Alpha Cure
Shady Oak Barrel House in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
7.41
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - pours gold white head - nose/taste of white wine, lemon, funky brett - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2016
at 22:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a cloudy yellow with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is funk, cheese, yeast. Medium body, yeast, funk, oak, floral, light finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2016
at 17:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Capped 750 from Corti Bros. Pours light gold with a white head. Aroma of slightly sour grapes, some wood and brett notes. Not quite med body. Flavor matches aroma, but the grape doesn’t seem so sour. White grape by the way. A little musty wood. Some light brett. A touch of earth. Quite nice to drink.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2016
at 20:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. It pours a lightly hazed yellow color with a white head. The aroma has a lot of chardonnay, oak, vanilla funk, hints of lemon, pineapple and graham cracker. The flavor has some spicy yeast, vanilla, chardonnay, and mild passionfruit-like tartness. Heavy funk and spicy yeast. Low sourness, but definitely tart. Frothy mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2016
at 09:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pale yellow color. Fairly cloudy. Medium-small white head. A bit fizzy. The aroma is quite good. Big chardonnay barrel on top of sweet fruity brett flavors. Solid fresh saison base to it all. Light lemon, grape, sweet apricot. Delicate malt sweetness. Taste doesn’t live up to the aroma. It’s a bit too sweet with too much barrel character. The barrel shows a buttery chardonnay flavor and too much oaky bitterness. Body is a bit heavy, particularly for 5.3% abv. Fruit flavors seem flabby in comparison to the aroma. Odd creaminess, which doesn’t work somehow. There’s something just not quite right, and it’s unfortunate after the aroma promised so much.
Tried
on 05 May 2016
at 00:49