Beer review: Witte Pol

This is my first regular beer review (correction: actually my second beer review. The first one was a Peated Oak Embrasse by De Dochter van de Korenaar aged in Ardbeg casks). I realise it's waaaay more difficult to come up with decent tasting notes for beer then whisky. So please be gentle. I'm sure my notes will improve over time.

Witte Pol is brewed at Brewery Inter Pol (not related to the American band nor the police organisation) in the village of Mont located in the green Ardennes. The beer is exclusively sold by the Delhaize supermarket chain as part of a Famous Belgian Brewers series and limited to 4000 bottles. The series consists of three beers: a dark black one, a yellow/white one and a red special belge beer.

• Witte Pol by Pol Ghekiere
• 5.8% ABV
• Brewery Inter Pol
• Ingredients: water, malt, hops, herbs, yeast
• IBU: 16
• Brewed for Delhaize NV (food supermarket chain)
• 4000 bottles available

The brewery is part of a bed & breakfast in the valley of Achouffe: La Veille Forge.

€ 3.85 - in stock at Delhaize supermarkets

Tasting notes by Gert

Colour: A yellow/white hazy beer.

Nose: Fresh and sour. I'm picking up lots of citrus and maize notes. Grain biscuits.

Taste: Creamy and sour. Fresh and hoppy citrus.

Finish: It's really coating the palate with a pleasant sourness. A lovely summer beer.

Score

Yep, I'm giving a score to the review too! Drum roll please.... 3.5/5

A photo posted by Gert Claus (@tastydram) on Mar 26, 2016 at 9:24am PDT

A small side note for the more tech-savvy readers. This is an attempt to use the Product, Review, Offer and Rating type from the schema.org specification. This experiment also learned me that the Blogger platform sucks pretty badly when it comes to writing code in your blogpost. Google, if you're reading this, do something about it! End rant and end of the beer review. (And welcome Google penalty.)