Groovalistic
Shady Oak Barrel House in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.67
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Bytemesis (16323) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours clear straw, small white head, creamy with nice residual and lacing. Aroma is bretty, dusty, tropical fruits. Flavor is dry, lightly funky, Bretty and tropical fruit notes, dusty, hints of bandaid, but honestly not really distracting. Light body, soft carbonation. Does not quite gel, but this is a much better beer than the ratings its getting, or else there is a shit ton of bottle variation. Edit; reading the reviews there must be a ton of bottle variation. This beer is not tart at all; just funky and juicy with obvious mosaic hopping.
ineedbeer (4102) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Poured from a bottle. Aroma is very Brett forward with some light grain notes. Medium poopiness. Some light citrus and moderate tropical fruit notes with mango and white wine character. Medium light herbal and grassy phenolic notes. Pours a fairly clear, rather pale yellow color with a medium sized, thick rocky white head that recedes to a thin film that lingers. No lacing or legs. Flavor has a light acidity to it with light citrus notes. Moderate pineapple, mango, white wine and other fruit notes. Light notes of the poop that was in the aroma. Moderate phenolic note with a grassy, herbal character. Low bitterness which thankfully doesn’t clash with the phenolics. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, not a great beer. I like the fruit character but the poopy and phenolic notes aren’t great. Hop character is nice,but it’s hidden by the phenolics and poop.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750ml bottle pours a murky yellow with some cloudy, white head. Nose has melon and hand lotion, cucumber, mild grass. Flavor is lotion and cucumber, white grape, a little paint, more melon. Dry finish.
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the main DC December gathering. Poured a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was light lemon, coriander. Flavor followed suit, light citrus, with lemon and some coriander finish.
GenDV138 (9261) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle at the DC December Gathering #2. Murky yellow with off-white ring. Aromas of funk, lemon fruit and peel, light floral, acetone. Tastes of funk, lemon fruit and citrus, floral. Light body with a dry finish.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Five out of an five for Fela kuti Props. Hope this wasn’t Expensive Shit. Unfortunately as excited as I was to drink this, there’s a big soapy flavor here. Bitter and boozy finish. Shared at tasting.
iphonephan (11573) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From a 75 cl bottle at the Ratebeer Dec 22 gathering 2015. Pours a hazy pale gold with an off white head. Aroma of lemon and herbs. Flavors of flowers and citrus.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can. Hazy very pale yellow color, white head. Aroma of medicinal tart lemon. Taste is very tart lemon, cardboard, more lemon.
popery (1999) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The beer is a pale yellow tan color, quite pale. Large white head, fairly rocky. Some lacing. Good retention. The aroma is lemons, pineapple and tangerine hops, fruity brett funk, light grain, a little dust, some earth and mild peppery spice. The brett is light and seems to add a stone fruit-ish, maybe also from the hops. Taste is medium dry and mildly hop bitter. Some lingering citrus peel acidity. Moderate to medium astringency. Medium body up front but it’s pretty light after that initial creamy turbid hit. Easy to drink. Pale, fresh grain flavor. Mild phenolic note. It’s a pleasant hoppy saison with a touch of brett. It would be interesting to give it a little time and see if the wild yeast flavor picks up at all.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Groovalistic from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Capped 750 shared by Marcus. Pours light bright gold with a white head. Aroma is sort of lemon and yeast - spritely carbonation helps elevate molecules to the nostrils. Near med body. Flavor is clearly sour, not wrenchingly so, seems to be lemony - with a little paper which is not bad in ithis case. Not able to identify the wild yeast - fairly hoppy - mildly bittter for me - not a bad combo with the sour. Really refreshing. Good to drink.