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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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
10th July 2014
Forgetfu Tasting at ChrisOs. Hazy gold beer, small fluffy white head. Palate is airy, dry and crisp. Light savoury saltiness like a good Goze. Lemon acid turning bitter. Light dry finish. A bit too sharp to be that drinkable.
Forgetfu Tasting at ChrisOs. Hazy gold beer, small fluffy white head. Palate is airy, dry and crisp. Light savoury saltiness like a good Goze. Lemon acid turning bitter. Light dry finish. A bit too sharp to be that drinkable.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2014
at 10:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Light yellow cloudy pour with sediment. Smells like sulphur and lemon. Taste is weak. Odd sour with lemon and spice. Nice level of tart and oak weak overall though
Tried
on 13 Jul 2014
at 12:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Mr L. Smith. It pours hazy gold with a thick white head. The nose is soft, doughy, barnyard, funk,cream cheese, wood and light smoke. The taste is crisp, tart, pretty acidic, sherbet, lemon, orange peel, straw, acid burn and light alcohol with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate, prickly carbonation. Crisp and tart, but rather acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2014
at 09:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in London - picked up in VT. Pours unclear yellow with a thick, foamy white head. Pleasant aroma with lots of lemon, peach, some lemon squash. Light-medium sweet flavor with balanced tartness, more lemon, straw, faint apple, hints of salt and alcohol. Light to medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Nicely balanced to finish with citric lemon bite, mild warmth, pear, peach, slight bitter straw. Lovely stuff. Good depth, wonderful balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2014
at 12:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Three Penny Taproom on 3/16/14
Mostly clear straw-golden body looks quite gueuze-like and has a small, poorly retained white head and plentiful carbonation in the liquid. Sediment left behind in bottle.
Light sulfur and quite an authentic malo-lactic presentation in the nose is deliciously reminiscent of Cantillon gueuze. Hay, earth, lots of funky barnyard and soft but strong acids fill the nose. More malt presence than the top Belgian gueuzes, though not necessarily more sweetness; I just get more biscuity, lightly bready notes that are certainly not unwelcome and characterful in their own right. A fair amount of buttery, woody oak in the nose, but certainly not overdone by any stretch.
Sweet and sour notes collide up front, with more raw oak and acetic acid than the top gueuzes. It quickly softens out though, leading to more lactic notes, strong brett acids and a clean, sour finish that still has some of the light malt sweetness lingering.
A bit looser/more watery in texture than the best, but that’s a pretty minor complaint. Really there’s not a single major issue with the beer. Any Belgian lambic house could be proud to serve this. A touch sweeter than I would prefer and the alcohol, while not disturbing the flavors, always seems to lighten/loosen the body the higher it gets (in a lambic), I’ve found. Awesome beer, though and I’m sure the longer these guys keep brewing and adjusting, the better it’s going to get. 8/3/8/4/15
Bottle drunk 11/5/16.
The biggest issue I had with this beer in the past was the slight excess of sugar. For a "lambic", it had just too much malt, body and oomph to it (see Boon Vat series....). This bottle, the first I’ve had in over a year or so, seems to be much more dry and snappy. Still has a bit more alcohol presence and maltiness than I’d prefer, but it seems to have shown improvement, which is great. 8/4/8/4/16.
Rating is an average of the bottles I’ve had over the years.
Mostly clear straw-golden body looks quite gueuze-like and has a small, poorly retained white head and plentiful carbonation in the liquid. Sediment left behind in bottle.
Light sulfur and quite an authentic malo-lactic presentation in the nose is deliciously reminiscent of Cantillon gueuze. Hay, earth, lots of funky barnyard and soft but strong acids fill the nose. More malt presence than the top Belgian gueuzes, though not necessarily more sweetness; I just get more biscuity, lightly bready notes that are certainly not unwelcome and characterful in their own right. A fair amount of buttery, woody oak in the nose, but certainly not overdone by any stretch.
Sweet and sour notes collide up front, with more raw oak and acetic acid than the top gueuzes. It quickly softens out though, leading to more lactic notes, strong brett acids and a clean, sour finish that still has some of the light malt sweetness lingering.
A bit looser/more watery in texture than the best, but that’s a pretty minor complaint. Really there’s not a single major issue with the beer. Any Belgian lambic house could be proud to serve this. A touch sweeter than I would prefer and the alcohol, while not disturbing the flavors, always seems to lighten/loosen the body the higher it gets (in a lambic), I’ve found. Awesome beer, though and I’m sure the longer these guys keep brewing and adjusting, the better it’s going to get. 8/3/8/4/15
Bottle drunk 11/5/16.
The biggest issue I had with this beer in the past was the slight excess of sugar. For a "lambic", it had just too much malt, body and oomph to it (see Boon Vat series....). This bottle, the first I’ve had in over a year or so, seems to be much more dry and snappy. Still has a bit more alcohol presence and maltiness than I’d prefer, but it seems to have shown improvement, which is great. 8/4/8/4/16.
Rating is an average of the bottles I’ve had over the years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2014
at 12:44
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Der deutlich Saure Geruch täuscht bei diesem Bier, es startet vergleichsweise süß und mit sehr starker Karbonisierung. Auch im Mittelteil nur wenig sauer, etwas pappig. Nicht sonderlich. 7/8/8/8/9/8
Tried
on 09 Dec 2013
at 10:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Dennis at my house. Pours clear gold with white head - that is very quick dissipating. Nose and taste of lemon, sour fruit, wild yeast, peach and oak. Medium body. Well balanced tartness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2013
at 14:52
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
At a tasting, many thanks Ariel, quite bubbley, very hazy lightish orange colour, aroma of sour grapes, vinegar and apple, flavour of white fruit and citrus with some vinegar and apple, a touch of sweetness balancing but not taking from the strong mellow sourness, making an highly drinkable brew, pleasant flavoursome appley aftertaste. Really really good.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2013
at 05:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel Florentin. Thanks Ariel. Cloudy yellow with a big white head. Great barnyard aroma with zesty fruits, oak and light sweaty notes. Flavor has light sweetish with cookie-ish malt notes, pleasant sourish funky fruitiness (lots of apples) and some apple vinegar notes. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Really good and easy-drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2013
at 08:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle-shared by Scott-thin white-cloudy straw. A-sweet/tart lt fruit, lactose, wheat/lt malt. T-tart/sweet lt fruit, lactose, wheat/lt malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2013
at 15:25