Namaste is a customary greeting from the Indian subcontinent. (You can read all about it at the Wikipedia entry.) It was originally brewed as a collaboration to help raise funds for 3 Fonteinen, which lost a whole bunch of beer that represented about a third of their annual revenue. At the time, Sam Caligione said
The gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a Divine spark within each of us that is located in the heart chakra. The gesture is an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another. In other words it is a show of mutual respect and admiration – a great single word summary of the inspiration behind this brew.
Dogfish Head also says about the beer
A Belgian-style White made with dried organic orange slices, fresh cut lemongrass and a bit of coriander. This beer is a great summer quencher.
This is another limited-release brew that my charming wife got for me. It pours a pale, clear yellow with a white, fizzy head. You can definitely smell the coriander and orange in the aroma, but it’s not overpowering. It is light on the tongue, with that classic Belgian white spice and the carbonation.
It’s not my favorite style, and this’d be better in the Summer, but I’d gladly have it again.
