Ojos Negros
Rivertown Brewing Company in Monroe, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular|
Score
7.22
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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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5.5/10
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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
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Rivertown Ojos Negros (by Rivertown Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
15/VIII/15 - 75cl bottle @ We're drinking all of Rich's American beers tasting - BB: n/a, 2012 vintage (2015-1065) Thanks to omgrich for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale copper orange beer, no head. Aroma: metallic, bit funky, brett notes, bit chemical. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: funky, bitter, fruity touch, weird, soft sourness. Aftertaste: sourish, fruity, bit metallic, pretty nice finish, little bitter.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 2/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
15/VIII/15 - 75cl bottle @ We're drinking all of Rich's American beers tasting - BB: n/a, 2012 vintage (2015-1065) Thanks to omgrich for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale copper orange beer, no head. Aroma: metallic, bit funky, brett notes, bit chemical. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: funky, bitter, fruity touch, weird, soft sourness. Aftertaste: sourish, fruity, bit metallic, pretty nice finish, little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2015
at 14:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2011 bottle. Hazy berry gold with a small white head. Funky/musty, tart lactic berry, and oak aroma. Tart lactic blackberry, musty funk, and vinous oaky flavor. Medium body, lively carbonation. I could drink a lot of this. It aged beautifully.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2015
at 20:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours out a hazy orangeish amber topped with a small head. Nose is tart berries funk and lots of barrel. Taste is more of the berries tartness and some vinegar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2015
at 20:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle share from Jeremy. Ruby/brown/orange pour, just a ring of head around the glass. Extremely sour aroma and taste, sharp and pungent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2015
at 20:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Anno 2013, 75cl. De couleur acajou trouble, col fin blanc. Arôme met de suite l’accent sur un bouquet acétique-bandaid très centré sur le vinaigre qui obscure le profil fruité de la mûre. Palais garde ce côté très US au niveau de l’aigreur qui est à des années lumière d’être comparable avec un lambic, quoiqu’en disent les brasseurs. Note pas mal d’effet,e t contre-effet des levures sauvages qui sans augmenter le profil de buvabilité jouent en faveur d’un ajout d’infection. Le tout est épais avec un fruité de mûres assez en retrait et qui semble plus prendre la place de spectateur. Le murissage en fût ajoute peu dans la complexité, le tout étant assez sec. L’aigreur naturelle du fruit est éclipsée par celle de mauvaises levures. La bière n’est pas spécialement mauvaise, mais le fait de revendre cette dernière comme le fruit d’une exposition à l’air ambiant de la Vallée de la Senne enlève toute crédibilité à ce produit. Au final, pas grand chose à dire, pour l’avoir dégustée côte à côte avec une Tilquin Mûre, il n’y a franchement aucune comparaison.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2015
at 13:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[2/28/15] Bottle sample at De Garde Brewing in Tillamook. Release and bottle share event. Hazy golden. Sour, fruity, funky. Very nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2015
at 17:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at De Garde. Pours a bright reddish color with a medium white head. A big oaky fruity nose, some berries and apple. The flavor is funky oak, sour sharp fruit, tart berries. Ripe to overripe apples. Quite nice. Not the most drinkable thing, but good. Ends with a vinous berry note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2015
at 13:39
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle shared at tasting. Grape juice filtered orange body. Nice steady, smooth sour tones. Quite nice, very tasty. Delicious, sort of exceeded my expectations in that the sour doesn’t come off unruly or infected. Delicious blackberry tones. Never overly thick, easy on the palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2014
at 19:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a cloudy orange amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of oak wine barrels, followed by blackberries, and a touch of funk. Flavour is quite complex, with lots of vinous notes, red wine vinegar, oak and finally tart blackberries. Not like an authentic lambic, but quite complex and very soft on the palate. Very nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2014
at 17:31