Blue Sunday
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.36
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle from Winooski Beverage. 2017 bottle.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt semi-dark amber color with a finger’s worth of quickly dieing head. No lace.
The aroma mixes some light dry woody notes, caramel malt base with some green peppers, light sour citrus rind-like qualities and some light floral tones.
The flavor followed suite as expected noting the sour-ness hitting upon the citrus and oaky notes and comfortably blending with the malt levels, similar to a Flanders. Nicely blended aftertaste of the malt to the sour and fixing upon the finish just as expected.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a good sipping quality about it. The malt level is just a tad higher than expected but the sour level seems to be quaint enough to grip my tongue in a decent way.
Overall, I dig this one and would have it again, though almost a Flanders.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Draft, 5 oz pour at Hop and Hound, Bothell. Staring at the bottle of this for weeks, I’m relieved to find it on draft. Unlike my buddy luttonm in his rating, I’ll spare some of the super in depth, obscure, perspicacious analysis on this particular potable. Dark copper pour with a thim film head. Black cherry, tart constant aroma. Flavor is a juicy and jammy raspberry and blackberry tart, with some black cherry. A slight malt linger, but buried by the tart berry content. A sipper of a sour, but it seems to get better as it warms. Some grape reminder in the late linger. Minimal oak impression though it is there. Nutty hints. Flavorful, and quite tasty. Miles ahead of what it was after the very first sip. Sit on this one and give it a chance. I really enjoyed this.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Blue Sunday from New Holland Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750mL bottle, pours a deep dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out balsamic, cherry tartness and light funk - fairly acidic. Flavour is fairly acidic but not too much, with balsamic, cherry tartness and light funk. Balsamic and acidic finish. Nicely constructed. Really good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours dark mahogany-tinged brown into a tulip. Off-white head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Blueberry and oak aromas. Dry with sour blueberry and oak upfront turning to bitter blueberry seed in the medium length finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at the DC Tasting. Clear dark red with off-white head. Aromas of vinegar, dark fruit, tart notes. Tastes of vinegar, wine, grapes, dark fruit. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed Blue Sunday from New Holland Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Some cherry in this and good bretta infusion. Pours amber with good head and lacing. Light sour and tangy finish. Light oak. Bottle.
iphonephan (11573) reviewed Blue Sunday from New Holland Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From a 22 oz bottle at the Brony bottle share at Travlrs place. Pours a clear cola brown with an off white head. Aroma of sour fruit. Flavors of blueberry and oak.
Kraddel (15872) reviewed Blue Sunday from New Holland Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Pours dark purple / brown , rather clear . Smell is full, fruity . Taste is sour , full , fruity , intense . Nice blueberry finish . Bit fleshy . Nice
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Draft: Pours brown-amber with a creamy tan head. Sour raspberry, vinegar scent. Taste is tangy raspberry, wheat, vinegar. Nicely sour...plenty of flavor. Very nice.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Blue Sunday from New Holland Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Rating #4500 (beer #2 of 3 to celebrate the milestone) Blue Sunday #16, Vintage 2013 Deep hazy dark brown coloured body with a nice, one centimetre tall tan head that fades fast with a lighter brown glow at the bottom. Aroma of ridiculously sour grapes, lemon, cherries, oak, vanilla, cognac and cedar, alcohol, bourbon and a hint of grass - very nice, complex and mouth watering! Medium-bodied; Very nice mouthful of silky soft malt with a very nice layered sour flavour of cherries and grapes then showing a more refined sour flavour of lemon and oak mixed with bourbon, cognac and dry grass. Aftertaste shows an amazingly balanced sour with malt, alcohol, sugars and oak coupled with a high level of sour flavours, but masked by the dry complexity. Overall, a great beer overall and one that fits the style perfectly - layered, complex, balanced yet ridiculously complex and yes, still sour. A great beer and well worth finding and keeping for a while - i’ll definitely keep a couple of these around if I can find them! I could have sampled some aged gueuze that I’ve brought back from Belgium over the years, but this was a great beer to encapsulate the milestone - a great beer of the style and to enjoy - from my hometown state of Michigan right here in the best beer country int he world - America. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 24-February-2013 for US$12.14 sampled at home in Washington on 27-April-2014, after only aging this for a bit over a year (not much for me) - but a great beer to have under the auspice of 4500 beers! Blue Sunday #18 (2015 Vintage) Nice clear crisp brown coloured body. Slightly vinegary in the nose with a lot of sourness, oak and dry cherries. Light to Medium-bodied; Super complex sour flavour with vinegar, cherries, raspberries, oak, vanilla and grapes all noticeable - very nice and simple to drink! Aftertaste is clean and complex with a lot of sour elements and a rich oaky, tannic flavour. Overall, still as good as I remember - I need to get a few more of these to cellar! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Washington (P Street NorthWest, Logan Circle), DC on 23-February-2015 for US$12,99 sampled at home in Washington on 04-August-2016 in remembrance of my Uncle, from Michgan, R.I.P. Larry. Rating for this sample: 9, 4,8,5,17 2015 Vintage // Purchased: February 2015 // Sampled: August 2016