Freestyle #30: Birthday Ale
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Sour Saison Series Out of Production|
Score
6.68
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At Oxbow we strive to keep you on your toes. Skipping from Freestyle 13 to 30 has probably turned a few heads...
We brewed Freestyle 30 on Tim’s 30th birthday. Two good friends of ours -- Sam Fitz (Beer Director at the Meridian Pint and Smoke and Barrel) and Greg Jasgur (Beer Director at Pizzeria Paradiso) -- collaborated with us on this beer. They trekked up from Washington DC in a snowstorm to hang out, brew, and help make this complex beer come to life.
Freestyle #30 is tart and malty, but dry. We find hints of black pepper, earth, leather, funk, tropical fruit, and coniferous forest. (March 2013)
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