Darken Dark Wild Ale
Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.26
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Previously Dantalion) Darken is our demonically named sour ale based on the Oud Bruin beer style. Medium brown in color, Darken has hints of chocolate, Munich malts, and rye. We also incorporate a spice blend containing ginger, coriander, star anise, grains of paradise, and black pepper to create a gentle halo of spice character. The beer is fermented on the same selection of yeasts and microbes as our base lambic, and aged for up to 8 months or more in white oak barrels.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2018.
Appearance: Hazy brown colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Malt, fruit, spices, acidic, tart.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Acidic, malt, fruit, sour, berries.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle pours out a dark brown topped with fizzy head. Nose has lots going on spice floral some sweet fruit and tart cherries notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts spice ginger floral and plenty wild tart notes.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Darken Dark Wild Ale from Upland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap@MBCC 2018 Blue Session, Copenhagen - dark brown with a beige head. Dark malty with some tart fruity notes, some cocoa, caramel,some rye and cereal, medium body, herbal spiced led dark malty and tart finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at MBCC 2018 Blue (session Zwei), 11/05/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a well presented tan covering. Nose is tarte fruit rinds, spice, red berry nip, damp wood, dry rot. Taste comprises fruit loaf, spice, aniseed, yeast esters, funk, basement and barnyard notes, cherry skins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a balanced puckering effect. Decent well balanced sour red.
DSG (25977) reviewed Darken Dark Wild Ale from Upland Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[5/11/18] Draught sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2018. Blue session. Pale yellow. Funky, fruity, a bit spicy, dry, slightly tart. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours dark amber-brown with a beige head. Aroma and flavors of dark chocolate, roasted malt, tart cherry, oak, and ginger. Ginger gives it a medicinal taste I cannot quite get past.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
11th May 2018
MBCC 2018. Blue. Blood and Fists session. Keg. Hazy amber beer, good pale tan bead. Light crisp palate, decent fine carbonation. Tangy dark makts, getting on for sourish. A little coca cola and mildly sour lenon. Somehow these elements come together and work reasonably well. Interesting!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours dark brown with a transient tan head. Aroma of roasty malt, mixed spices, red grape. Med body. Flavor is med treacle, medium sour, spice - particularly ginger and red grape. Medium dry. Spice substituting for hop. Nice drink.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from the HEB in Round Rock, TX. Pours dark brown. The frothy head lingers amid mild lacing. Mild hints of the oncoming sourness in the aroma, it’s a sort of vinegar/caramel/oak mix. The taste is up front quite sour, moderated modestly with notes of oak, chocolate, and a mix of spices. Sours are not exactly my favorite style but given that little limitation this feels like a pretty good one. The mix of spices and the lingering notes of oak enliven the finish. Body is on the upper side of medium, carbonation is average, there is noticeable warmth at the finish. Overall this is pretty good.