Scorched Monk
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: De Struise BrouwersFlemish Red / Bruin Regular
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Score
6.85
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Our Collaboration beer breweed with Urbain Cotteau of De Struise Browers, Vletern, Belgium.
Very similar to a Flanders Oud Bruin, this sour mash beer is rich, slightly smoky and sour. There is a unique woody flavor from the 4 month bourbon barrel conditioning it underwent. The nose is very light caramel and vanilla. The color is ruby brown to amber. It is brewed similarly to Urbain’s own Ypres beer, with a Kentucky Spin on it. [Website lists ABV at 7.0%, bottle says 9.0%].
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared. Copper ruby pour. Nose is peat and cherry. Tastes of balsamic, cherry, peat, diaper. Thin bodied. Not very good.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2025
at 21:14
6.2/10
Thanks Brian I guess. Whoa, knappy diaper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2025
at 17:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, many thanks Jan! Hazy dark amber-brown color with beige head. Aroma is fresh barrel, oak, cherries, chalky, chocolate. Taste is the same. A very dry Sour Red with a nice refreshing finish. Clinically clean oaky Sour which hides the ABV ridiculously well....
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2017
at 01:28
7/10
Old Rate Beer tick. Funky. Soo funky.
Tried
on 22 May 2016
at 16:23
6/10
Tried
on 11 May 2015
at 08:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle shared at CC/KY tasting. Vinegar, acidic sourness. Chunky unfiltered orange-brown body. Oliy beige head. Yeasty and rich. A great sour beer, very American for better or worse. Good stuff. 750ml shared at tasting. Deep amber burgundy. Quite a nice Oud Bruin. Oily beige head. Big red vinegar notes. The malts do a good job of combating the huge US sour-like tones. I don’t get much smoke, but maybe it just merges in well. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2014
at 21:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Mild säuerlicher, kaum malziger Antrunk. Auch im Mittelteil mild säuerlich, dazu passend herb. Trockenes Malz, leichte Holzigkeit. Erfrischend, wenig aromatisch. In Ordnung. 10/11/11/10/11/10
Tried
on 05 Sep 2014
at 13:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber-orange colour with a beige head. Aroma is orange, malt, hop. Flavour is orange, malt, hop, sourness, berries, caramel, wood. Full bodied nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2014
at 09:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle courtesy of Sic1314, shared @ JulyTHT. No head. Murky burgundy pour. Sour taste. Not my cup of tea really. Good for the style
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2014
at 11:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle @ RBBSG, 2014. Thanks Travlr! Red brown colour, some white foam. Aroma of red fruit with notes of vinegar and some smoke. Light sweet. Not very complex. Bit watery, thin body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2014
at 06:08