Hoegaarden Belgian Wheat Beer Bottle, 24 x 330 ml

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The recipe was passed down through generations, and in the 18th century, the village became one huge Hoegaarden brewery. In 1726 alone, Hoegaarden had 36 breweries and 110 malt houses. However, in 1957, the village’s last brewery closed down, leading to the villagers vying to preserve the original recipe. The Belgian beer is light purple in color and gives a pinkish foamy head when poured into a glass. It’s brewed with unmalted wheat, hops, yeast, raspberries, sweetener, and sugar. The sweet beer has a 3% alcohol by volume and an estimated 90 calories. Rosee was launched in 2017, and it comes in bottles and cans.

A decade or so ago, Hoegaarden wheat beer was my tipple of choice. Bursting with flavour and very different from the standard bitters and lagers I was previously drinking, it would sometimes confuse my fellow drinkers. “Why are you drinking that banana beer?”, I would get asked as I was lifting a hexagonal glass to my lips. The taste was certainly one that took a while to get used to, but opened me up to a world of wheat beers that previously I didn’t know about. Nice tart citrus aroma; lemon, grapefruit, not overly sweet or sour or candied or perfume-like--quite restrained. Very wheat-y, some green banana, hay, and a touch of spices. Today, the wheat beer is brewed in different variations, including Hoegaarden white, Rosée, Cherry, Agrum, Citrus, and Speciale. All of these are reviewed in the following headings. Hoegaarden White Source: https://hoegaarden.com/the-beers/#203 Indian food in particular with its complex interplay of spicing can be brilliantly complemented and bought to life by a witbier. The coriander seed and spicy notes from the beer can act in harmony with those notes often found in Indian cuisine, whilst the citrus notes from the beer can help brighten any dish.

Store.LocalizedDisplayName}} | {{TimeSlotReservationDisplay}} Book Collection Slot Book Collection Slot View Slot Book Collection Slot Book C&C Slot Wheat beers are one of the easiest beers to pair with a wide variety of foods just keep in mind they are low intensity so can easily be over-powered by very flavourful dishes. Mild shellfish work really well as do dishes that run with a wit's hint of lemon and spices. Hoegaarden is a highly revered Belgian beer brand, popular amongst beer drinkers for its distinct fruity taste. In this review, we take a look into the rich history of the original Belgian wheat beer, its current manufacturer, and the varieties available in the market.

Wikipedia. (n.d.). Hoegaarden Brewery. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoegaarden_Brewery It was a Milkman, Pierre Celis, that used the traditional ingredients of yeast, wheat, hops, coriander, orange peel, and water to recreate the white beer in 1965. Several brewers offered to buy from Pierre, and in the end, the white beer ended in the hands of the then Interbrew, now known as Anheuser-Busch InBev. Probably the largest brewer in the world, Anheuser Busch has sealed Hoegaarden’s place as one of the best Belgian white beers worldwide. I’m going to use the AB-Inbev values, because if you can’t trust the company that brews the beer who can you trust? Celis decided instead to sell them the brewery, and with the proceeds, he moved to the United States, where he set up the Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas, to continue making wheat beer to what he described as the original Hoegaarden recipe. It was later acquired by Miller Brewing. Celis never fully relocated to Texas, but his daughter and son-in-law, who operated the brewery, did. Miller ultimately closed the brewery and sold the equipment and brand names to Michigan Brewing Company.

LCBO. (n.d.). Hoegaarden. LCBO. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/lcbo/belgian-wit-16022060021/hoegaarden-554089#.Yf2bC-rMKUk McClelland Premium Imports. (2014, December 4). Beer 101: German vs. Belgian Beer. YouTube. Retrieved March 13, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yeYypTd2A Hoegaarden. (n.d.). Hoegaarden. Hand Family Companies. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://www.handfamilycompanies.com/hoegaarden Featured above is a photo example of a meal paired with Hoegaarden. Attached to said photo you will find a link leading you to a source where you can find out more about pairing the right food with the right beer! Multimedia

Once you realize you truly love beer (welcome, friend), you take certain reasonable pains to become acquainted with certain terminology. (More smart beer words mean more beer for mouth.) You’ve probably heard the term weissbier and maybe even heard witbier. They sound similar, but weissbier means “wheat beer” while witbier means “white beer.” Say that three times fast. Witbiers like Hoegaarden are in fact made with 50-percent-minimum unmalted wheat, which adds light grainy flavors to the mix, but they’re referred to as “witbier” because they’re unfiltered and hazy or milky. It’s been ‘bottle conditioned.’ YouTube [MJ Won]. (2021, July 1). Cooking with Beer | Hoegaarden Mussels | Hoegaarden Witbier | By MJ Won [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_W6GcQCIQU As with other Hoegaarden products, you’ll find this available online and in physical retail stores. The wheat beer is enjoyed paired with spicy dishes, barbecues, salads, burgers, and pizzas. Its relatively low alcohol content also makes it ideal for small gatherings with family and friends. Hoegaarden Cherry Source: https://hoegaarden.com/the-beers/#240 Water, Barley Malt, Wheat, Sugar, Flavours, Acidifier: Citric Acid, Coriander Seeds, Orange Peel, Hop, Apple ExtractMalviya, S. (2020, December 2). Anheuser Busch InBev slash prices of its premium brands-Hoegaarden and Corona by 26–57%. The Economic Times. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/liquor/anheuser-busch-inbev-slash-prices-of-its-premium-brands-hoegaarden-and-corona-by-26-57/articleshow/79517502.cms Featured below is not only an example of a recipe that would go well with Hoegaarden, but a recipe that actually involves using Hoegaarden.

Hoegaarden is just 4.9% abv, which is quite low for a wheat beer, and very low compared to most Belgian beers! Is Hoegaarden Gluten-Free?

Villa, K., The Oxford Companion to Beer, & Craft Beer & Brewing. (n.d.). Hoegaarden. Craft Beer & Brewing. Retrieved February 1, 2022, from https://beerandbrewing.com/dictionary/rirPYQpTS8/ Sadly, Hoegaarden simply cannot be gluten-free. It contains malted barley and wheat, both of which contain gluten. If you are gluten-intolerant then you will probably want to avoid wheat beers full stop! Is Hoegaarden Vegan? The wheat beer is brewed with the local fruit favorite known as Agrum. It’s one of the limited-edition seasonal beers, brewed lager style to contain very low alcohol content. The Agrum beer is made from hops, yeast, wheat, water, and the Agrum fruit. This article reads like a press release or a news article and may be largely based on routine coverage. Please expand this article with properly sourced content to meet Wikipedia's Calagione, Sam, foreword; Hampso, Tim, General editor (2008). The beer book (1st Americaned.). New York: DK Publ. p. 204. ISBN 9780756639822. {{ cite book}}: |first2= has generic name ( help) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)