My wife surprised me with reservations at Biaggi’s for dinner tonight. We took the kids and had a great time. Being a Friday night, I was definitely going to have a beer with my dinner. The only beer on tap that sounded decent (and I haven’t had yet) was this one. So, I went for it, even though, I’ll admit, I’m not a huge fan of wit beers.
Location: On tap and served in a regular, tumbler pint glass at Biaggi’s in Bloomington, IL.
Numbers: 5% ABV, 1.052 OG, ~ 150 Calories
Appearance & Aroma: It’s extremely cloudy and sort of dark peach in color. There was no head, only a thin ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass. The aroma was light with some lemongrass and hints of spiciness.
Taste & Feel: The body was light-medium and the mouthfeel was smooth with a bit of crispness from the carbonation. There was a bready-yeasty, wheat-like flavor up front, with some fruitiness and spiciness coming in during the middle. The clove and coriander spiciness peaked in the finish, and the fruity and bready flavors lasted briefly in the aftertaste.
Food Pairing: This beer had mostly neutral flavors with some spiciness, making it a good pairing with almost anything. For me, the light body with a bit of spiciness made me feel like it would go nice with a spiced steak, but it could go well with a hearty pasta dish as well. I had this with a stone oven baked pizza and the spiciness went well with the spiciness of the sausage on the pizza.
Overall Impression: This was an interesting beer, with a good amount of bready-yeasty flavors before the spiciness kicked in. The fruitiness in there was interesting as well. It was fairly drinkable, but I found the spiciness stuck out quite a bit. Overall, it wasn’t a bad beer, I just found the spiciness a flavor that I wasn’t much of a fan of.
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