The Dog Days of Summer - Granville Island Belgian Wit (Limited Release)

Granville Island Brewery

breaking up the relatively mundane selections of Granville Island's arsenal of beer are their more interesting seasonal limited releases. past releases have included, a ginger beer, a Scottish ale, a pumpkin ale, the Jolly Abbot (their version of a Belgian tripel), and a Christmas ale that I look out for every year. this summer's release from Granville Island is their Belgian Wit.

this beer pours like you would want a wit to pour, very pale yellow, cloudy, with a thin head. usually wits like this have a banana aroma that I'm obsessed with, sadly the smell of GI's Belgian Wit doesn't fuel this olfaction obsession of mine (what kind of music would a band called Olfaction Obsession play?) . there are, however, some strong lemon notes at first that die quickly. I'm disappointing with the taste, as the is no evidence of orange peel and coriander - two classic white beer ingredients. I wouldn't be disappointed if GI hadn't specifically noted on the beer's label that these are what were used to flavour the beer. what I do taste is some tart lemon. the minimal carbonation provides a nice, smooth drink, but it is a bit dry and yeasty - leaving me with an remarkably average white beer to drink. BUT that being said, it was a nice fresh relief on a scorching hot Vancouver day (yes, we get one or two of those per year).
[*the happiness of the dog is not representative of my love of the beer in particular, just my love of cold beer on a hot day.]

C+ 650 ml, 5%