Nova Runda Dark Sour: The Strangler

Dark Sour: The Strangler

 

Nova Runda in Zabok, Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia 🇭🇷

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special Out of Production
Score
6.89
ABV: 6.1% IBU: 10 Ticks: 8
In the late summer time he's finally awake.
His hunger is insatiable, after the whole year of rest.
Mindless creature, with one simple goal - to satisfy his hunger with his last breath.
Don't forget to leave few berries outside or the Strangler will CHOKE you to death!

Our first step into sour waters. Full bodied dark sour with Aronia berries aka "Chokeberries".
 

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On keg at Six Degrees North, Edinburgh. Appearance - cloudy brown. Thin head. Nose - dark chocolate and hazelnuts. Taste - funky hazelnuts and some chocolate still. Palate - tangy sweet and sour at the same time. Overall - a bit weird.

Tried on 15 Mar 2019 at 08:51


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at six degrees north Edinburgh... Dark black... Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose.. Oily toffee.. Big smoke.. Big berries

Tried on 06 Feb 2019 at 07:09


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at six degrees north Edinburgh. Pours murky reddish, nose is blackcurrant, burnt toast, funk, marzipan, taste is berries, funk, nutty,tart.

Tried on 05 Feb 2019 at 09:24


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hazy almost a smoothie, brown colored, small off white head. Aroma is of berries mostly, fruity of course, some malt, biscuit and bit chocolate, tart. Taste is medium- sweet, bit malty, some chocolate notes, again mostly berry fruity notes, some tartness, bit vinous, dryish finish. Medium-light bodied, soft carbonation. Not my favorite.

Tried on 31 Jan 2019 at 15:43


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Cajt, Zagreb. Murky brown with beige head. Lots of berries, citric, some underlying sweetness, somewhat juicy, marmalade, medium sourness. Some nuts? Puckering. Medium bodied. Interesting, but not my thing, not the best sour fruit combination out there.

Tried from Draft at Cafe Cajt on 27 Jan 2019 at 08:29


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Hop In Zagreb. Unclear berries smoothie like coloured, small off-white head, sourish berries in the nose. Berries, fruits, noticable chokeberry, notes of red wine and light sourness in the finish. Interesting and unique yes but not my type of beer.

Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2018 at 22:30


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Craft Room. Murky red- brown body, creamy off white head. Chokeberry aroma mixed with an interesting dark malt profile which actually reminds me of... Tomislav?!? Only less sharp and creamier. Taste... Chocolate, caramel, chokeberry, sourness, this is damn unique! The sourness isn't even excessive. Wow, I'm actually impressed! Not fanfukkentastic but... Wow...

Tried from Draft on 14 Nov 2018 at 18:57


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Craft Room, Opatovina, Zagreb. Murky to opaque purple-brownish red, small off-white head. Aroma is moderately fruity, dark fruits, fruit jam, almond, toasty although it doesn't seem to come from malt. Light vinegar but it seems to come from fruity flavours. No strong acidic aromas or lactic acid. Flavour is dark fruits with a slightly harsh dry nutty or toasty finish. This is mostly from the fruit. Something like plastic appears in the finish. Also light blue cheese. This one has complexity that goes in different ways, most good, but not all. Sourness is subdued here, light puckering in the finish. Light to medium body, moderate carbonation, lasting dry finish. Still processing this one.

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2018 at 18:31