Four Legs Good
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.56
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Maakun (16718) reviewed Four Legs Good from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared. Light hazy orange golden with small off white head. Looks like apricot juice... Sour lemon, quite some herbs, lots of fresh fruits, marzipan, light lactic notes, soft spicy yeast with cloves and cardamom. Light sweet, medium sour and almost medium bitter. Over medium bodied with prickly carbonation. Quite interesting stuff, but I’m not sure high abv sours are really a great idea in the end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Alvarado Street Brewing in Monterey. Nose is tart apples, musty red wine barrels, and a hint of caramel. Clear gold with a small white head. Flavor is lightly sweet apples with a light tartness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750 ml bottle. The beer is a bright orangey gold. Looks to have a touch of haze, probably just some yeast sediment. Smallish white head. The aroma is a fun mix of cider, wine barrel, spice, sour and a light but rich underlying malt sweetness. Lots of fruit bouncing around. Peaches, plums and grapes with more tropical guava, mango action. Mild oak. Big pear in the taste. Mild to moderate tartness. Touches of sweet fruit. The acidity isn’t particularly strong, but it makes the fruit flavors full and fun. Light funk. Some booze but this is oddly refreshing for a ~10% abv quad. Of course, no one would call this a quad tasting it blind. I guess it’s more like a strong, fruity sour saison, vaguely reminiscent of some Fantome bottles, but it really doesn’t fit in any category outside of catch-all sour. Some body but fairly light for the strength. Some effervescent, prickly carbonation. Drinks much more easily than a 10% abv should. I’m just impressed that SARA has managed to make a higher abv sour while avoiding the pitfalls of so many of them. This beer drinks easily. While it has a lot of flavor, it doesn’t overwhelm. Very tasty stuff.
DSG (25989) reviewed Four Legs Good from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
[1/29/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at the RateBeer award ceremony bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Cloudy golden. Funky, sour fruits, wood, vinous notes, sour, a bit of alcohol. Very good.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Four Legs Good from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange gold with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is sour fruit, booze, oak, pure sugar. Medium body, similar flavors to nose, nice tartness, boozy finish, very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at RBGT. Pours cloudy orange. Aroma is some wood and barrel over hidden fruit. Body is medium, very tart with a light sourness. Still fruity, grapes. Medium and rather dry palate. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Pours gold white head - nose and taste of lemon, white wine, oak, sour angel food cake - med body
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Four Legs Good from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Cloudy orange- golden color with small head. The moderate sourness blends well with the astringency; pungent sweaty aroma. A lot of character for this bold beer, very pleasant.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Four Legs Good from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Light sweet funky notes with a touch of candy sourness. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Grape, apricot and a touch of aspirin yeasty notes.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Four Legs Good from Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a cloudy bright golden with a small white head. Aroma is quite tart, with light acidity and oak barrels. Flavour is unusual, with all sorts of weird wild yeasts, medium acidity (close to some acetone), some oak and perfume. Hard to decipher exactly what's going on here. Finishes with lots of perfume and medium acidity. Confused, but oddly intriguing. Solid.