White goes purple

Witbier is a beer style that's firmly out of fashion at the moment, and yet this is the fourth I've featured this month. How about that? There is at least a twist with To Øl's Berry White: it has blueberries and blackberries in it, though doesn't say if that's alongside or instead of the traditional coriander and orange peel.

It looks fun: a funky purple with a thick layer of pink foam on top, resulting in a fine lacing all the way down. The aroma is crisp and wheaty, suggesting they haven't thrown tradition away completely. A berry tartness infuses it, with the juicy blackberries being most prominent. Blueberries tend to be quite shy when used to flavour beer, and the ones used here are just as reticent. Other than the aroma there aren't really any witbier features: no herbs or citrus, the base beer serving only to provide a neutral base for the fruit.

This isn't a complex beer, and has been designed to do nothing other than taste of berries. It does that successfully, however, without hitting any syrupy obstacles, so it's a thumbs-up from me.