page_title: Hoegaarden Brewery
section_title: Types of Hoegaarden beer
hierarchical_section_title: Hoegaarden Brewery / Types of Hoegaarden beer
caption_attribution_description: Hoegaarden - Verboden Vrucht (Belgium).
context_page_description: Hoegaarden Brewery is a brewery in Hoegaarden, Belgium, and the producer of a well-known wheat beer.
context_section_description: Wheat beer
  First brewed in 1445, Hoegaarden is a witbier spiced with coriander and orange peel. It is unfiltered and therefore has a cloudy appearance. In many bars, it is customarily drunk with a slice of orange. It has an alcoholic content of 4.9%.
  Rosée
  Launched in 2007, 3% ABV. Available in the Benelux.
  Citron
  Launched in 2008, 3% ABV.
  Grand Cru
  Launched in 1985, 8.5% ABV.
  Julius
  An 8.8% blonde ale, with a dry taste formed through triple-hopping.
  Forbidden fruit
  (French: Fruit Defendu. Flemish: Verboden Vrucht) An 8.5% dark ale, with complex spicing.
  DAS
  A 5% spiced amber ale, from a 1931 recipe. As of 2009 not anymore in production.
  Spéciale
  Launched in 1995, 5.7% ABV. Hoegaarden Spéciale is a full-bodied, rich Belgian-style wheat beer.  It has a characteristic fruity taste and clear spicy notes of clove and coriander.  Slightly citrus and rounded off by a smoky, sweet vanilla quality, its sweet and sour flavour is well balanced. Spéciale is averagely bitter but with hardly any aftertaste. It is available from October to January.
caption: Forbidden fruit
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