Four Play
Upright Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.68
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Pinot Barrel Four was our second batch. We took the recipe for the Four and sent the beer into some oak barrels graciously donated by La Bete winery of McMinnville, topping them up with a small amount of Oregon cherry puree along with lactobacillus and brettanomyces claussenii to encourage more acidity and aromatic complexity in the finished beer. Half of the batch was blended and kegged and can be found at a few specialty bars while the remaining half is still maturing in the barrels and will likely be bottled at some point towards the end of 2009.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft 12 oz pour at Upright. Drinking in the same room where all the magic happens. Clear golden pour with no head. Heavy cherry pie like aroma. Tart cherry up front, with some softer peach and apricot. Very similar to an exceptional cherry lambic. Very nicely done.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2015
at 12:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
5 oz sample at the brewery in Portland, Oregon. The pour is a hazed golden yellow with minimal white head. The aroma is bright cherry sour, citrus tartness and some wheat grain in back. The taste is a great melding of the sour cherry and the tart acidic citrus, along with some wood and funk Brett that carries the finish. The palate is light bodied with fine active carbonation and the dry Brett funky tart finish. Fun beer.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2015
at 10:07
Tried
at
Délirium Hoppy Loft
on 02 Jun 2015
at 19:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 600th Menu Party
Hazy bright amber color, small head. It’s a quite standard Sour, with a light fruity flavor, and very light black pepper note; a bit lemony too, and woody; balanced.
No surprises, but good.
Hazy bright amber color, small head. It’s a quite standard Sour, with a light fruity flavor, and very light black pepper note; a bit lemony too, and woody; balanced.
No surprises, but good.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2015
at 20:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
[2/26/15] Draught at Upright Brewing in Portland. Orange color. Lovely aroma with barnyard, lacto, fruitiness (some cherries), oak and a bit of leather. Sourish flavor, bretty, oaky and lactic, with some cherries. Medium-bodied. Great stuff, extremely easy-drinking.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2015
at 17:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery, 08/11/14. Hazed pinkish orange with moderate off white edgeing. Nose is tangy cherry skins, brett wafts, straw, earthy, funk, tarte pink berry tunes. Taste comprises sour cherry licks, brett, tangy red berry, straw, farmyard, light acidity. Medum bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light puckerings. Solid easy drinking sour - great stuff.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2014
at 02:20