Bell's Brewery The Wild One

The Wild One

 

Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating
Score
7.46
ABV: 6.3% IBU: - Ticks: 82
Sour Brown Ale Aged in Oak Foeders

The Wild One® begins, not as a single beer, but distinct batches fermented in wooden foeders each with its own array of flavors. Our brewers sample and blend to taste, resulting in a refreshing brown ale with a tartness buoyed by fragrant aromas of ripe cherry, apple and a bit of funk from Brettanomyces yeast.
 

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7/10
Tried on 09 Jan 2018 at 11:35

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a clear copperish amber with almost no head. Tart vinegar notes, lots of oak and faint cherry skins with some strawberry as it warms. Cherry and oak notes stronger on the palate. Some light yogurt and bright strawberry. Tart on the finish, somewhat similar to a Flemish red. Nice, but missing something maybe. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Wild One on 29 Dec 2017 at 23:46 - Score: 7. Original review text: Tart vinegar notes, lots of oak. Cherry and oak notes. Really drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2017 at 10:01

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared at Pre-Borefts Ratebeer Tasting. No head. Clear amber pour. Tart aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2016 at 12:23

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared at Pre-Borefts Ratebeer Tasting 2016. Clear amber pour with no head. Notes of cherries, oak, vanilla, wild funk. Medium body, light carbonation and a tart finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Wild One on 29 Sep 2016 at 16:05 - Score: 7
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2016 at 07:57

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 10
Thank you Koelschtrinker. 750 ml. bottle sampled @ Pre-Borefts Ratebeer Tasting 2016. Dark amber, tanned head. Nose is sour pleasant puckering vinegar oak, sour acidic dark fruits with touch nail polish. Taste is sour but a bit more mellow than the smell, lightly fizzy, low oxidation (quite a bit of age on this one probably), huge oak, USA sour acidic affair at its prime, dark fruits, low balsamic vinegar in a good way. Potent big, lovely USA sour. Quite a beer.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2016 at 03:29

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Dark amber-ruby color with tan ring. Aroma is candy, some dark malts. Taste is candy, dark malts, cherry. Fizzy carbonation. Not excellent for my palate, a bit too dark for me, but certainly well made.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2016 at 18:57

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled @ Pre-Borefts-Tasting 2016. Trübes orange braunes Bier mit einer geringen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch nach roten säuerlichen Früchten, Kirschen. Geschmack nach roten Beeren dezent säuerlich, Holz.
Tried on 22 Sep 2016 at 14:35

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at Pre-Borefts tasting. Almost clear deep red with off white head. Some hay, overripe red fruits, light cheese, soft glue, white wine, oak. Under medium sweet and sour, light bitterness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2016 at 14:29

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Holzig säuerlicher Antrunk. Vollmundig, die Säure bleibt frisch, rund würzig. Langer weicher Nachhall, der zum Ende trocken wird. 8/11/12/12/10/11
Tried on 22 Sep 2016 at 14:23

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at the pre-Borefts tasting, Den Haag, 2016. Poured a clear dark amber with a thin broken white head. The flavour is light sour with a rich smooth citrus sour doughy biscuit yeast palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2016 at 14:23