La Bonté Plum
Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.34
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La Bonté is open fermented with our house Brettanomyces culture. This beer is then blended with a portion of Golden Sour and onto a half pound per gallon of Italian Plums. La Bonté is then aged in our foeder until it reaches perfection.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
8-3-7-4-15 Bottle, vintage 2015. Shared with Inbreak and friends. Pours yellow with sediments, with a creamy head. Aroma is tart fruity notes of grapes, plums, musty fruit peel and bretty notes with floral notes, as well as sour candy, wooden notes and minerals. Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is tart notes of hay and fruit peel, as well as grapes, plums, apples and floral bretty notes.
Earlier Rating: 5/14/2020 Total Score: 3.7
8-3-7-4-15 Bottle, vintage 2015. Pours yellow with sediments, with a creamy head. Aroma is tart fruity notes of grapes, plums, musty fruit peel and bretty notes with floral notes, as well as sour candy, wooden notes and minerals. Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is tart notes of hay and fruit peel, as well as grapes, plums, apples and floral bretty notes.
Earlier Rating: 5/14/2020 Total Score: 3.7
8-3-7-4-15 Bottle, vintage 2015. Pours yellow with sediments, with a creamy head. Aroma is tart fruity notes of grapes, plums, musty fruit peel and bretty notes with floral notes, as well as sour candy, wooden notes and minerals. Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is tart notes of hay and fruit peel, as well as grapes, plums, apples and floral bretty notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2020
at 18:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aromas of citrus, plum, lactic, light vinegar, floral. Taste is bretty, estery, peachy, plum, lactic.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Golden color, hazy. Pear, peach and brett in the aroma and flavor. A modest sourness. Tropical fruit flavor. Very fruity. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 8/5/2016. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big juicy, lightly tart/tangy plums, fruit skin/pits, peach, pear, apricot, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, mango, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, peppercorn, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread dough; with lighter notes of leathery/musty/lacto funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of plums, fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oak, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy, lightly tart/tangy plums, fruit skin/pits, peach, pear, apricot, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, mango, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, peppercorn, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread dough; with lighter notes of leathery/musty/lacto funk, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate peppery Brett/oak tannin spiciness, fruity/lactic tartness, and fruit tang on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy plums, fruit skin/pits, peach, pear, apricot, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, mango, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, peppercorn, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light leathery/musty/lacto funk, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of plums, fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oak, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/spicy/tartness, and tangy fruit balance; with zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/spiciness, tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, acidic/tangy, and fairly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a fantastic fruited sour/wild saison. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of plums, fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oak, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/spicy/drying finish; not overly lactic. Fantastic balance between juicy plums and Brett/Bacteria complexity; with great oak foeder presence, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstandingly spot on style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2019
at 21:02
7/10
Backlog
Tried
on 13 Sep 2018
at 13:40
7/10
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Tried
on 13 Sep 2018
at 13:40
7/10
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Tried
on 13 Sep 2018
at 13:40
7/10
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Tried
on 13 Sep 2018
at 13:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ MBCC 2017. Pours slightly hazy pale yellow with an offwhite head. Aroma of light sourness, yeast, wood, tart fruit, plums. Flavor is light sour, malt, yeast, little brett, wood, tart fruity, green plums. Medium body, average carbonation, light acidic finish. 130517
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2017
at 10:55
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
500 mL bottle from Whole Foods Market Ashburn Aroma: plums, lemon, wood, barnyard Appearance: hazy golden with a white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium sourness, Palate: medium body, oily feel, average carbonation, tart finish Tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2017
at 20:21