Ballast Point Brewing Company Sour Wench: Blackberry

Sour Wench: Blackberry

 

Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

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Score
6.82
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 10 Ticks: 69
Sour Wench was a Home Brew Mart recipe that we made every year for the Southern California Home brewers Fest in Temecula. This Blackberry Ale was originally developed by Ballast Point’s original Master Brewer Peter A’Hearn and Colby Chandler. While interning in Germany, Peter fell in love with the Berliner Weiss style of beer. A beer made with a procedure in which the mash was soured. The tartness of the Oregon State Marion Blackberries, at one pound per gallon, was a perfect addition for this sour style. Sour Wench is not aged in oak barrels. In the end, it’s a great bridge beer into the sour styles.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from web SB cons 2018-05-05 Göteborg AR: sour blackberries, tart cherry AP: dark purple, high fizzy cream purple steady foam F: sour blackberries, wee tart cherries, rich carbonated, wee hollow, lemon flesh

Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2018 at 20:17


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Old Chicago.

It pours a semi clear red with plenty of off white foam.

Smells of blackberries, lemon, wheat, decent level of tartness suspected.

The taste is nice blackberries, almost puree like, wheat, lemon, good tartness.

Good mouthfeel, good brew.

Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2018 at 22:20


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Flaska från SB. Tack Daniel! Bärig och lätt syrlig saftig doft med vinbär och björnbär med en liten söt av fruktkola. Väl dold alkohol, smak som doften. Snygg fruktig stor berliner weisse. Gott.

Tried on 17 Apr 2018 at 19:47


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Flaska från SB. Bärig och lätt syrlig saftig doft med vinbär och björnbär med en liten söt av fruktkola. Väl dold alkohol, smak som doften. Snygg fruktig stor berliner weisse. Gott.

Tried on 26 Mar 2018 at 19:25


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Mørk rød med høyt rosa skum. Lukter eple, solbær og rips. Middels - i fylde. Sursyrlig smak. Bær og epler, noe hvete og trevirke. Middels lang.

Tried on 26 Mar 2018 at 16:59


4

Not sour but sour

Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2018 at 17:43


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured a very dark plum color with a medium sized foamy pink-white head that left decent lacing. The aroma was tart, sour and lactic with vague berries. The flavor was tart, sour and a bit lactic with vague berry. Long finish. Medium body.

Tried on 25 Feb 2018 at 14:56


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Ballast Point Miramar. Hazy dark brown with a minimal head. Medium tart with blackberry, some funk and bread. Quite refreshing.

Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2018 at 16:10


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear garnet red with moderate pink head that settles quickly. Aromas of sweet berry jelly and cotton candy. Flavors of tart berries, loganberries, currants, and dry blackberries on a wheaty base. Blackberries seem to be tough to get right in a beer. No exception here...

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2018 at 03:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft - Blackberry Juice. Deep ruby red with a decent white head, blackberry with a nice light tart finish. Fruity, sweet and sour.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jan 2018 at 23:01