Apples & Pears
Draai Laag Brewing Company in Millvale, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.78
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Like a Brit with a cockney accent, this wild ale is both inspired by English ciders and true to its roots in Belgian farmhouse funk. Secondary fermentation with Brettanomyces, white wine yeast, elderflowers & the namesake fruits results in a tasty bouquet of dry, tart and floral notes. No porky.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Tart and funky with an aroma of sweetish pear, apple, and light bready malt. Flavour is tart, mild sourish and sweet. Body is medium. Nicely funked up.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at beertemple. Aroma of tart, acidic sourness, apple, pear and subtle citrus. Taste has sour pear, acidic sourness, tart and apple. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2018
at 20:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - pours yellow white head - nose/taste of apple, pear, light brett and white wine - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2016
at 21:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Nice sweet and tart herbal and flowery notes. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Big bright funky notes, Apple and flowery notes. Awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2016
at 22:51
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the source. Cloudy yellow color. Aroma of dusty lemon and white pepper. Taste is peppery citrus. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2016
at 13:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the brewery. Pours a hazy gold with no head. The aroma is strong pear skin, funk, oak. Thin body, tart pear, light apple skin, funky, oak, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2016
at 13:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Bright blond, clpoudy, with lace. Nose of urinal, grapefruit, tons of bretty funk, apple, pear. Flavor collapses into nail polish with pear and nasty funk. Something went very wrong.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2016
at 21:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
New rating: This sample is so much better. Tap at hollywoods but it got to be a different barrel, Has some bitter attributes but overall its now a very mild tart brew reminiscent of rodenbach! Finish is civilized and easy, good stuff. Boy, no consistancy on this one dry log! Old rating: 6/2/4/2/8/ (2.2) Tap @ Hollywood gardens. Slightly cloudy pale brew. Mostly clear. Mild wild apple aroma. Yes, this is cider, not really much more. It comes across like a mild fully fermented out cider. ITs, quite dry for the alky rating here. Quite disappointing, I was thinking this would be somewhat tart or sour on the buds but it is simply missing any of the wild or tart attributes I’ve come to know with a wild ale. Probably this should listed as a cider, for I don’t think there is any beer in this stuff. Not one of DL’s better brews, yes, quite disappointing. Reminds me of my own homemade hard cider except that its lacking the gag reflex, heheh.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2016
at 09:28
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a murky yellow-peach color with a medium sized foamy white head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was musty and bretty with a peach note. The flavor was very bretty and musty with noted of pear, apricot, plastic and band aid. Very long finish. Medium body. Disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2016
at 12:12