Dark Swan
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.08
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Observers of yestercentury once doubted the existence of the Dark Swan, stating the fair-feathered fowl was the only color of its kind. Explorers eventually upended that theory, shocking the world and shining light on the Dark. This beer might just do the same. It’s a sour ale fermented with dark red wine grapes, giving it its uniquely deep and rich purple hue. Then it received the signature Lagunitas treatment with a healthy dose of experimental dry hops. This might just shock your taste buds!
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Head of Steam, Leicester. Purplish brown, very translucent with a tiny head and lots of lacing. Smells of blackcurrant squash with a light malty note. It's a gentle sour, only mildly tart, with a pervading bitterness at the finish. Lots of black cherry, blackcurrant and raspberry vinaigrette in the finish. Nice.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2018
at 20:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ [ DØE - Ølfestival 2018 ] @ Lokomotivværkstedet, Otto Busses Vej 5A, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark. [ As Lagunitas Dark Swan ].Clear medium brown - red amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, wood - oak, sweet malt, fruit - berry, red berries - red grapes, funky note. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, berry - fruity, wood, oak, sweet malt, red berries - red grapes, sour - sweet berries (maybe blackcurrant), funky notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180531] 7-3-7-3-14
Tried
on 07 Jun 2018
at 10:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flaska från SB. Smak och doft av blåbär, hallon, skogsbär, svarta vinbär, druvor, vinäger med toner av jord och blött hö. Fruktig, frisk, viss syrlighet, lagom sötma, fin beska.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2018
at 16:57
6/10
Now we talking quality time
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2018
at 19:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Euston Tap, West Lodge, 21/05/18. Reddish purple with a good sized deep crimson cap. Nose is red berry fruits, grass, damp hay, light funk. Taste comprises soured blackcurrants, shades of red wine spritzer, red grape must, sweet and sour notes, damp cloth. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow puckering climax. Adequate sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2018
at 21:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark reddish copper brown ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light acidity, light Brett, ground cherries, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with ground cherries, light vanilla and chocolat, dark fruits, interesting. On tap at Chicago.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2018
at 19:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Mørk rød lett tåkete med høyt rosa skum. Mineralsk lukt, jord, stein, mørke bær og mandler. Fyldig. Smaker sure bær, stenfrukt, jord og lett bitter sitrus. Middels lang.
Tried
on 17 May 2018
at 15:28
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2018
at 21:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught. Mild fruity aroma. Not very sour smelling. Very dark red colour, almost black, and seems unclear. Small stable creamy dark pink colour. The flavour is citric with a good woody and fruity note. Not sour, but nicely citric. Good berry note. Woody bitterness as well. Nice and satiating. 7 3 8 4 18
Tried
on 14 May 2018
at 15:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Christian Firtal Pale Ale Festival 2018. Deep, dark red with a lasting white head. Aroma of grapes, citrus and a touch of grass. Sweetish fruity flavour with grape juice in particular. Slightly tart finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2018
at 21:05