Golden with a white head - Berry, fruity sour aroma - Malt body with a good sour berry, fruity flavour - The tart wood with berries goes into a long lasting finish - This was good and refreshing

Many thanks to Erzengel for sharing! A hazy amber beer with a small white head. Aroma of tart grapes and apples, wood, some vanilla. Taste of riped mild tart apples, apple pie, yeast, vanilla, awesome stuff!

Many thanks to kappldav123 for sharing this bottle! Fruity fresh nose. The beer starts very sour with a great dry sourish body. Fruity berries in the back, the grapes are there, very deep and complex, round and deep sourish fruity dry in the aftertaste. Great funky ending, fantastic balanced stuff.

Flaska från SB, vintage 2017. Smådisig gulguldig med vit krona. Riktigt fin och djup doft med massor av druvor, vinfat, lite syltig aprikos och sultanrussin, stall och funkiga inslag. Mellanstor kropp. Fin fatkaraktär. Lite oljig inledningsvis, men avslutas torrare. I smaken vita druvor, litchi, krusbär, citrus, skalbeska, vinfat, druvskal. Funkig och stram, torr avslutning. Riktigt trevlig.

On tap at Blind Tiger, NYC. Pours cloudy golden with medium white head. Fruity, grapes, peach, vinous, wood, funk, medium sourness. Soft texture. Dry. Medium bodied.

From Aug 2008

This is a Batch 2 bottle:

When I popped the cap, it started to *slowly* gush but not a drop was lost!

A hazy straw yellow colour, the foam was about an inch deep max with some good lacing.

The smell is very nice! Some tartness, some fruitiness that's mostly citrus lemon and grape I think, and a good amount of a nose brought on by the Brett. This one smells delicious.

The taste has a very tasty tartness up front with good notes of lime with some lemon, grape that is semisweet, wood, some Brett that is more noticeable in the nose than the taste but yeah, it's there. Ahhh. No sign of the alcohol at all in either the nose or the taste and that kicks up the drinkability big time.

Mouthfeel falls just short of medium with the carbonation being on the lighter side of heavy and man that works for me. It finishes with a mix of tartness and slight funk and has a rather short lived aftertaste. Great brew here!!

Btw, second pour got it all cloudy and the foam left right after I put the bottle down so...it's not the best looker in a glass(cloudy is fine by me) but it sure makes up for it with the smell and taste. This 750ml bottle will be doubly easy to finish and I plant it firmly in the "exceptional drinkability" category.

Bottom line: When I look to try an American Wild Ale, I want all sorts of flavours and smell to go on and *this* one fits the bill superbly! I cannot recommend this brew highly enough!! I once again salute Captain Lawrence for their brewing skills!!

This really is something special like Ed Grapefruit and grape. Some tangerine. Very nicely integrated. A little wine barrel. Golden pour with good head. Light tangy finish. Very drinkable sour. Tap at Rustico.