Beer: Blanche De Chambly
Type: Weisse Beer (white, wheat, Witbier)
Region: Chambly, Quebec
Rating: Intermediate
My day 40 beer is all sold out and doesn't come in until tomorrow. And really...who ends such an epic journey on a Thursday?
So, a bonus beer. Today we are drinking one of my favourites, Blanche De Chambly, from the great Unibroue micro brewery.
Wheat beers are basically what the name implies, beer made from wheat. The wheat makes for a lighter colour and flavour. The most common spices are coriander and orange peel which work really well together. Hoegaarden is a popular wheat beer and if you like Hoegaarden, you will also like Blanche de Chambly. Blanche de Chambly isn’t a true wheat beer because light barley malt is added, presumably for body and some flavour.
Blanche de Chambly is also only partially filtered, common for this style of beer, which is the reason the beer has a hazy appearance. The yeast (lees) stays in the bottle and contribute to this beers unique flavour.
The appearance is a hazy straw colour. Nice white head, but disappears quickly. When you bring it up to your nose, you can smell the coriander and orange with a tinge of yeast.
It's got a nice crisp taste with a light hoppiness and flavours of citrus and spice. Very nice carbonation, which makes for a very smooth, almost buttery, beer.
Blanche de Chambly is a light summer beer best served well chilled. And the bigger the bottle (mine is corked), the better and more to enjoy!
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