I am starting to wonder if Torrance will have it’s own terroir desgination. That pondering occurred to me whilst staring at the really simple and classy label for Strand Brewing Co.’s Harvest Ball Orange witbier. Which is their 4th anniversary beer that will probably be around for years to come.
Their version of the classic wit style pours a hazy light orange color with a thin white head to it. It is a pretty beer to look at. The smell though is fairly medicinal with a tinge of really dried fruit to it. Or maybe that is orange peel. I wish the fruit would come after me in both the aroma and the taste which has a tiny touch of orange that is there from the beginning of the sip until the end but wheat and coriander and a bit of metal is more predominant to me.
This is one of those beers that is really close to being a really nice fruit beer. But that nice citrus taste seems just out of reach and it lets other flavors take over that I am not digging on as much.
Might be a freshness issue as bottles I had right after release were pleasantly orange-y and well balanced.
That and the heat that we have probably do unknown damage to the bottles we try. I will need to get it on tap to compare.