Thoughts on Hoegaarden

[Acoma]

It is a tasty refreshing beer. It pains me to buy it knowing its part of the evil empire.

 

[Homercidal]

Oberon is nothing like a Belgian Wit. They both have water, yeast, wheat, and hops, that's about all they have in common.

Yeah, I admit, it's a stretch. Not sure about coriander in Oberon, but it does have orange peel and wheat. It's missing the most important ingredient, which is an actual wit yeast. I believe they use their house ale yeast. Same yeast that's in their pale ale and two hearted. I'd have to look that up to be sure.

I think the similarities are that it's a wheat beer, but not brewed with hefe yeast, and flavored with orange peel, so it's similar in some ways.

Hoegaarden is my favorite wit. It is light years ahead of Blue Moon's swill.

Blue Moon is way to clean tasting to be a true wit IMO. They claim "Belgian Wit" on the bottle, but I really don't think they ferment with wit yeast. Hoegaarden is way more to style than Blue Moon, but you should try Celis White or Allagash's Wit. I think they are both better tasting wits and award winners to boot.