Petite Sour
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.14
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This beer is my current project with countless hours spent conceptualizing the process and design behind Petite Sour. While this is the "table version" of our Farmhouse ale "Surette", the process is a blend of brewing techniques from farmhouse breweries which use to span from Northern Germany to Northern France. Drawing inspiration from Berliner-weisse, Gose, Farmhouse Wit and Saison, Petite Sour is a true farmhouse beer. For this rendition I used a mixed culture of lacto and Brett to ferment a portion of the beer giving a cleaner acidity compared to the previous spontaneous batch. This batch of Petite Sour was again fermented and aged in our oak foeder as a blend of two beers. I’ll continue to tweak the recipe and process until this beer gets to…well, wherever our travels lead us
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pours out pink peach color topped with a fizzy head. Nose is nice mix of fruit some stone some green apple and berries. Taste is more of the nice fruit notes oak tart sour notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2018
at 15:40
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 15 Mar 2018
at 01:36
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Tom. Pours a cloudy yellow with medium off white head that lasts. The aroma is stone fruit, wheat, funk, oak. Thin mouth, tart wheat, nice funk, clean, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2015
at 16:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
750 mL bottle. Pours a hazy orange-amber color with not much of a head. Aroma of mild brett, mild lactic sourness, buttery malts, jammy stone fruits. Bright. The taste is lactic sourness, citrus, stone fruits, a bit of brett, blackberry jam and wood notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, mild lingering funk, lingering fruits, decent balance. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2014
at 21:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of AZ crew during driveway tasting. perfect brew for hot friday afternoon although had this a later on. pours hazy pale yellow with nice white head. Aromas of sour tartness, kiwi, and horseblanket. Tastes of lemons, kiwi, mango, minerally, funky vinegar, and oak. really refreshing could drink this all day
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2013
at 13:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Smells like bubble gum, then switches completely in your mouth. Pours cloudy orange. Pretty well-balanced sour. Wish I could taste the guava a little more because I love guava fruit. Pours light cloudy orange, medium consistency. Bottle thanks to Sammy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2013
at 11:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750ml shared by Levi. Unfiltered, very hazy yellow-tan. Soda-like carbonation, no real head. Funked oout barnyard aroma, lots of manure and odd very musky. The taste is really right on. Lemony, with a nice lactic tone. Really drinkable, even with the tartness. Remarkably light and fluffy on the palate. Really cool beer, glad I got to try it!
Tried
on 20 Jan 2013
at 14:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Dallas, last one from a crazy tasting and weather. Thanks for hosting and for the beers
Appearance: Cloudy straw yellow with a medium sized white and some lacing
Aroma and flavors of tart fruit, lemon, yeasty with dry finish
Nice
Appearance: Cloudy straw yellow with a medium sized white and some lacing
Aroma and flavors of tart fruit, lemon, yeasty with dry finish
Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2012
at 16:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from a generous trader shared at tasting at my house. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of bright lemon, yeast and funk. Moderate acidity - not overpowering. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2012
at 17:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle purchased at Joy in Denver, Colorado. The pour is a clear golden, with a lot of carbonation bubbles, and a noisy fizzy one inch white head that crackles down quickly. I served this in my Lindeman’s footed flute type glass, and it looked quite a bit like Champagne. The aroma is apple cider, light acetic sour, and a general earthiness. As it warms, woodiness surfaces, along with a bit of urinal cake. The taste is cidery tart initially, the more lemon citrus sour, then a bit of the barrel and funk dirtiness. All the flavors are pleasant enough. The palate is light bodied, approaching wateriness. Despite the initial bubbles, the carbonation seems quite low. The finish is clean, a touch watery. Body picks up some as it hits room temperature. Overall, an easy to drink thirst quenching beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2012
at 07:51