Very slightly hazy copper coloured body with bronzed highlights and no movement at all. Aroma of sour grapes, vinegar, alcohol, yeast, bread, gueuze and quite a bit of brett - nice and puckering. Light to Medium-bodied; Sour grape flavour at first with a light vinegar bite that fades into a very pleasant and super subtle malt character that fades to a handful of fruits and ends with a touch of lactic sugar and even more brett. Aftertaste is very properly balanced between sour and subdued malt notes with a good fruit taste throughout and an elegant layered set of flavours that you don’t see too often in beer. Overall, a very nice offering, which aside from any hype and reputation, I wish I could have said that this is overrated, but it truly is a classy beer that is nice all-around, especially an interesting take on the style, and yes, definitely worth searching out for - I’ll probably have another the next time (and everytime) i’m in Portland. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Zupan’s Market (SE Belmont Street) in Portland, Oregon on 10-March-2015 for US$4,79 (tag on back stating 13304) sampled at home in Washington on 24-April-2015 a week before heading back out to the great Rose city.

Bottle. Nose is huge peach and apricot, mango, oak. Lovely fruity nose. glowing dark orange with a bit of lace. Very tart flavor, apricot and peach mainly, so much so that it seemed peaches might have been added, orange, a bit of candy. Really good and fun.