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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 5%. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, vinegar, yeast, little caramel, little mazipan and baking yeast. Flavour is malt, yeast, little vinegar, baking yeast, acid, marzipane and medium dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2013
at 12:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ml bottle shared by Dallas, thanks
Hazy orange/golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma of tartness, stone fruit and hay. Flavors are tart, apricot, hay with a dry finish
Very nice and tasty
Hazy orange/golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma of tartness, stone fruit and hay. Flavors are tart, apricot, hay with a dry finish
Very nice and tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2013
at 16:58
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle thanks to Dallas. The breast, well what a label. Truly a work of art. Pours a mostly clear golden color with a large white head. Oak and cherry, sour lacto. The flavor is sour fruit, woody, a softness from the medium carbonation and the big barrel, cherries, some funky Brett. Super drinkable and excellent. Great brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2013
at 11:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours a clear amber with some creamy, white head. Nose is really nice, cherry pie, rose’ wine, malt, floral, some funk. Flavor is very nice, sweet, malt, cherry, light vinegar, raspberry. Medium bodied, lightly tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2013
at 11:45
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours slightly hazy orange to pink with a near bright white head of foam that has a pink-ish hue to it. The aroma has spicy yeast, some sugary notes, a touch of wine, rose pedal floral notes and a Brett sourness. The taste has a nice modest cherry and slight tartness going on to start. It then grows into more and more tartness and acidity and a touch of Brett like crushed aspirin tartness and chalkiness. This is pretty nice and the label, in my opinion, helps the beer fetch a perfect score for appearance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2013
at 08:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Hazy, light amber colour with a golden tint. Small, white head. Complex and yeasty aroma with bretts, tart fruits: Red berries, sour cherries, a good amount of barnyard notes. A bit of caramel malts. Taste is lightly sour. Medium body, soft carbonation. Finishes tart with red wine barrels and citrus fruits. Excellent sour, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2013
at 10:37