Pentagram
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
7.53
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100% Brettanomyces dark beer, fermented in stainless and aged in used red wine barrels. “Brett” is a unique yeast strain that produces flavors that would be offensive if they weren’t intentional. Flavors of sour cherry, tobacco, oak, and classic “Brett” barnyard funk, balanced by Dark Munich malt chewiness. Enjoy immediately or age at cellar temperature for a couple years.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ CBC, 2014. Pours ruby amber with a small head. Dark fruit, brett, cherries and mild marzipan. Crisp and nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2014
at 00:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught as "Pentagram Brettanomyces Ale” @ CBC’14
Aroma is woody with vinegar and sour cherries. Flavour is a bit bland with some vinegar, woody tones and cherry juice. Not my thing, too close to oud bruin.
Tried
on 02 May 2014
at 03:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From notes, consumed on 3/25/13 at ChurchKey during CBC Week. Draft (2013) poured into a tasting snifter. Pours a dark brownish color with off-white head. Aromas of red wine, grapes, vinegar. Tasting notes of dark fruit, light herbs, sour grapes, tart notes, vinegar. Medium body with a semi-dry finish. 8/4/9/4/16
4 ounces on draft (2014) at ChurchKey during the SAVOR Surly event on 5/8/2014. Pours a dark reddish brown with off-white head. Aromas of red wine, vinegar, tart fruit. Tasting notes of red wine, vinegar, tart and dark fruit. Medium body with a dry finish. 8/4/9/4/18
4 ounces on draft (2014) at ChurchKey during the SAVOR Surly event on 5/8/2014. Pours a dark reddish brown with off-white head. Aromas of red wine, vinegar, tart fruit. Tasting notes of red wine, vinegar, tart and dark fruit. Medium body with a dry finish. 8/4/9/4/18
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2014
at 21:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at GTWM 2013. Deep burgundy brown body. Very nice beer. Sour red grape edges. Vinous tones merged with mellow brown malt. Balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2014
at 18:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg@CBC2013 Clear deep amber color, small beige head. Nice tart, fruity aroma. Medium-bodied. Tart, fruity flavor, apple. This is delicious.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2013
at 09:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 75 cl. Pours an almost clear orangey brown with a small, off-white head. Lovely smell of overrripe or even rotten dark fruits, massive Brett and funk up there. Medium body, very woody, tart red berries - a lovely complexity. Ends tart, but never overly so. Up there with the best Belgian Sour Reds. 141113
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2013
at 05:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From the October 2013 3R6P tasting. +++ Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark brown color with hints of red-plum and a medium sized foamy-soapy beige head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was sour, tart, yeasty, bretty and a bit chalky. The flavor was very tart and sour with a strong brett bresence, chalk, a hint of vinegar, a touch of nut and a lactic presence underneath. Very long tart. sour and lactic finish. Medium body. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2013
at 15:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours cloudy brown, small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is tart cherry, oak, vinous. Flavor is about the same, red wine and oak tannins dominate. Light sour, not much funk or Brett. Medium body. Nice, not amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2013
at 19:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. From notes. Grapes and funk with a good dose of fermented berries and caramel. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2013
at 21:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 @RBSG-Minni-disappearing offwhite-dk copper. A-roast-med malt. T-tart fruit, roast-dk malt.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2013
at 07:52