Saint Dekkera Barrel Reserve Sour: Pomme
Destihl Brewery in Normal, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.33
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Sour Apple Lambic broken down by weight of apples by barrel.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2013 batch bottling. Pours slightly hazy deep golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big sour green apple, lemon, lime, pear, white grape, hay, straw, vanilla, toasted oak, cracker, bread, light vinegar/musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, apples, oak barrel, and light-moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big sour green apple, lemon, lime, pear, white grape, hay, straw, vanilla, toasted oak, cracker, bread, light vinegar/musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Good amount of fruity/acidic tartness and light oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of green apple, lemon, lime, pear, white grape, hay, straw, vanilla, toasted oak, cracker, bread, light vinegar/musty funk, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, apples, oak barrel, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from acidity as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately acidic, and lightly creamy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic sour apple wild ale! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, apples, oak barrel, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink with the balanced acidity. I really loved the prominence of the oak barrel in this as well. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2016
at 20:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a hazy orange gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is apple skin, oak, funk. Thin mouth, very sour, apple skin, grape, light oak, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 20:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Tart lactic apple and oak aroma. Brassy gold with a small white head. Sour lactic and spicy oak flavor. Body on the light side of medium, lively carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2015
at 09:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Draft. Musty hay and lemon-apple malt aroma. Golden yellow with minimal head. Sweet tart lemon-apple malt and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice blend of flavors. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2015
at 20:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Upland sour fest. Hazy golden amber color, white head. Aroma of sour apples. Taste is softly sour with a touch of sweet applesauce at the start. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2015
at 09:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Sour crab apple with some white grape.. Clear gold with a frothy white head. Sour white grape, light funky bready notes and some green apple in the finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2015
at 21:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy light gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a really nice tart apple with a bit of sweet grains. Flavor is much more sour with some tart apple and a bit of sweet grains underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2014
at 17:07