Hoegaarden White

As a lover of real ale one of the first things you look for when you order a pint in a pub is how it looks in the glass, is there a nice head? is it clear or cloudy? If I’m ever served a cloudy pint of beer I would take it back and ask for a different drink but with Hoegaarden Wit this would not be the case, it’s meant to look like that! WHAT IS WIT BEER? Belgian Witbier is a traditional type of ‘wheat’ beer or Bière Blanche made in the wheat-growing Brabant region east of Brussels. Wheat beers were common all over Europe before barley became the dominant grain in brewing. In Germany and Belgium, wheat beers never totally ...  Read the complete review

A Marketing Man's Dream! Yep that's me! Offer me a box of beers with a branded glass and I'll rip your arm off. Never mind that I don't really know what I'm buying, magpie instincts take over and it's in the trolley and I'm legging it to the till. To be fair to me I had read a couple of reviews of this beer before and thought it sounded different to my usual so decided to experiment so it wasn't quite the usual impulse but the 'heading for the till' speed was still impressive. Homeward Bound, all excited (sad isn't it) So I gets it home and stick some in the fridge and settle back to read the info on ...  Read the complete review

Hoegaarden. Hoegaarden is a white beer from Belgium yet it's definitely up there with my favourite German beers! White beers are white because the fermenting process is different to pilsner beer and white beers use a lot more yeast and are fermented from wheat rather than hops. There are some great and reasonably priced wheat beers out there from Germany like Erdinger, but Belgium is on a par if not the king of all white beers! Ok. So Hoegaarden (you may have noticed) isn't cheap; We are talking on around £1.80 per pint in Tescos (but there are sometimes deals). It weighs in at a pleasant 4.8% volume. But would you ...  Read the complete review

Well that's the way it's pronounced - (Who) (Garden) so I have a point even though the title makes little sense. On the several occasions that I have written my opinions on other brands of beers and spirits I always noticed that Hoegaarden White Beer was listed as the top rated brand of beer on Ciao. My inquisitivness finally got the better of me and I decided to finally try this beer out for myself and find out what all the hype was about and why this beer was being praised so lavishly. I picked up some from Tesco's this afternoon and here's by appraisal and report. The History of Hoegaarden White ...  Read the complete review

With so many different beers and lagers on the market, trying to find one which goes a step beyond and delivers a more refined taste for a more4 discerning pallette is difficult. Thank goodness then for this rather special beer, which is a fine find! Hoegaarden is a white beer brewed in the Belgium town of Hoegaarden (shock horror!) Its usual strength is 5% vol, and has a very distinctive flavour. It has an amazingly impactive citrus flavour, which makes this beer the perfect summer refreshment. The very recognisable flavour is down to different ingredients being added in the brewing process. These being orange peels, coriander and curacao. These additions to ...  Read the complete review