Hoppy Sour: El Dorado
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.39
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TimE (11144) reviewed Hoppy Sour: El Dorado from Almanac Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
hazy golden color. Big sauvignon blanc nose with frozen sour grapes. Dry linger oak, earth and sour grape finish. Really nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Lovebucket. Pours pale and cloudy with little head and noticeable fizz. Aroma is white grapes, peach, lots of musty hay and white wine vinegar. Flavour is big fruity melon and peach up front, followed by some lively straw character and a long clean white wine vinegar finish. Simultaneously quite full body and nicely carbonated. Really quite delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Tanakaya. Pours a hazy, neon gold with a finger of foam that lingers. Huge aromas of peach, durian and passion fruit. Pineapple aromas as it warms. Earthy brett notes with some cobweb and must and more pineapple on the palate. Peach on the finish. Good tartness. Really nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hoppy Sour: El Dorado on 21 Oct 2016 at 21:26 - Score: 8. Original review text: Beautiful stuff. Big aromas of peach, durian and passion fruit. Some earthy brett notes and light pineapple on the palate. More peach. Great
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared by Jesse. Thanks man! It pours a pale yellow color with a white head. The aroma is a little earthy and grassy with some pineapple and grapefruit. The flavor is grassy with some grape and grapefruit. Low bitterness. Another nice hoppy sour from Almanac. Not quite as good as the Amarillo though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
375 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 5/13/2016. Pours hazy golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of tart lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, peach, watermelon, pear, apricot, white wine, oak, pepper, hay, straw, light leather/musty funk, wheat, cracker, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, citrus/fruity hops, wine barrel, and light-moderate pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big tart lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, peach, watermelon, pear, apricot, white wine, oak, pepper, hay, straw, light leather/musty funk, wheat, cracker, and yeast/oak earthiness. Moderate tart/sourness and light yeast/tannic oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of sour lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, peach, watermelon, pear, apricot, white wine, oak, pepper, hay, straw, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, citrus/fruity hops, wine barrel, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/sourness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from acidity/tannins, increasing through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately acidic/tannic, and lightly grainy/creamy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an excellent dry hopped sour ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, citrus/fruity hops, wine barrel, and light-moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the balanced acidity. A very enjoyable offering.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Hoppy Sour: El Dorado from Almanac Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Apex, pours a cloudy golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is fairly acidic, with loads of citrus tartness, aggressive dry hopping and some acetic notes. Flavour is acidic, tart and bitter, with lots of citrus dry hopping, high acidity, and moderate tartness. Fairly abrasive but it works. The high acidity clashes with the dry hopping to create a fairly harsh beer, but it's decent.
CLW (17000) reviewed Hoppy Sour: El Dorado from Almanac Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
375 ml bottle thanks to Willrunforbeer on this share. Aroma is brett, light grassy, and a herabl dankness. Not weed but dank.
The flavor is big on bretty yeast with a mild malt sweetness in the center. almost a sour pineapple or citrus toward the finish with a light lingering sour aftertaste. Very light pucker, but not overly so. The body is the light of medium with a tight carbonation.
For the style this is enjoyable for me but I can say it isn’t my favorite in the series. But does display plenty of flavor.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Hoppy Sour: El Dorado from Almanac Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours hazy gold with a slight white head. Very light sour aroma - more pale stone or seeded fruit and earth. Med body. Flavor is pale stone fruit, sour white berries, and the sour is fairly mild. Finish goes somewhat funky, but it remains quite pleasant. Brett? Sort of; it is just support - it does not dominate. Good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a hazy burnt yellow color with a slim finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Lingering semi-thin white lacing roaming all around the glass.
The smell starts off with a nice sour brett to semi-sweet underneath with a nice grassy to citrus to dry woody underneath, still big and lush with a freshness feel sealing everything together.
The flavor brings all of this together to impart a super big mouth puckering sour bretty - flavor. Lush sweet to sour aftertaste leading into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body, decent sessionable feel about it. Carbonation rides nicely underneath.
Overall, as an American Wild ale, it totally works and is fantastic, I would love to have again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Harry’s Hofbrau. Pleasant brett and earth, citrus. Hazy deep yellow with white head that is retained throughout the pour.