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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
I think my bottle here is 2 years old. Enjoyed at a tasting split 4 ways. Sort of light reddish blood hues and medium white head. Nose is very oaky with musty berries and matchsticks. Taste isn’t too bad. Lightly sour, more tart and earthy than anything. The fruit is great with a touch of copper and oak. great mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2014
at 14:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle received by summer secret santa 2013. Thank you jsquire! Pours hazy pale blueish golden with a frothy pinkish offwhite head that doesn’t leave much trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sour and fruity with sourdough bread, yuzu juice, blackberries, moist hay, lemon zest, barnyard, leather sour milk and dry soil. Taste is sour, fruity and tiny funky with lemon juice, blackberries, frozen strawberries, hay, lemon zest, leather, barnyard and fruit yoghurt. Mouthfeel is dry, tart and light to medium bodied. Finish is sour and fruity with sourdough crackers. Blackberries, lemon juice, moist hay, dry soil, leather and barnyard. Tasty refreshing fruit sour!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2014
at 07:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
This beer is a bright orange color with a medium thick pristine white head that dissipates gradually. Patchy lacing. Aroma of berries, wheat and yeast. Medium-bodied with flavors of raspberry, wheat, oak and yeast. The finish is moderately tart with an oaky and fruity aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2014
at 13:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Musty oak, blackberry and malt aroma. Hazy orange-brown with minimal head. Musty dry malt flavor with a nice blackberry aftertaste. Very nice and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2014
at 16:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cloudy orange, short off-white head. Tart/sour yeast, berry aroma. Flat-tart.....heavy blackberry taste.... Underripe blackberry, Oak grows stronger the more it warms. Cidery sour. Very nice.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2014
at 11:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared late night RBWG. Pours clearish amber with a foamy white head. Really nice, some grassy bitterness, dry berries, mild funk. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Dry finish with grass, mild sweetness, more dried fruits. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 22:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
21st April 2013
Light haze on this amber beer, small off white head. Light sour nose. Light crisp palate, semi dry. Cherry and generic fruit sourness, little lemon. Pretty sour but not too acid. Light crisp finish. Not bad.
Light haze on this amber beer, small off white head. Light sour nose. Light crisp palate, semi dry. Cherry and generic fruit sourness, little lemon. Pretty sour but not too acid. Light crisp finish. Not bad.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2013
at 06:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared from the bottle. Poured a slightly ruby brown color, off-white small head. Aroma was some sour fruits, berries mostly. Flavor was some nice tartness, some dried fruits, as well as some crisp notes of berries in here also some notes of sweet tarts and pixie stix. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2013
at 13:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle with wax around the cap, 2011 vintage, poured into a tulip. Pours slightly hazy medium/light amber with big fluffy off-white head. Aroma is vinous and oak, medium body, medium carbonation, and medium small bubble lacing. Taste is tart, oak, and a little blackberry. Best US lambic I have had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2013
at 18:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with small frothy white head. The aroma is sour fruit and vinegar. Thin mouthfeel with sweet fruit malt and light sourness. A very good fruit lambic from Rivertown.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2013
at 09:24