Duvel Moortgat Vedett Extra White

Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009.

ABV: 4.7%
Origin: Breendonk, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen
Website: www.vedett.be, www.duvelmoortgat.be

Duvel Moortgat Vedett Extra White

Previously Duvel Moortgat’s wheat beer offering was Steendonk, produced in partnership with Palm, but the partnership ended this year and this beer, DM’s very own replacement, came as a pleasantly good surprise.

It’s cloudy and very pale, with a spicy damp hay, phenol, vanilla and spiced orange aroma. The citric, wheaty palate is well-integrated with a lemon note. An astringent hop charge leads to a crisp citric swallow, then a smooth lemony finish with a hint of chewy hops.

OK, it’s a bit lacking in substance and overbalanced by citric lemon squash flavours, but it’s friendly and refreshing. Sampled bottled at Bar Fringe, Manchester.

Read morea bout this beer at ratebeer.com: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/vedett-extra-white/91232/