This Belgian-style wheat aged (Witbier = white beer) is golden-straw in colour and hazy from the yeast and wheat that remain in the unfiltered beer. There are hints of coriander, star anise, malt and lots of fruit, orange peel and citrus in the bottle. A refreshing beer to sip alongside some fried chicken at a summer picnic. Stanley Park Brewery is using half the malt sourced from local wheat along with and is locally owned and operated.
Best beer from Stanley Park Yet. Light, tasty and extremely sessionalbe!
Hello
I am the owner of Fraser Park Restaurant. I would like to carry your Wheat beer (Keg) Please email me back
thanks
Anton Heggen
Director Fraser Park Restaurant
Your translation of Witbier = “white beer”
Is inaccurate. Witbier is synonymous with the word wheat. Also, it’s a bit misleading and a stretch to call Stanley Park Brewing “local”. It’s a brand name, not even a real brewery; not brewed anywhere near Stanley park, in Delta actually. Mark Anthony Group Inc. which has it’s headquarters in Vancouver created the brand indentity, but to call SPB “local” undercuts real, family owned breweries such as Phillips, Paralel 49, Driftwood, Howe Sound, Hoyne, 33 Acres, Brassneck, Townsite, etc
I was referring to this:
Two common varieties of wheat beer are witbier (Dutch – “white beer”) based on the Belgian tradition of using flavourings such as coriander and orange peel which was revived by Pierre Celis at the Hoegaarden Brewery,[2][3] and the Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas[4][5][6] and weissbier (German – “white beer”) based on the German tradition of mixing at least 50% wheat to barley malt to make a light coloured top-fermenting beer.[7] Both the Belgian witbier and the German weissbier were termed “white beers” because “wheat” has the same etymological root as “white”. Belgian white beers are often made with raw unmalted wheat, as opposed to the malted wheat used in other varieties.
And you are certainly right about it not being a unique craft beer such as Phillips, Parallel 49, Driftwood and more, but it is at least brewed locally.
I will keep in mind for the future to be a bit more detailed in my descriptions. Thanks for the comment.