Elephant Heart de Brettaville
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.78
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Almanac tap takeover at PreFunk Nampa Hazy golden with a small brief head. Nice tart plum flavors. Bret funk was moderate and complimentary. Quite good
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2016
at 00:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375mL bottle, pours a hazy orange with a medium white head. Aroma brings out complex bretty notes, a touch of stone fruits, some dry hopping, and biscuity malt. Flavour is quite complex, with loads of tart plums and truckloads of brett upfront, followed by tart citrus. Fairly dry and fruity, with only low-to-medium tartness. Complex and well-balanced. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2016
at 23:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - pours gold white head - nose/taste of plum, berry funk, brett and oak - medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Feb 2016
at 14:21
9.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle poured. Pours a glowing peach orange color with a lasting fizz head. Big time tart orange fruit aroma. Juicy, sour grape, plum and mixed berry with a brett background. So easy to drink. Prefect tart. Fruit juice and a lingering sour plum. One of the best from these guys here. I still think these guys rule the sour beer market right now. Beer after beer they are all amazing. Loved it. Also, open a brewpub.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2016
at 00:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[1/28/16] Draught at Almanac & Friends Sourfest at MaSo at Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. Cloudy golden. Fruity hops aroma with wine, lacto, oak. Tart flavor with wine, oak, plums, fruity hops. Medium-bodied. Really good.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2016
at 07:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at EBF 2016 Fruity plum flavor gives this quite a vinous feel. Light earthy funk with a sharp tart citric/lactic bite to it. Fantastic sour ale.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2016
at 19:46
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours hazy orange cream with a slight white head. Aroma is sort of fruity swear sox. In a peachy plum way. Med body at least. Flavor is very plum, red, lightly tart plum, and it is a bit peach. This has to be one of the tastiest "sours" from Almanac. Kudos to Hermitage as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2016
at 15:14
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft Extreme Beer Fest 2016. Almost pink in color, no head. Aromas shows mild Brett, oak, plums and hints of undetermined berries. Maybe blackberry hints.
Flavor does have plenty of fruit but I think the plum is here only in suggestion. The wine barrel gives the tart and slightly funky notes in the backend of the sip. Carbonation provides a tingle over the palate with a medium / leaning on lighter body. Crisp aftertaste. I like the sum of all the parts here. And for me to give a high score to a sour, it really says something about the craftsmanship. And I didn’t get any vinegar, holy hell!!!!!
Flavor does have plenty of fruit but I think the plum is here only in suggestion. The wine barrel gives the tart and slightly funky notes in the backend of the sip. Carbonation provides a tingle over the palate with a medium / leaning on lighter body. Crisp aftertaste. I like the sum of all the parts here. And for me to give a high score to a sour, it really says something about the craftsmanship. And I didn’t get any vinegar, holy hell!!!!!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2016
at 13:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at JoeT’s during RBWG 2016. Pours unclear pink with a creamy white head. Really clean nose, some grapefruit, hibiscus, lemon. Light sweet flavor with subtle funk, mild lemony acidity, a little mint. Light bodied with spritzy carbonation. Dry and lean on the finish, with notes of lemon, grapefruit, mint, hibiscus, peach. Great stuff overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 23:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Tart and acidic grape with some plum. Cloudy orange pink with a decent white head. Tart and some plum notes with a nice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 23:18