Vernalia 2025
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Spring|
Score
7.02
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Vernalia is 100% Maine-grown barrel-aged farmhouse ale. The 2025 cuvée incorporates threads of Bourbon barrel-aged biere de printemps, Bourbon barrel-aged biere de miel & Bourbon barrel-aged wheatwine.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Armsby draught, 3/29/26.
Was ready for this one to be quite sour, but it's nicely balanced in the nose with more wood, medium malt-derived fruitiness and well-aged lacto character. I don't get the cherry wheatwine thread at all, which is probably for the best, as that one was a bit on the too sour side.
Soft, with wheat, barrel tannin and well-aged cultures providing mild lactic and light Brett notes. No harsh/cringey sourness and there's a gentle sweetness from the malt to soften everything. Tart, malty, fruity. Cohesive and balanced if a bit unremarkable.
Was ready for this one to be quite sour, but it's nicely balanced in the nose with more wood, medium malt-derived fruitiness and well-aged lacto character. I don't get the cherry wheatwine thread at all, which is probably for the best, as that one was a bit on the too sour side.
Soft, with wheat, barrel tannin and well-aged cultures providing mild lactic and light Brett notes. No harsh/cringey sourness and there's a gentle sweetness from the malt to soften everything. Tart, malty, fruity. Cohesive and balanced if a bit unremarkable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Armsby Abbey
on 30 Mar 2026
at 13:23