Free Will Brewing Company Peach Sour

Peach Sour

 

Free Will Brewing Company in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
6.61
ABV: 4.9% IBU: - Ticks: 10
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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Labelled as 'Peach Lambic', dated '2015' on label. Super clear, golden and light orange coloured body, all with a nice bit of effervescence along with a thinnish, single centimetre tall, just off-white head that fades relatively quickly. Aroma of super tart fruits with some apples, peaches, apricots, lemons and especially guava noticeable, all with a big dose of the spontaneously fermented yeasts with a dash of malt noticeable and a hint of dry flowers as well. Light-bodied; Assertive effervescence; Strong rich peach and fruit elements, right at first that show a tart, soured flavour and then give a little of the sweetness, along with a touch of dry, citrusey notes, but the tart and soured flavours are great and break through everything. Aftertaste shows the tart elements with a lot of yeast and funk noticeable with some of the spontaneously fermented, brett and even lactobilly notes showing through the seams, but the fruits and tartness are by far the strongest. Overall, a nice wild, tart and funky beer that hits the right marks, despite it not really tasting like a real lambic, it at least has some soured components, like a lambic. I sampled this 37,5 cL bottle, purchased exactly five years earlier at Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 12-July-2012 for US$10,61 sampled at my house here in Washington, exactly five years later on 12-July-2020.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2020 at 07:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500mL corked and capped bottle. I was surprised by the cork hiding underneath the cap. Cost $11 at the Friendly Greek in Lancaster, PA. Poured into Kasteel oversized wine glass. Pours with a big fizzy head that fades slightly slower than its poured. A slick, hazy, very hazy without being murky, golden color. This beer reminds me a lot of my homebrew, so I have a soft spot for it but see the flaws pretty easily. Its biggest problem is a cidery character. Its got an authentically produced lactic tartness/sourness. The peach is there and its nice but its actually being overpowered by the lactic sourness. Maybe a bit more peach sourness and less lactic would be a nicer balance. A little touch of unfermeneted malts as well, which feels sweet. Some lemon and white grape. Not brett funky but the lactic sourness could have come off brett. Its a nice stab and a great point to grow from. But at $11, this was the most affordable of the specialty Free Will beers I saw at the store. So, its unlikely I will be buying any others.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2016 at 21:57

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle @ LIBF’16. Shared with the RB Belgian team. Oddly enough, the beer was labeled as sour, and the Russian lambic was not made available, maybe a bit taboo in Belgium? Dorée-paille, très Claire, col fin blanc. Arôme au nez fruité pêche fermenté avec une bonne impression de levure sauvage. Palais est finement aigrelet, pêche avec le côté résiduel de poils au au palais. Note citrique avec une petite pointe épicée-poivrée en fin de bouche.
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2016 at 04:56

7.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Free Will Peach Sour (by Free Will Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

16/V/16 - sample as "Peach Sour" (so not Peach Lambic!) @ Leuven Innovation - BB: n/a (2016-567) Thanks to the Belgian RB crew for sharing today's beers!

Clear pale yellowish beer, no head. Aroma: very fruity, almost sweet, candy, peach aroma's. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very fruity, peach, very sour, acidic, lemon juice. Aftertaste: sourish, lots of peaches, lemon juice, funky, lovely finish.
Tried from Can on 16 May 2016 at 16:00

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pale yellow with large white foamy head, acidic-fruity aroma, high carbonation, sour taste with peach flavor, thin body, long sour finish. Nice but a bit fresh, like young wine.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2015 at 15:28

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Crowler thanks to Charles. Pours a cloudy yellow gold with no head. The aroma is peach, funk, butter. Thin mouth, tart peach, funky, light butter, cereal finish, decent.
Tried from Crowler on 29 Jul 2015 at 21:03

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle weekly tasting. Pours yellow. Nose/taste of peach, lemon, soapy sourness and vinegar. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2014 at 22:38

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
375ml bottle I picked up at Al’s of Hampden pours a totally clear, bright gold with a ring of white head that faded fast. Nose has some peach, mostly unripened peach, white grape, lemon, a little yogurt, some vitamin C tablets, a little buttery oak. Flavor follows right around, lactic acid, acetic acid, lemon, white grape, white peach, a little unripened nectarine. Medium bodied, oily, tart finish. Fine, but a little underwhelming.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2014 at 19:44

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft at Holy Hound. Slightly hazy very pale yellow, flat. Aroma of fruit and belly button. Taste is funky lemon and peach, softly sour fruit. Tasty.
Tried from Draft on 22 Aug 2014 at 11:27

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a hazy yellow-gold color with a trace white head that faded instantly and left no lacing. The aroma was tart, dryish and a bit chalky. The flavor was very tart, dry, chalky and musty with a sour peach undertone. Long tart finish. Medium body but undercarbonated. Meh.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2014 at 19:10