Hoegaarden Beer Review

It's summer which means it's wheat beer/Witbier time and you don't get a more famous wheat beer than Hoegaarden. I just wish I had one of their glasses for the occasion, it always feels like you're drinking twice as much with them they're so heavy. Anyway I don't have a Hoegaarden glass so I best make do. I'm sure you've all seen Hoegaarden before, it's very much the Belgium Wheat beer of choice in the UK and having been brewed for over 600 years now it must have something to it. The beer pours a very cloudy lemon yellow with a reasonably substantial white head as you'd expect from a wheat beer and clocks in at a fairly standard 4.9% alcohol.

Not surprisingly there's plenty of wheat in the aroma along with lemon and citrus notes, it's all very pleasant. The texture is lighter than light, it's a seriously refreshing beer, meanwhile the taste is exceptional. There's banana notes along with lemon and orange with a surprisingly nice vanilla finish. There's a good reason Hoegaarden has been brewed for 600 years, and that's simply because it's a great beer. Really I have to give it 10 out of 10. I just love a good wheat beer.