Rivertown Brewing Company Ojos Negros

Ojos Negros

 

Rivertown Brewing Company in Monroe, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

  Lambic Style - Fruit Regular
Score
7.20
ABV: 6.2% IBU: 8 Ticks: 34
Beer is typically fermented in a very calculated, controlled manner with pure strains of brewers’ yeast. Our blackberry lambic beer is instead fermented by exposing it to the untamed yeasts and bacteria that are native to our Brewery. We affectionately call this unrestrained, wild amalgamation our House Funk. This blend is unique to Rivertown and this unusual, spontaneous process, involving over a year of fermentation in oak wine barrels and over 45 pounds of fresh, whole blackberries per barrel, is what gives this beer its distinctive flavor; semi-sweet, funky and vinous with a crisp, tart aftertaste that will continue to develop in the bottle for years to come.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22 oz. bottle. 2015 vintage, bought off the bargain shelf. Clear, purplish, brown color, with sone bubbles, but no head. Strong, tart berries, caramel, lemon, yogurt, and vanilla. Sweet and frutiy, and quite sharp and aggressively sour. Medium body, with a thick, acidic mouthfeel. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2019 at 11:45


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared on Level 42 for Cloin's 20K Tasting, 13/09/2017. Many thnaks to Colin of r this one. A hazed amber orange coloured pour with a loose light pink head. Aroma is jammy sweet, raspberry sweet, . Flavour is composed of semi sweet, raspberry, blackberry, spicy tangy finish. Paalte is semi sweet and atnagy. Spicy finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2017 at 15:31


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at my 20K, from an IP trade with me old mucker ... Joe Muck, Lambic from Ohio - who knew? 13/09/17. Murky orange to red with a decent off white covering. Nose is tangy red berry, spice, musty wood, shades of damp alleyway, hay bale. Taste comprises sharp blackberries, funk, wood must, damp straw, light citric strike, berry pips, stale bread, grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok fruit lambic but some way from top draw.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2017 at 06:02



7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at L42 thanks to Mr 20kay. It pours murky orange - amber with a small white head. The aroma is musty, funky, musty, musty, oaky, vanilla, icing sugar, berry skin, fruit compote and bake well tart. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, blackcurrant sorbets sugary, funk, lemon- lime, sour candy, Granny Smith apple, light acidity, minerals and sour pineapple with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Well rounded and quaffable.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2017 at 14:35


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Tried on 30 Oct 2016 at 17:14


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle - Vintage 2012 - Funky acidic notes with nice Berry. Clear gold orange with a decent white head. Sweet, fruity and funk. Interesting lambic and pretty well done,

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2016 at 22:23


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours clear light amber color with almost no head. Sour blackberry aroma with some oak, wine, and funk. Mouth puckering sour berry flavor with some oak, vinegar, wine, and funk. Medium body with no carbonation, totally flat.

Tried on 28 Feb 2016 at 17:50


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Warm amber golden colour, white head. Light fruity aroma, butter, diacetyl, ethylacetate, nail polish remover, vinegar. Sour flavour, somewhat fruity. Sour finish, fruity, butter. Rather unbalanced sour, bit disappointing really.
(from 75cl bottle @ Let’s drink all of Rich’s American beers Tasting. Thanks for sharing!)

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2015 at 00:33


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

At Rich’s Massive Cellar Emptying Tasting. Rivertown ojos negros 2012 A matte copper-Amber pour with a cork, perfumey and light blackberries. Very acidic sparkling carbonation- gassy with a heartburn inducing co2. The taste is cork, chalky, whiskey barrel caracter no berries really.

Tried on 24 Aug 2015 at 09:07