Oxbow Brewing Company Cavern

Cavern

 

Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Sour Saison Rotating
Score
7.11
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 16
Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Ale with Cara Cara Oranges

Cavern is a farmhouse ale brewed with cara cara orange zest fermented and aged in oak puncheons with cara cara orange juice and mixed cultures.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ MBCC 2018, Red Session
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, tart, funk and citrus. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a long dry, tart, funky and citrus finish. Body is light, texture is thin tom oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 26 Apr 2019 at 20:51


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

MBCC. Slightly hazy golden with tiny white head. Aroma is malt, lemon, fruits, orange and tart. Flavour is malt, lemon, orange, citric, little sweet and sour.

Tried on 13 Oct 2018 at 11:57


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

Tap@MBCC 2018 Red Session, Copenhagen - gold yellow coloured pour with a white head. Citrus fruity with some nice notes of orange, light citrus peel, medium to light body, notes of yeast, touch of citrus spice into the delicate hoppy into the finish.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jul 2018 at 06:36


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

MBCC. Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light fruity and light tart. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. 120518

Tried on 24 Jul 2018 at 17:30


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

12th May 2018
MBCC 2018. Red. Pedal to the Metal session. Keg. Light haze on this pale yellowish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light dry palate, decent fine minerally carbonation. Lemon sourness. Pinch of lemon sherbet. Dry finish brings some acid burn. Too sharp.

Tried on 09 Jul 2018 at 17:46


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

[5/12/18] Draught sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2018. Red session. Funky, fruity, juicy, oak, citrus, dry, great and refreshing.

Tried on 26 Jun 2018 at 10:56


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ MBCC 2018. Pours clear golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of light sourness, malt, yeast, light brett, tart fruit, sweet citrus, oranges. Flavor is light sour, malt, yeast, little wood, fruit, citrus, oranges - zest. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light acidic finish. 120518

Tried on 03 Jun 2018 at 13:39


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

Keg at MBCC 2018 Red (session Trois), 11/05/18. Pale golden blonde with a decent off white covering. Nose is pissy citric zest, yuzu, damp hay, funk. Taste comprises tarte citric peel, orange zest, light green berry pissoi, damp hay, funk. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough saison.

Tried on 27 May 2018 at 08:35


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at La Fine Mousse, Beer trip 12 of 2018. Pours clear and light straw. aroma is funk and barrel, unripe stone fruit. Taste is super tart, gooseberry, tart dry rhubarb, barrel, wood. Pretty complex, good sour muck.

Tried from Draft on 23 May 2018 at 19:44


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. A hazy golden beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt, oranges, and brettanomyces. The flavor is acidic with notes of oranges, brettaonmyces, and spicy hops, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2016 at 07:40