Mothership Wit (Organic Wheat Beer) by New Belgium Brewing
Mothership Wit Beer (Organic Wheat Beer)
The Mothership Wit beer pours super light! It almost looks like lemonade. The aroma is loaded with citrus and spice, and the head isn’t bad, but I’d expect a bit more from a wit beer.
It tastes a lot like Hoegaarden except it’s more like the obligatory lemon slice has already been added. The body is pretty thin, so it goes down quite smoothly, but I kinda like the extra sponginess that goes with many witbiers. This one’s not nearly as cloudy as I would’ve expected. The aftertaste lingers briefly, but most of what stays is the lemon/citrus taste.
All in all, it’s a pretty good beer, great for hot summer days. I would recommend giving it a shot, if you like very light witbiers, but I will warn again that it really is super, super light.
Jim Jamesson
May 27, 2009 at 1:20 pm
The Organic Mothership Wheat beer was super light, but it actually had more flavor than the color led me to believe. I thought it was pretty good! But it was pretty light… but it was cool that they added those how to drink the mothership instructions… but I wonder if it was added because it was just such a light beer that they wanted to maximize every single yeast spec they could?
steve
May 27, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Funny though, this beer I poured didn’t have much yeast sediment in the bottom at all. Usually wheat beers are swirled to create a yeasty head, which is then poured beautifully over the top.
But this one didn’t have much going on… maybe it’s the 22oz bottle… maybe their a bit yeastier in 12oz bottles.
monk
May 28, 2009 at 11:11 am
I’ve drank several wheat beers so far this spring. New Belgium fo sho produced a 1 of a kind witbier; I had it on draft. It’s appearance is deceptive for the amount of flavor it has. All in all I am an Asheville native and declare that this wit has got no-thAng on the Wedge Wit