, and foamy, slowly settling white head. The aroma contains floral hops, spices, lemon, orange, and honey, with none of these impressions standing out. The taste is a tad sweet, with more spices and orange, hints of grapefruit and lemon, and some wheat. The aftertaste is light and is spices and orange. This is lighter in body, has a bit of a sticky texture, and has soft, bubbly carbonation. I was hoping for more.

3.3 Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty zesty aroma. Fruity wheat malty spicy grapefruit zest flavor. Has a fruity wheat malty spicy finish.

3.8 Bottle. Lightly hazy golden with one finger head. Fairly strong carbonation. Light honey sweetness. Moderate spice. Citrus and light wheat.

3.7 Une belle blanche épicée et fruitée qui allie notes citronnées,écorce d’’agrumes, miel et épices douces. Bouche fraîche et digeste, fine acidité et finale équilibrée. Blanche de soif.

4.1 Lovely fruity aroma. Very cloudy, dusky beige appearance. Sweet and fruity taste and really very moreish. Will be having this again

3.8 I had this at Global Brew. Pours straw yellow with a white head. Taste coriander, citrus, lightly sweet. I thought this was good. I would drink this again.

3.5 Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle, from misterburd corked and capped poured into a bottle. Nice bright translucent yellow with medium/big white head. Aroma is honey & some coriander, medium body, well carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is honey, coriander, and grapefruit. Quite heavy spiced.

3.5 Location: Bottle from Whole Foods Market in Redwood City, CA Appearance: Light, hazy yellow Aroma: Light banana, musty honey, coriander, citrus Taste: Chalky wheat / banana with citrus and floral spices Overall: A little underwhelming considering all of the additional ingredients and witch shtick

4.0 Draught and bottles, occasionally, since debut, most recently on draught at Lord Hobo, 9/27/15. Very light, luna moth-tinted golden beer with a large foamy white head that steadily fades to cover. Strong haziness. Light citrus, spongecake, meyer lemon and a ton of wheat nuttiness in the nose is quite welcome as things are generally quite reserved, nothing jumps out and there are clean black pepper phenols on the finish with just a hint of bubblegum/clove and no cotton candy or flaws/alcohol. Nutty, wheat-laden palate has lighter tangerine-like citrus notes, soft honey and a general sponge cake-like airiness to it. Hints of vanilla, black pepper and lemon juice linger on and the carbonation is tight, ample and adds to drinkability, which is very high. Very clean stuff, delicious and would happily drink it all day.

2.5 Pours a light yellow color with a light fruit aroma. Taste is refreshing, easy drinking with a banana and clove flavor. The fruit flavor is very faint but recognizable. A light beer that is enjoyable on a hot day.

2.8 Light hazy golden with a thin rocky dissipating head. Spicy nose with lots of honey and earthy belgian yeast notes. Medium-full flavor with a crisp finish. Notes of honey and grapefruit zest and a lasting finish of wheat and crisp belgian witte yeast. Pretty boring overall, with a waxy honey note that’s different but too prevalent and sweetening.

4.1 Witch’s Wit embodied an unholy trinity in my last drinking session; it was a collection of three firsts. First beer of the night, first beer from Lost Abbey, and the first wheat ale I’ve tried with nearly two years of age. The latter made me especially nervous. Could a wheat ale with 4.8% ABV still be worth drinking after that long? You bet your sweet ass it could. Witch’s Wit poured deep yellow and had a decent head. Aroma revealed citrus and honey, plus lighter touches of bread and clove. Flavor was redolent of juice, nectar, zesty yeast, herbaceous spice, and sweet malt. While I probably won’t make a habit of drinking old wheat beers, Witch’s Wit benefits from a supernatural immortality that can only be derived from practicing wicked arts.

4.3 Bottle. A- Honey, citrus, subtle spice, slight mint, sweet. A- Egg yolk color, cloudy liquid, white head. T- Spearmint, honey, citrus, wheat, spices, banana. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, refreshing finish. O- I bought this and then saw it had a year and a half of age on it and thought damn, well this isn’t good anymore probably. Boy o’ Boy was I WRONG. This was amazing. A lot of honey on the nose with the usual Wit beer components and then a big taste of mint both spearmint and wintergreen on the palate. A very easy to drink beer and I only wish the bottle was bigger.

3.8 Pours a hazy gold hue with a nice white head. Aroma of orange, green grapes, light wheat and slight hop bitterness. Taste of citrus,orange, slight alcohol, wheat, slight spice and pepper. Not their best brew but still a good one.

3.2 Old rating. Cloudy gold. Grainy, orange peel, wheat, slightly spiced. Just okay.

2.5 Pours a lightly hazy good with carbonation and white head. A light wheaty and lemon taste. A heavy wheat taste with lemon and yeast. A watery aftertaste. Nothing special for Lost Abbey.

3.0 Bottle: straw colored. Hazy, little head and no lace. Clean and fresh nose. Maybe a little cheesy and leery. Honey and roasted, caramel apple. Off dry, crisp. Slightly bitter. Either high co2 or a little sour. I don’t like the flavor or the balance. Just disappointing.

3.1 750 ml corked & caged bottle, from Vinmonopolet. ABV is 4.8%. Pale yellow colour, slightly hazy. Moderate to low white head. Moderate aroma, notes of grain and dust, hints of citrus and spices. Soft mouthfeel. Citrussy and refreshing flavour, low bitterness. Nice enough to drink, but not great enough to live up to the high price in Norway. I’d rather have a Hoegaarden. Won’t buy again.

3.5 From a 75 cl bottle shared at home. Pours a cloudy pale gold with a thick whtie head. Aromas of lemon and banana. Herbal flavors. Medium bodied. Crisp finish.

3.0 little smell and slight milky sourness in the taste. a bit spicy, but less special taste than i had hoped for. A solid, but slightl disappointing witbeer.

3.1 Yellow color with small head. Aroma is straw, yeasty, refreshing citrus and grapefruit zest. Taste is light-fruity and a bit spicy, and with a hint of tartness. Unfortunately, not spicy enough for my taste... Okay, fine-brewed Witbier, but could have been better.

3.5 Draft at Urge. Pours opaque bright gold with a creamy, bubbly white head and lots of lacing. Tastes like creamy lemon, corn, straw, wheat, doughy malt. Smooth, medium body and low/medium carbonation. Smells like wheat, creamy lemon, and rice.

3.7 750ml bottle - A very solid offering from Lost Abbey and it was great to enjoy this on a warm April weekend. The aroma was a pretty typical wit with lots of florals, heavy on corriander and clove. Flavors nicely tie together pale malts, citrus zest, clove and banana. I would have liked a prominent pepper flavor, which is one of my favorite characters about a great wit, but this was a nice beer. The price keeps it from getting a higher overall score, as there are wits just as good but for a lot less.

3.0 Bottle. golden -yellow colour with a white head. Aroma is coriander, malt, hop, yeast. Flavour is coriander, malt, hop, yeast, citrus. Medium body. Ordinary beer.

1.6 Pours a champagne color with a thick white head. Aroma is a bit skunky. Mild carbonation in the mouth with a taste of Belgian bubble gum and coriander. Not a great beer at all.