2013 Cellar Reserve, stemmed glass opened the bottle at fridge temp and allowed it to warm up.

A - Orange-Golden hues, bright and looks delicious. not a huge amount of carbonation but it’s there.

S - The mango nose is still there, more lemon than I remember. Smells like Tilquin Gueuze.

T - Taste is as dry and fruity as I remember it but I pick up some buttery notes at the finish. The start is bright, juicy and funky with a lambic like texture and tastes, grassy and dry.The finish is butter and it pretty much gets more buttery as time passes.

M - Nice mouth feel, not the explosive carbonation, more of a light sparking wine and saison mix of carbonation feel.

O - This is a nice beer but the butter really distracts. i have a few more bottles so I’ll open those up over time. Maybe this was a fluke.

OLD Review below from a 2012 bottle shared at Hill Farmstead in May: Thanks Chad. very dry, very fruity (strawberries, mango?) big explosive carbonation on the mouth feel. Overall, fun to drink but not something I could have daily.

Green Wax 2012 bottle. Pours with a hazed orange gold and a large white head that slowly fades. Aromas are of a slightly young Brett character, tons of tropical fruit (pineapple, guava), grassy hops, fanta soda and sun tan lotion. Grainy malt character, slightly catty, complex funk with strawberry and barnyard. A touch messy, but not bad. Flavors are quite sour, with tropical fruit, but a strong young Brett Cheerio character with a bit of diacetyl (so despite the dry hops, I’m going to sit on my other bottle for a while). Great acidity, nice pineapple esters, very juicy, nice grassy dry hop. Tangerine and peaches. Medium high carbonation, tannic finish, mouth puckering. Good, but needs a bit of time to clean up to become great (worth waiting 4-6months).

Bottle thanks to Dallas. Pours a cloudy orange color with a medium white eggshell head. A huge and awesome brett nose with tropical fruit. The flavor is dominated by apricots and massive dry and dusty brett, some wood, very dry. Complex. Very damn good. I really dig Crooked Stave.

Bottle. Thanks BrewThusiast! Pours hazy amber with a very small white head and some lacing on the glass. Aroma is tart - brett, funk, lemon, somewhat fruity - cantaloupe? Flavor is about the same, lightly sweet and medium tart. Medium body. Pretty good effort; not quite up to Sanctification IMO.

Tap at the barrel cellar - it was hard to pin down how I felt about this one, even after a full glass - at first, I loved it - the nose was dominated by the NB love barrels and some lovely funky peach skin notes, as well as vanilla and oaky tannins - the flavor also reminded me very much of the NB love that was aged in the same whiskey barrels - equal parts sweet and funky - however, as the beer warmed, the more a very sharp note of acetone would cut through the aroma and flavor, intruding and pushing aside the more pleasant notes in the beer - an interesting experience, but a mixed bag as far as enjoyment goes.

Tap @ new barrel room. Hazy, darkish orange appearance with a small, bubbly head and little retention. Caramel corn, light butterscotch, tangy stone fruit, vanilla aroma. Strange aroma but i kind of liked it. Coconut, mild woody, vanilla, apricot, yeast, a touch funky flavor with low carbonation. Unfortunately, this tasted a bit off, but it was interesting in its own right. (3.4)

Bottle @ home with Jetson. Pours a hazy/slightly milk yellow orange appearance with a small white head. Incredibly potent bretty, huge pineapple, tangy tropical fruity aroma. Quite sour, big pineapple bretty, light oak woody, huge vanilla, tart flavor. There is a bit of caramel corn and butter, but it’s not intolerable.(3.5)

Fresh-hopped bottle @ home with Jetson. Jesus Christ, the aroma is full of weedy dandelions, sour pineapple juice, and hay stacks. very juicy, pineapple bomb, quite tart flavor with a ton of herbal elements. Wow, that’s kinda cool. (3.6)