effervescent refractions

Another treasure from Urbain at Struise, to whom my thoughts are going after his accident. The Witte poured with a gorgeous mushrooming white foam on top and a contrastingly uninspired greyish orange glow beneath. Very aromatic and dense when first approached, this witbier has elements of a tripel especially in the estery pear, apple and bubble gum tones which appear heavily at first. Coriander is very prominent as well, but becomes attenuated with time to reveal more complex and interesting scents of toffee, freshly cut grass, dry wheat, honeysuckle, and the slightly funky smell of hay. A combination of vanilla, oats and wheat forms the basic flavor to which coriander and white pepper add the classic wit piquant. I found this effort to be a good representation of the style, and one that drinks easily during the sunny days but lacks a defining element of fruit which would truly raise it to excellence.