Coronado Brewing Co. -- Orange Avenue Wit

Coronado Brewing Co.'s Orange Avenue Wit is an ale, "brewed with wheat, coriander, California orange peel and local [CA] orange blossom honey."

5.2% ABV and 10ish IBU's

Review:

Appearance: This light ale pours a nice straw color with a pure white head. It is slightly hazy, but in amounts appropriate for a wheat based beer.

Aroma: Orange and wheat, orange peel, sweetness from honey or malts or both.

Taste: Slightly sour orange flavor. Orange peel with earthiness that is well balanced and has a tart finish. Hints of coriander spice at the very end. 

Mouthfeel: Soft and creamy, with citrus rind (not the pith) oiliness, and a slightly waxy feel on the palate. 

(Side Note: Other witbiers I've reviewed can be seen here, here, and here.)

Overall:

This is a pretty good fruit beer. If I was a fruit beer lover I'd buy this beer regularly. North Coast makes a Tangerine Wheat beer that is somewhat similar to this beer but sweeter, and it too is a good beer. However, I'm going to deduct a couple of points because the label says that this is a "Wit" and the flavors of spice should be more pronounced in a Wit. They should probably just call it a wheat beer. 

Grade: A-

Barrel Man says,

"SD beer w/o hop flavor?

What's next?!"

(Bottle Purchased at Liquor Collection.)