Farmer's Reserve Strawberry
(has 2 batches)
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Hermitage Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.29
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Sour ale aged in wine barrels with strawberries. A celebration of the summer harvest, this blond sour ale is loaded with Coastal Seascape Strawberries grown at Dirty Girl Farms in California’s santa Cruz Mountains. These delicious berries are swept by cool evening ocean breezes and drenched in warm daytime sun before being hand-picked and added to this tart and refreshing ale. Enjoy paired with classic charcuterie and summer salads.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg tap at CBC Covent Garden. Rose/pink with no head, however there is a tiny bit of visible carbonation. Guava, mothballs, champagne vinegar on the nose. Taste is sour, sour, sour. Vinous, fruity and intense. Nicely carbonated palate. Too much alcohol to be refreshing, but it’s a lovely experience.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Aug 2015
at 12:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is citric and strawberry. Citric and dry strawberry. Mild strawberry and solid citric, grainy and slight sweet. Lingering citric and mild fruity far finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2015
at 14:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
37.5cl bottle courtesy of and shared with Omgrich. Dorée-orangée, col fin blanc. Arôme de fraise mais de suite ponctué par des effluves aigre et finement funk de brett et lacto. Retrouve un léger côté boisé barrique avec un léger rétro citrique. Palais garde un léger profil de fraise - loin de la version de Jester King - ce dernier est plaisant donnant le côté terreux de la fraise mais couvert par une note aigre-barrique trop présente, en particulier le brett.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2015
at 12:47
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
26.07.2015, 0,375l bottle @ home:
Small slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish, mild vinegar, sorrel, raw rhubarb, oak, minerals, unripe red berries, hints of sour strawberries. Taste is dry sour-ish, unripe red berries, raw rhubarb, minerals, mild vinegar, oak, sorrel, hints of sour strawberries. Medium bitterness, dry sour-ish mouthfeel. Very nice.
Small slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish, mild vinegar, sorrel, raw rhubarb, oak, minerals, unripe red berries, hints of sour strawberries. Taste is dry sour-ish, unripe red berries, raw rhubarb, minerals, mild vinegar, oak, sorrel, hints of sour strawberries. Medium bitterness, dry sour-ish mouthfeel. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2015
at 13:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to omgrich! 375 ml. bottle split by 4. Hazy orange, little bubbles. Nose is puckering lemon, typical USA sour profile, lactic, acidic wood, strawberry is barely there & strongly sour in its profile,… Taste is puckering, strongly sour, sour lemon, typical strong USA sour profile, wood, tart, strawberry is strongly sour in the back & rather light,… Puckering body,… Typical USA sour, rather big on sourness, good but lacks complexity & it is overly sour. I expected more honestly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2015
at 09:23
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Almanac Farmer's Reserve Strawberry (by Almanac Beer Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 4/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.4/5
25/VII/15 - 37.5cl bottle @ Trillium tasting, home - BB: n/a, bottled: II/2015 (2015-993) Thanks to omgrich for sharing the bottle!
Cloudy orange beer, small aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: little fruity, sweet touch, bit funky, not sure if I would guess strawberry, but ok. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very sour, vinegar, some chlorine, lemony, acidic. Aftertaste: very sour, lemony, vinegar, chlorine again, bit funky, bitter tannins, dry, some overripe to rotting fruits. Meh.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 4/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 7/20, MyTotalScore: 2.4/5
25/VII/15 - 37.5cl bottle @ Trillium tasting, home - BB: n/a, bottled: II/2015 (2015-993) Thanks to omgrich for sharing the bottle!
Cloudy orange beer, small aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: little fruity, sweet touch, bit funky, not sure if I would guess strawberry, but ok. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: very sour, vinegar, some chlorine, lemony, acidic. Aftertaste: very sour, lemony, vinegar, chlorine again, bit funky, bitter tannins, dry, some overripe to rotting fruits. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2015
at 14:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy golden color. No head. Big sour brett nose with only slight hint of strawberries, with some oak. Big sour mouth, puckering sourness, big buttery oakiness, a bit watery mouth with some lingering oak and vanilla. Lovely.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2015
at 06:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured into a taster showing cloudy honey center with translucent rims and very sparse foam. The nose shows light notes of vanilla and brett background. The palate is light bodied and moderately carbonated. A clear oak/vanilla background shows throughout but maintains a highly tart profile.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2015
at 06:07