5% Alcohol by Volume
Color of Head #F7F3C9
Color of Body #DFD25E

I feel bad about drinking this beer tonight. I came back from several pounds heavier from Thanksgiving, and I don't really need the extra calories, but oh well. To find today's beer, I stopped by this new place call The Market in Maryville, TN, that is kinda like the Fresh Market. They had a nice little Belgian beer section there that wound up making me pull about $25 out of my moth ridden pocket to try this stuff, but I don't care because it looks delicious! Wittekerke is the best selling Wit Bier in Belgium, so I'm pretty amped to try it. The Belgians know what they're doing when it comes to beer. Oh yeah, and would you like something extra to think about? This popped into my head the other day, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. Just take a second and really sit back and think about the amount of naked people on the Internet relative to the population of the world. It's staggering! In my days of using StumbleUpon alone, not to sound pervy or anything, but I have seen a countless amount of naked women online. I really don't think I have ever seen a repeated face. I mean, it's gotta be thousands, right? Then I started thinking about how most of these women were from America, which has only about 5% of the worlds population, so that's 95% of the world's supply of women that I'm not seeing naked. Add to that the roughly equal amount of naked dudes online to up the number. What makes this even weirder is that I know a whole bunch of people, and I'm pretty sure that none of them are naked online. At least I hope. I don't know, it's just something weird to think about. Anyway...

Man, this smells a lot like Heineken or Grolsch It's not what I was expecting at all. I guess that's because of my damn perception of a Belgian White coming from the likes of beers like Blue Moon and Shock Top. This is one of the most yellow beers I've ever had. It really looks a lot like the Leinenkugel Summer Shandy, which actually has lemonade in it (or at least tastes like it does). It's cloudy, but on the light side of cloudy, like there is some heave condensation on the side of the glass. The head was pretty bubbly and dissipated quickly. Very white. The most obvious smell coming off the top is of lemon, but more lemon grass than lemon zest. A little orange scent, too. And I swear there is the faintest hint of rosemary. But underneath it all is that skunky scent of a pale lager like Heineken. That's not a bad thing, it's just not what I was expecting. Like I said, my perceptions might be a little off base because of what I'm used to.

I'm not too wild about this beer. It has some nice flavors to it, and has a pretty crisp finish, but there just isn't much there. It's not that complex. I probably won't get it again. If I lived in Belgium where I bet it's cheaper, I would probably drink it a lot more, but I don't. I live in Tennessee where it is over $10 a six pack, so it just isn't worth it. Later on, after I have a little more experience with genuine Belgian White's, I may change my opinion on Wittekerke. But for now, I am just not a fan. 70/100.