The Wild One
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating|
Score
7.46
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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.
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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7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample, brown bottle, 750 ml, bottle 588 of 826, batch 1408811, Christmas gathering at Stephen Morris’s, savoured on December 18 2015; eye: dirty brown, semi-opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: lime, wild yeasts, fruity, light musk; mouth: lime, wild yeasts, fruity, light musk, light tannin, semi-dry finale in wild yeasts with presence of musk, medium-full body, good carbonation, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille brune, 750 ml, bouteille 588 de 826, lot 1408811, party de Noël chez Stephen Morris, savourée le 18 décembre 2015; œil : brun sale, semi-opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : lime, levures sauvages, fruité, léger musc; bouche : lime, levures sauvages, fruité, léger musc, léger tanin, finale semi-sèche en levures sauvages avec présence de musc, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2016
at 16:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
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Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2016
at 16:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught@CBC2015. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, caramelly, toffeish and some mild sour wooden notes. Flavour is sour wood, some fruity, floral and grassy notes to it.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2016
at 14:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a reddish color ale with a medium size foamy head with OK retention. Aroma of brown sugar, oak and tart notes is pretty interesting. Taste is a mix of brown sugar, some tart notes with plenty of oak and cherry notes with limited acidity. Body is about average with good carbonation. Solid Flanders Red from a brewery that is not necessarily known for these style of beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2016
at 14:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A reddish copper ale with a very thin light mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light grape skin, lactic acid, ground cherries, very nice. In mouth, a tart sweet fruity malt with light acidity, lactic acid, Epsom salts, caramel malt, interesting and complex. Bottle at Ottawa Xmas gathering 2015.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2015
at 20:37
8/10
Tried
on 18 Oct 2015
at 14:06
8/10
Tried
on 04 Sep 2015
at 08:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Draft: Hazy red-brown with a beige head. Vinous, tart, berry aroma. Tangy toffee, yeast, dark fruit wine flavour. Peppery and spicy. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2015
at 14:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at MBGSF 2015. Amber pour with an off-white head. Sour candy aroma, berry. Great sour, tart berry, a SweetTarts candy sensation. A great one.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2015
at 04:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Draft. Vinegar, yeast, cherry, malt, and straw aroma. Cloudy orange-brown with small head. Initially a sour vinegar flavor followed by sweet cherry, malt, and straw flavor. Yeast aftertaste. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2015
at 21:02