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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours with a clear bright yellow hue with a large and fluffy white head with good retention and decent lace. Aromas are of funky, musty and waxy brett, mild oak, delicate wine and lactone, floral and perfumey citrus, mildly sweet fruit character. Saw dust like wood character. Some juicy esters. Vanilla and a lot of tannin. Flavors are tart, mildly bitter, juicy, estery. Lots of oak and a ton of citrus peel. Lactone, saw dust, tannin and vanilla. Suntan lotion, citrus zest, mild mandarin, a touch of tamarind. Pretty dry, but with a fruity perceived sweetness. Nicely refreshing zest character. Very lively bubbles, lightly tannic, low body, dry. Very refreshing and drinkable. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2013
at 06:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tap at The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours hazy/dirty gold with a slight white head. Aroma is earthy, funky citrus. Sour even. Med body. Flavor pretty much the aroma. At first the mouth is torn asunder, but as fatigue ensues it simply becomes a "smooth" tart/sour earthy/funky citrusy wonderful ale. Not getting much oak, but that’s cool.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2013
at 16:10