Flor Ventus
Mystic Brewery in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.14
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TDA (6998) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, medium bubbly head, cloudy lightish orange colour, a bit of acetone at first, over ripe oranges, leather and horse sweat coming through, a bit of vanilla and wood, light sourness and sweetness, light bitterness. Nice and enjoyable.
DSG (25989) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Oren's place. Cloudy yellow. Funk, brett, fruitiness, oak, sourish, bitterish note. Very nice.
MusingAnorak (11821) ticked Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 7 years ago
Nische (5609) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home. Slightly unclear, pale yellow with a fizzy, disappearing white had. Fresh, bright, tart citrus aroma with oak, some funk and grapes. Loads of minerality in taste with a bit of oak and brett. Dry, slightly bitter, woody finish.
ineedbeer (4102) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from a Batch 002 bottle. Aroma is somewhat fruity with some light citrus, moderate pineapple and white grapes. Some light tropical fruit and tannins. Light oak notes. Pours a slightly hazy, pale yellow gold with a medium sized, moderately thick, white head that steadily recedes and disappears. No lacing or legs. Flavor is moderately acidic with light citrus and moderate pineapple notes. Some light stone fruit and apple esters. Some light white wine notes and oak tannins. Medium light oak notes. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium to medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice sour beer but its lacking the earthy and herbal funk present in lambics. Nice fruit notes with a balanced, mellow acidity.
fonefan (85107) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 750ml. corked @ [ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2015 (TEODRBSG15) ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House, Denmark. [ As Mystic Flor Ventus ].Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, funky, grapes, wine. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, grapes, lemon - citrus, pale malt, funky, oxidide notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150829]
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Small white head, fast gone over veiled chromate yellow beer. Nice lambic-y nose, citrus, lactic acid, pedio/Brett, farmyard aromas. Hint at dry sherry. Tart, even wry bitterish/woody on top of typical lactic/lemony sour. Floormop Brett in the finish. Acidburn, astringency, dry-out effect; well-carbonated feel, thinnish body. It might not be lambic, nor even called so, it’s impressive to taste how close yet another manages to get.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draught at Row 34, 9/10/15.
Not sure what’s going on with the availability of the beer...the website claims that after waiting 30 months, the pre-release of one keg would debut on 9/10/15 at Row 34 (it did) and bottles would be sold on 9/24. Yet there are already 18 ratings....so...ya. Anyways, it’s a golden, lightly hazy liquid with light carbonation, a touch of amber coloring and a small white head that slowly recedes to a ring.
The nose, coincidentally enough, just like the Sour Opal I had the night before here, is wonderfully redolent of a true lambic, showing minimal but apparent oakiness and a great deal of harmony amongst the bacterias and yeasts. Funk for days, with plenty of lactic softness/cheesiness and a good deal of fruitiness from the brett. Neither this nor Sour Opal had any sulfur character to them (Booooo!!!). Free from alcohol and flaw.
Moving on to the ever-important flavor, I’m pleasantly surprised by the body on this thing as well as the sour, but not-too-sour bacteria profile. Very brett-driven, seemingly lambicus, as it’s strong and very given to the band-aid aspect. A fleeting touch of acetone; just a glimpse is the only detractor I find in the beer’s flavor, though the band-aid-like leatheriness and dry limeskin character is taken quite far, as well (which I don’t mind, but I could imagine a lot of people minding). The interesting thing about the beer, to me, was the very supple, malty body. Either they’re off on the abv calculation or (more likely) they’ve blended a very young beer with a number of old ones. Which, as we all know, is the traditional practice. It works here, though it comes off just a touch disjointed and perhaps a bit too sweet overall. Probably another 3-6 months would help with the cohesion/homogenity, but then, this is a brand new beer, and I would imagine you’d want to bottle the beer in this state, so that it can develop and age like a real lambic.
What’s amazing to me is how the young bottles of the best lambic producers in Belgium can come off as already mature and developed and yet age gracefully for so many years....which has nothing to do with Flor Ventus. Anyways, I’d chalk this one up as a grand success and a great way to celebrate the imminent grand changes happening at the (soon to be a) brewery.
Kermis (23501) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2015, Ulfborg. Pours clear light golden with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, light floral notes light yeast notes and a little barnyard funk. Flavour is light sweet and light moderate sour. Light to light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
saxo (29778) reviewed Flor Ventus from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Small head with short duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are lactose acid, fruits, malt, hops and flowers. Nice and sour. Easy drinkable.