Cuvee de Castleton
(has 3 batches)
Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.82
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This is a beer that will make you rethink your definition of beer. It doesn’t taste like any beer you’ve ever had, yet it doesn’t taste like anything else either. Pushing the limits of brewing is what makes this job so much fun. Malted barley, wild yeast, hand picked Muscat Grapes, and French oak wine barrels are just a few of the things that went into crafting this beer. Breathe deep, take a long sip, and enjoy the creation in your hand.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Thanks Dak for sending this! Batch #4 enjoyed in a snifter at 55 Degrees F on my GF’s birthday.
A - Pours a still orange hue golden with great clarity and no head.
S - Lemons and wet grass. Some horsey funk and grape skins.
T - Wow. Huge oak presence in this beer followed by a perfect balance of funk and musty ripened grapes. Grape juice finish, middle is tart and it finishes very dry.
M - No carbonation, light body. Very dry!
O - This is an amazing beer. It’s remarkable and such a pleasure to drink.
A - Pours a still orange hue golden with great clarity and no head.
S - Lemons and wet grass. Some horsey funk and grape skins.
T - Wow. Huge oak presence in this beer followed by a perfect balance of funk and musty ripened grapes. Grape juice finish, middle is tart and it finishes very dry.
M - No carbonation, light body. Very dry!
O - This is an amazing beer. It’s remarkable and such a pleasure to drink.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2012
at 19:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (Batch 5) thanks to Jack at THE fruit sour tasting. It pours hazy light orange with a tiny white head. The nose is more sweet than sour: lemonade, sweet Muscat grape, sweet apricot, tangerine and only the faintest hint of sourness. The taste is upfront pretty tart, lemon, light acidity, sour white grape, apricot, sherbet, wood and grapefruit with a tart finish. Medium body, prickly carbonation and slightly sticky mouth-feel as it warms up. Not a particularly complex sour but still a pretty tasty one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2012
at 05:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Batch 2 received in trade from mcallister, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a crystal clear deep golden color with a huge white head that dissipates like the head on a diet soda. I can smell the funk as soon as I pop the cap on this one. Lemony tartness mixed with a sour grape fruitiness along with a mild bit of sweet candy malts and a solid hit of barnyard funkiness make up the aroma. The flavor is extreme lemony citric tartness. The grape flavor comes through a little along with a hint of sweet candy like malts and barnyard funk, but this one is all about the tart. Medium body with a spirited level of carbonation and a tart tongue piercing mouthfeel. Nice mouth puckering wild ale.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2012
at 16:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at Jackie O’s during Ohio Brew Week, thanks beace. The beer is a slightly hazy yellow-gold color with a medium thin white head that burns away steadily. Stringy lacing. The aroma is tart apples, oak and herbs. Medium body with a vinous character and notes of apricot, apples, oak and a bit of grainy malt. The finish is fruity and leaves a slightly funky aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2012
at 18:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
28th May 2010
Hazy light gold beer. No head at all. A little sour wood and a distinct muscat nose. Crisp light and semi dry palate. Sour enough to induce an involuntary blink but not a pucker! A little lemon acid offset by sublte oak and nice orangey muscat. Finishes chardonnay winey and dry. Nice winey sour.
Hazy light gold beer. No head at all. A little sour wood and a distinct muscat nose. Crisp light and semi dry palate. Sour enough to induce an involuntary blink but not a pucker! A little lemon acid offset by sublte oak and nice orangey muscat. Finishes chardonnay winey and dry. Nice winey sour.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2012
at 10:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Courtesy of Blafa. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small fast disappearing white head. Has a fruity sour tart citrus aroma. Fruity sour tart funky flavor. Has a fruity sour tart citrus finish with weak hints of wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2012
at 03:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
I finally get to try this thanks to Maltajo, thanks Joe. This batch #4 bottle pours clear gold with thin white head. The aroma offers up apples and pears and then it rolls quickly toward tartness, slight vinegar and then a sense of spicy oak. The taste is delivers big tartness and then some vinegar mixing with a modes level of sweet apples and pears. To midway and into the finish the dry tartness ramps up and lingers along with a thin layer of vinegar right into the after taste. Nice crisp fresh brew. Dig it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2012
at 21:10
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
375 ml bottle courtesy of tkrjukoff. Shared at epic tasting on February 11. Pours hazy yellow with a white head that leaves some lacing while dissipating. Smell is slightly sweet and slightly sour with apple juice, kiwi, unripe strawberries, melon, wood and distinct farmyard notes. Taste is slightly sour, slightly sweet and tart with lemon juice, hay, grape zest, wood, spices and leather. Mouthfeel is tart, slightly watery but intense. Finish is dry and tart with citrus fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2012
at 12:38
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled 12.7 fl oz at the epic sour beer tasting at _angst_ place, on February 11, 2012Brought by tkrjukoff, thanks!Cloudy yellow color, small white head. Vinous, acidic scent. Acidic, sweet, lactic taste. Sour and lactic aftertaste. Thin mouthfeel, very low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2012
at 06:01