Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Origins

Origins
(has 5 batches)

 

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
7.61
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 123
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8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours a deep burgundy-brown color. Looks pretty clear. Smallish light beige head, fairly fizzy. The bubbles die away to not much after a minute or two. Aroma is sour and wood with a touch of funk. I was expecting a more acidic beer, and while it does trend that way a tad, this beer has a pretty nice balance of sour, wild flavors. There’s a lot of sour fruit knocking around. Grapes, blackberries, peaches, cranberries, raspberries, apricots. While the funk is relatively mild, it does contribute and give the beer some depth. Best of all, there’s none of that bile note that plagues so many American sours (at least for me). Solid woodiness and bretty funk. The taste has a pretty good acid bite running throughout. There’s some soured maltiness, giving the beer a bit of body. Fairly vinous. A bit harsher than the aroma but it still doesn’t go overboard. Quite dry. Light body. Very good beer.
Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2014 at 20:41

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 375ml.Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, tart - sour, horse blanket, red wine, wood, warm, oak - wood, cacao notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, tart, sour, fruity - wine tart - sweet, dry, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20131024]
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2014 at 08:07

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9.5
Draft. Listed as Burgundy Sour Ale. Amber-brown beer with a dark cream head. Tart and sour aroma. Sour and light acetic flavor with light red wine. Medium bodied. Sour and light acetic notes linger with light oak and ligth red wine.
Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2013 at 11:37

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft @ Crooked Stave @ The Source, Denver, CO. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart caramel aroma. Fruity sour tart woody caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel bretty sour finish.
Tried from Draft on 15 Nov 2013 at 11:00

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Batch 2. Aroma is fairly tart with a lot of dark berry character and light tart cherry notes. Medium to medium light oak character. Hint of chocolate and caramel malt character along with faint toasted bread. Pours a dark brown with some ruby highlights with a thick slightly tan head with average retention and medium light lacing. Faint legs. Flavor has a moderately strong acidity to it with a lot of dark berry notes with blackberries being most prevalent. Lots of tart cherries also in the beer. Light chocolate, caramel and toasted bread malt notes as you adjust to the acidity. Medium light oak notes and light tannins. Lingering acidity and berries. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low to medium low alcohol warmth. Overall a fairly enjoyable sour, with oak character similar to a Flanders Red but with a bit darker malt character. Well balanced and easy drinking.
Tried on 06 Nov 2013 at 22:41

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
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Tried on 24 Oct 2013 at 09:49

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Tried on 24 Oct 2013 at 09:42

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From a 375 cl bottle shared in Avon NC. Batch 2, 2013. Pours a clear cola brown with an ecru head. Aroma red wine corks. Flavors are tart grapes and tart cherries with some oak notes. Very tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2013 at 17:08

7.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours clear hazel Burgundy, medium tan head, good lacing. Aroma is yeast, oak, vinous, lemon. Taste is the same, quite dry, medium sour, touch of funk. Medium body. Interesting.
Tried from Draft on 11 Oct 2013 at 16:55

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours reddish brown with off white head. Nose and taste of oak, toffee malt, caramel and sour mixed fruits. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2013 at 08:41