Sour Golden Ale
Backacre Beermakers in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Bierstadt LagerhausSour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.36
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We believe time-honored production techniques are worth the extra time and effort:
100% Barrel fermented (the entire fermentation occurs in oak barrels)
100% Barrel aged for more than 1 year (average barrel time is 12-24 months)
100% Bottle conditioned (all carbonation comes from refermentation in the bottle)
Very few beers in the world are still made this way.
Balance of Complex Flavors
We carefully blend multiple barrel vintages to balance the tart, fruity, and earthy flavors created by mixed-culture fermentation. This sparkling golden ale is crisp and complex. Like dry champagne, it pairs well with a wide variety of foods.
100% Barrel fermented (the entire fermentation occurs in oak barrels)
100% Barrel aged for more than 1 year (average barrel time is 12-24 months)
100% Bottle conditioned (all carbonation comes from refermentation in the bottle)
Very few beers in the world are still made this way.
Balance of Complex Flavors
We carefully blend multiple barrel vintages to balance the tart, fruity, and earthy flavors created by mixed-culture fermentation. This sparkling golden ale is crisp and complex. Like dry champagne, it pairs well with a wide variety of foods.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample from Blend #9 at Beer Meets Wood on 09/23/2017. Cloudy pale yellow-gold color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Stringy lace. Tart fruit, yeast, hay and malt aroma. Medium body with flavors of funky yeast, lemon and bready malt. The finish is tart with a citrusy aftertaste. Good brew overall.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2017
at 11:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample from the bottle at Beer Meets Wood. Hazy golden color with a decent bubbly white head. Earthy light funk with plenty of tart fruits to counter. Clean well crafted stateside "gueuze" Completely impressed with this offering, I went back for seconds.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2017
at 20:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sergey’s hunt; 7.3% ABV; BL07 (if it means anything; maybe Blend 07)
Cloudy golden color. Nice aroma, wet cellar and cobwebs, some Lambic, funky. The mouthfeel is a bit oily; strong acidity, lemony character that blends well with mild funky character, and light cheesy tough.
Somehow, it has some Lambic character in it. Very good.
Cloudy golden color. Nice aroma, wet cellar and cobwebs, some Lambic, funky. The mouthfeel is a bit oily; strong acidity, lemony character that blends well with mild funky character, and light cheesy tough.
Somehow, it has some Lambic character in it. Very good.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2017
at 15:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Lots of funk and light barrel notes with a touch of citrus. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Nice funky notes, touch of citrus and a nice clean finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2017
at 22:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle (thx, John P.!) shared at Brians office. Blend #7. Pours a hazy golden with a weak white head. Aroma is earthy, fruity, close to gueuze aroma. Same taste. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2017
at 22:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of oak, moderate acidity, and some light horse blanket. Flavour is fairly acidic, with some horse blanket, oak, and light leather. On the more acidic side, and nothing like a gueuze. Its a nice sour, but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2017
at 22:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
A murky golden sour ale with a very thin off white head. In aroma, loads of lactic acid, Epsom salts, light Brett, lemon juice, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with smooth lemony notes, lactic acid Epsom salts, nice and smooth. Bottle at Montréal Xmas gathering 2015.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2015
at 19:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange yellow with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong lemon zest, oak, citrus. Thin mouthfeel with nice dry citrus, light wood, tart finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2014
at 13:47
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Slightly hazy golden color, medium fluffy white head. Aroma os peppery, dusty summer fruit. Taste is softly sour, vinous, smooth stone fruit with decent funk. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2014
at 16:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Chriso Tasting, thanks to LKS, 10/07/14. Hazed golden orange with moderate off white spotting and edgework. Nose is tarte citric rind, bitter tangerine, straw, dank oaky wood, light yeast strain. Taste comprises mellow citrics, light acidity, earthy rinse, dank straw, barnyard effect. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light saltyness and herbals in the close. Decent.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2014
at 05:00