Farmer's Reserve 4
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Hermitage Brewing CompanySour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series Out of Production
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Score
7.65
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Ale Aged in Wine Barrels With Cara Cara Oranges, Meyer Lemons, and Buddha’s Hand Citrons. This tart, citrus-infused wild ale is the story of a farm. In 1921, Shotaro Hamada founded Hamada Farms in the San Joaquin Valley. Today, his grandson Cliff manages 235 acres of bountiful land. Brewed with a tantalizing blend of Hamada’s winter citrus - Tart Cara Cara Oranges, sweet Meyer Lemons and fragrant Buddha’s Hand Citrons - This refreshing ale is aged in used wine barrels for over a year.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ Almanac Taproom and Beer Garden, San Francisco, CA. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart orange and citrus aroma. Fruity sour tart lemon flavor. Has a fruity sour tart citrus finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2017
at 13:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Yeah, this is good stuff. Shared by Andrew. Aging well with lemon centric and funky lightly bretty aspects not heavily carb tart finish no acetic acid just nice beer with lemon tea Citrus aspects. I could drink this afaun, not much to complain about.
Tried
on 30 May 2016
at 00:59
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
375 mL bottle poured. Huge thanks to Tim for the bottle. Completing my quest to try this elusive series of beers from my favorite brewery. Clear golden pour with an active carb, and thick foam head. Big herbal nose to it. Definitely shows the Buddha hand. Flavor is lemon front, herbal, cool, almost minty. Orange and lemon constant. Herbal element makes this great. Good sour consistency throughout. 7/10 in sourness. Never had a beer like this. Herbal sour. Delicious to say the least.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2016
at 23:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375mL bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a hazy golden with a medium white head. Nose is dominated by loads of citrus fruits, lemons especially and a touch of orange, with oak and maybe a subtle hint of white wine. Very complex, hugely citric but in a good way and only too drinkable. Excellent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2015
at 22:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Small, white head over clear orange beer; end of bottle deposit loosening. Vinous, oranges & lactic acid, preserved citrus. Citrus, lemons, faint sweetness (as dates?). Lipsmacking sourness, but not really much depth. Dry, dry-out effect, finish is slighlty empty. Quite nice, but the nose promised much more complexity than it really offers. Many thanks to M & L V!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2014
at 08:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Decent clarity. Brown orange color. The nose is very clean. Nice orange and clove with a touch of lemon. This is really good. It’s like drinking beer lemonade with some sort of lime and OJ finish. Mineral taste present. Really nice body.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2014
at 06:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pretty sure this is the one I had. Hazy light tan. Fresh, lemony, vinous...really interesting nose. Tastes lemony, a bit footy yeast, and a hint of lemon. The taste isn’t as clean as the nose, but there’s a nice tartness late that aims ambitious.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2014
at 09:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at GABF 2013. Pours a clear gold with some filmy, white head. Nose has some spice, some funk, pith, pepper, some vitamin C tablet. Flavor is the same, peppery, lemon, malt, pithy, spice. Balanced finish.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2013
at 07:30