Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating|
Score
7.25
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Kosmic Mother Funk is a one of a kind Belgian-style ale that aged in Hungarian oak tuns with our own strains of wild yeast and bacteria to create a tart, funky, and complex beer. We added a small amount of Belgian candi sugar for a hint of sweetness that compliments notes of dark fruits, cherry, cocoa, and vanilla. Our Grand Cru, Kosmic Mother Funk’s extrême tartness is matched by its complex range of fruit and spice flavors.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
750mL bottled 2016, drunk 5/7/23. Clear, dark mahogany with big garnet tints. Large, dark beige head showing low retention. Lots of acetic but it's well-aged and more graceful at this point, with more of a cherry-balsamic than any explosively sour/intense character. Still seems rather malty, with big fruitiness from yeast/bacteria and plentiful honey, caramel, and modest oak. In the mouth it's a bit flabby by this point. It's got the general idea down pretty well, showing the decent cherry-raisin-fig-prune-vanilla-balsamic character of a Flemish Sour, but ultimately it is just too sweet. If this was about 33% drier than we'd really be talking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2023
at 15:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at the brewery. Murky light brown. Again, not much head. So doesn't look that good. All kinds of barrel, balsamic. Cherry and lemon...smells like it's going to be austere. Tart...like bracing acidity. There remains this underlying sweetness to provide some balance, but it's definitely sharp. Big barrel and almost chocolate note as well. So decent complexity.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2017
at 16:01
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled on draft at the Headkeeper this beer poured a black color with a small foamy beige head that faded and left no lacing. The aroma was tart and sour with red wine and vinegar notes. The flavor was tart and sour with vinegar, soy sauce, cherry, red wine and a light yeasty note. Long finish. Medium body but undercarbonated.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2016
at 11:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
4 oz pour on draft at B Side. Dark reddish brown with light beige head. Aromas of dark fruit, grapes, vinegar, red wine. Tastes of dark fruit, vinegar, tart notes, oak, red wine. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Nice.
Earlier Rating: 9/14/2014 Total Score: 3.9
6 oz draft pour at Snallygaster 2014 shared by someone. Brown with light off-white head. Aromas of dark fruit and booze. Tastes of dark fruit, booze, light citrus. Medium body with a dry finish. Low carbonation. 7/4/7/4/14
4 oz draft pour at ChurchKey during the Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru Launch Party. Dark brown with off-white head. Aromas of big red wine, vinegar, tart dark fruit. Tastes of red wine, dark fruit, tart notes, light Brett, vinegar and acidic notes. Medium body with a dry finish. 8/4/8/4/16
Earlier Rating: 9/14/2014 Total Score: 3.9
6 oz draft pour at Snallygaster 2014 shared by someone. Brown with light off-white head. Aromas of dark fruit and booze. Tastes of dark fruit, booze, light citrus. Medium body with a dry finish. Low carbonation. 7/4/7/4/14
4 oz draft pour at ChurchKey during the Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru Launch Party. Dark brown with off-white head. Aromas of big red wine, vinegar, tart dark fruit. Tastes of red wine, dark fruit, tart notes, light Brett, vinegar and acidic notes. Medium body with a dry finish. 8/4/8/4/16
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 21:23