Minotaur
The Ale Apothecary in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.58
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A dark sour aged in bourbon barrels, then transferred to cab barrels on blackberries. This beer is a collaboration with a local poet recently published by McSweeny’s in SF.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at WTF V. Pours a dark brown with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong berry, oak, funk, vanilla, leather. Medium body, oak, leather, vanilla, nice tartness, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2017
at 11:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle share courtesy to Rich. Clear, dark amber, small frothy head fades to bubbles. Fruity, tart aroma, sweetness, yeast. Taste brings a bit of pucker, not too much, more of the berry sweetness, some of the wooden barrels. All pretty smooth. Very well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2017
at 11:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle thanks to rich. Pours out a dark amber topped with a tan head. Nose is berries vinegar vanilla oak barrel notes. Taste is nice tart funk vanilla oak barrel notes and the rich berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2017
at 22:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml bottle. Big funky berry nose, wine, vinegar, vanilla, yogurt, some bourbon and wood. Reddish dark brown, almost black. Sweet, tart, lots of berry, cherry, yogurt. Acetic just just enough. Not too sour either. Soft, silky, and smooth. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2017
at 19:17
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at Culmination 16: Poured a dark brown with a light red edge, head was bubble tan. Aroma is full of blackberries and malts. Taste is a mix of roasted malts meets sour blackberries, lots of wood to this as well. Very complex!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2016
at 20:37