Sour Wench: Blackberry
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse Rotating|
Score
6.82
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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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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap @ Rattle N Hum. This one's a crystal clear blood/beet red one with a small scattered pinkish head. Smells really good and sour. Soft raspberries, blackberries, sour blackcurrants and some red currants. Really fruity and nice this aroma. Tastes really good and fruity also. It's soft thin oily on the texture and just above average on the carbonation. Really refreshing without being too sour this. Loaded with fruity blueberries, red currants and blackberries. Mmhhh.. A lovely tartness and a hefty Berry presence. Nice! 11.06.2015
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2017
at 01:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Hazy pinkish purple color. Blackberry and lemon aroma. Taste is lightly tart berries. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2017
at 19:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Ballast Point - Scripps Ranch, pours a cloudy pinkish amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out deep tart blackberry pie, light wild character and jam. Flavour is very jammy, with tart blackberry jam, some fruit pie and a bone dry pithy quality. Wonderfully constructed, with a lingering jammy character. Really nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2017
at 02:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a muddy purple with small off white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is berry, wheat, dough. Thin body, similar flavors to nose, light tart finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2017
at 13:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Decent Berlinner Weisse, thankfully on the dry side, accentuating the blackberry tartness without dipping into jelly sweetness. Finishes sour but mellow, yet the berries cling to the palate for a good long while.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2017
at 21:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Ballast Point - Home Brew Mart, San Diego, CA. Pours a red color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart blackberry aroma. Fruity sour tart blackberry flavor. Has a fruity sour tart blackberry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2017
at 06:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at All Pints North. Pours a clear reddish purple with a slightly pink head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a decent amount of blackberry supported by earthy wheat and yogurt. Flavor has earthy blackberry, earthy wheat and a slight note of yogurt underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2016
at 12:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Listed simply as Ballast Point Sour Wench. Draft pour pint at Special Brews. Was unsure on the variation, until the first sio, then it was obvious. Pours an almost purple color with a thin bubbly head. Sour red grape, and mixed berry aroma. Flavor closely matches. Sour wheat finish. A little on the strong side. I’m suprised. Does not have any different feel than the typical sub 5% berliner. Thick body, full flavor. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2015
at 20:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled at ABR 2015. some beery in the aroma, and some yeast. flavor has some berry, and it is a little tart. Great looking beer, pink color and pink foam, it looks like pink lambic. Tartness is very light and mild.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2015
at 21:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Dark ruby brown with beige head. Aromas of raspberries and berries. Tastes of berry jam, tart raspberries, tart acidic notes. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2015
at 23:02