Tap @ Warpigs, tap take over. Clear dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is medium sweet, moderate bitter and light acidic. Dry, moderate bitter and light acidic finish. 120516

Draft. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of brett, malt, and chocolate, leading to a tart finish.

From tap. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is fruity and roasted malty. Fruity, wineous. Dark malty. Citrusy and smooth crisp fruity.lingering sourish and fruity finish.

Tap@ warpigs. Coffee color, near black, thin off white head. Coffee notes, some tartness, salty notes. Roastedness, coffee notes, mild tartness, minerals, some earthy and woody notes.

Où, Quand, Comment : Bouteille 750ml, dégustée le 6/21/2013.
Visuel : Couleur : noire-brune. Apparence : quasi-opaque.
Arôme : Levures sauvages, fruitées et légèrement épicées, léger malt rôti, notes de fût de chêne, léger herbeux.
Goût : Entrée de bouche : Goût de levures sauvages (brett) et fruité légèrement acide (cerises sûres, notes de raisins) aux notes épicées. Un léger support de malt rôti est également présent avec un léger goût herbeux ainsi qu’un léger goût de fût de chêne vineux.
En bouche : Corps : moyen. Effervescence : moyenne-élevée. Texture : très légèrement crémeuse. Finale : moyenne et un peu sèche, composé d’un léger goût acide de levures fruitées avec des notes amères de rôti et de houblon herbeux.

Poured from a Dec. 2015 bottle. Aroma is nice and rather fruity with nice cherry, raisin, plum and prune notes. Only light acidity with hints of citrus. Light toffee and caramel with some toasted bread. Pours brown with a medium large, thick, tan head that exceeds steadily to a thin film that lingers for quite some time. High amounts of lacing and faint legs. Flavor is moderately acidic with some citrus and tart cherry notes. Some medium light toasted bread, caramel and toffee notes. Quite a bit of dark fruit with plums, cherries, raisin and prune. Light mineral note to the water. Low bitterness. Mouthfeel i s medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty nice dark farmhouse ale. This beer does a good job of allowing the malt profile to shine through the acidity and dark fruit notes. It also avoids becoming too acidic and astringent. This may be my favorite dark farmhouse beer. I’m pretty impressed as I don’t usually like the style, but this beer is good.

[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Murky amber. Fruity, funk, caramel. Tart.

Bottle shared. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of roast, light funk, citrus, Brett, light tart fruits, grapefruit and light chocolate. Flavour is light moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with light carbonation.

Bottle at the RBSG grand tasting in Portland
Cloudy dark brown with a small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is tart and dark malts. Taste is tart, roasty and chocolate
Didn’t really enjoy this one.

Big thanks to whomever brought this to WTWBA. Pours dark brown fine two finger head. Nose is cocoa powder and some barnyard. Tastes of cola, chocolate, berry, grass, barnyard fink. Dry palate delicious.