330 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2010 vintage bottling. Pours hazy deep reddish copper color with a 2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tart cherry, cranberry, red grape, green apple, light cider vinegar, caramel, brown sugar, toasted oak, hay, straw, musty funk, light leather, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/funky yeast, dark malt, and oak barrel notes; with good strength. Taste of tart cherry, cranberry, red grape, green apple, light cider vinegar, caramel, brown sugar, toasted oak, hay, straw, grass, musty funk, light leather, and yeast earthiness. Light fruity/earthy tartness/spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of cherry, cranberry, red grape, green apple, light cider vinegar, caramel, brown sugar, toasted oak, hay, straw, musty funk, light leather, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/funky yeast, dark malt, and oak barrel flavors; with a nice malt/tartness/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy, and slightly acidic mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Flanders brown ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky yeast, dark malt, and oak barrel flavors; and very smooth to drink with the light amount of acidity. A very enjoyable offering.

Draught at Fine Mousse, 4/24/15
Deep chestnut red with some brigher strawberry tints on the edges. Small, off-white head is flimsy and recedes to a ring. Clarity is medium, though not murky/cloudy.
Pure, enjoyable acetic acid in the nose is wrought about woody, sawdust-like even, dryness with oily leather and deliciously aromatic malo and lactic acids. Almost smells of cherries, though there are none, with no alcohol or obnoxious tannin. Quite fragrant.
There are three things I notice most about the beer. First, the sourness is even and diversified. This is not a mouthful of balsamic vinegar like so many of its kind. Second, the beer is almost perfectly attenuated, with none of the "heavy acetic acid is balanced by a mouthful of chewy, near syrupy caramel malt" yet nor is it astringent and thin. And third, there’s a very distinct flavor that I can’t describe much more than to call it sawdust-like. Not nearly as bad as that sounds and not actually unpleasant at all. Perhaps old, well-worn oak with musty leather backing. Carbonation is tight and appropriate and no alcohol is noted. Very nice, especially on account of the balanced, yet still very sour acidity. A touch more brightness and complexity would make this a masterpiece. As is, I’m dearly sorry I’ve waited this long to try this brewery and will certainly be trying as many as I can get from now on.

Draft pour at the pine box sour fest. Listed on their board with spelling errors. See, I told you I’m learning my Italian beer terms. Pours a dark brown color with a dark fruit aroma. Sour purple grape flavor with plum. Has a bit of an oaky flavor to it as well. Bold, dark fruit finish. A little less tart than the rest, but it’s definitly sour. Can’t complain here. Great beer.