The Gift of Comfort
(has 3 batches)
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.33
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With a touch of rosehips and a hint of locally-harvested Meyer lemon, this blonde ale rested in Sante Arcangeli Family Wines’ chardonnay barrels with our house culture until achieving a pleasant tartness. The resulting beer is bright and refreshing, but with a complex barrel character. As you enjoy this beer with friends, we hope you are reminded to offer each other the gift of comfort — one of the most important gifts we can give one another. Sante!
Sara Cellar Release 2016 Q2
Sara Cellar Release 2016 Q2
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Linus. Hazy yellow pour with a white head. Very simple sour with pretty much all lemon juice, minerals, dry soil & lemon zest. Very tasty but perhaps too simple. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sante Adairius The Gift of Comfort on 29 Sep 2017 at 21:43 - Score: 8. Original review text: Very simple sour with pretty much all lemon juice, minerals, dry soil & lemon zest. Very tasty but perhaps too simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2017
at 03:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is slightly acidic with a medium light citrus note. Some nice chardonnay notes with some grape and oak tannins. Light floral notes with some light stone fruit character as well. Hints of tropical fruit. A little more oak as it warms. Pours a hazy, pale yellow straw color with a medium small, thick, white head that recedes to the edges where it lingers for a bit. Moderate lacing and no legs. Flavor is slightly acidic with a light grain note. Medium light lemon notes with hints of the rose hips. Medium light chardonnay notes with light notes of green grapes, oak and tannins, Faint tropical and stone fruit notes as well. Moderately dry finish. Mouthfeel is light bodied and perhaps a bit watery with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a bee with great balanced and nuanced flavors and aromas, but I feel like the mouthfeel is a bit lacking. The character from the house culture is definitely present and works very nicely with the lemons and rose hips. The barrel character is a bit strong in the aroma until it warms up, but it is well integrated in the flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2016
at 23:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear pale golden, small white head, some lacing. Aroma is oaky, white grape, chardonnay barrels, lemon. flavor is light tart, hint of residual sweetness, light funk, fruity oak tannin, lemon zest, white wine. Medium body, soft mouthfeel. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2016
at 01:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Russell. Pours a hazy yellow gold with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is funk, oak, stone fruit, lemon zest. Thin body, lemon, funky, oak, nice tartness, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2016
at 22:11