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[BANISHED] Freakcake
Crux Fermentation Project in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Series Out of Production|
Score
7.39
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We've taught an old brown new tricks. The brunette hue is derived from roasted Belgian aromatic malts, and fruity esters are augmented by lemon and orange zest. For a further twist, Brettanomyces induced secondary fermentation flecked with sour cherries, raisins, cranberries, figs, dates, and currants for a mildly acidic ale. Enjoy this gift now, or for even freakier, age it somewhere dark for the ultimate re-gift.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: dark amber/brown/mahogany colored with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate. Once it did, mild lace met the rim of the beer
Aroma: low amount of roasted malt, light tones of bourbon barrel, candy-like dark fruits, slight vinegar, green apples
Flavor: wraps up the prior noted aromas to a sour to sweet to tart to roasty and earthy conglomeration; mild finish of the bourbon barrel, dark fruits and earthy vibes
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper! Some smoothness but also a lot of dryness
Overall: as far as I know this is very good for this style and for me but I really need a lot of water after this because it's as dry as it is.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: dark amber/brown/mahogany colored with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate. Once it did, mild lace met the rim of the beer
Aroma: low amount of roasted malt, light tones of bourbon barrel, candy-like dark fruits, slight vinegar, green apples
Flavor: wraps up the prior noted aromas to a sour to sweet to tart to roasty and earthy conglomeration; mild finish of the bourbon barrel, dark fruits and earthy vibes
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper! Some smoothness but also a lot of dryness
Overall: as far as I know this is very good for this style and for me but I really need a lot of water after this because it's as dry as it is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2026
at 19:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at the source, July 2016. Pours clear deep ruby amber with a thin beige head. Aroma: lots of bourbon, brown sugar, raisisn, oak, like a boozy fruitcake. Taste: raisins, bourbon barrel, fruitcake, cherry, dark fruits, oak, brown sugar. Medium body with light carbonation. Lovely
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2021
at 19:22
8.5/10
Heavy fruitcake, could be more Brett funked,
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2020
at 23:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Highland 8-4-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2019
at 00:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Lots of bourbon. Lots of boozy sweetness. Boozy sweet finish. Not my thing. Pours brown with good head and lacing. Tap.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2019
at 03:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap. Pours a dark reddish brown with light head. Aromas of sherry/vermouth, old vinous wood and alchohol. Very oxidized flavors follow same with additional dry dark fruit. Not a fan. Glad I didn’t grab a bottle.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2018
at 22:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a brown reddish hue with no head. Aroma oaky with cherry dark malts. Taste is oaks wine dark malts fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2018
at 07:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This has bright tartness, light fruit, a lot of wood. Quite lactic, just a touch of acetic. Ok brew, I’d like the fruit to stand out more.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2017
at 16:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar (W. Broadway), Vancouver
Cloudy dark brown color. Nice aroma of dark fruits, acid. Smooth mouthfeel, strong body, highly carbonated, some light caramel, light residual sweetness, sour, vinous, dark fruits.
Very good.
Cloudy dark brown color. Nice aroma of dark fruits, acid. Smooth mouthfeel, strong body, highly carbonated, some light caramel, light residual sweetness, sour, vinous, dark fruits.
Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2017
at 12:11
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Rating #6500! Deep dark brown coloured body with an amazingly nice ruby and violet glow and tint, all with a nice, and relatively fast-dying tan head, only about one to two centimetres tall. Aroma of super nice and tart cherries, raspberries, gueuze, grain, pitted fruits, light hops, alcohol, funk and a good deal of oak, vanilla and barrels - very nice and incredibly complex in the nose. Medium-bodied; Assertive funk and barrels in the flavour as well with oak, vanilla and bourbon all noticeable, but that gives way to a nice and delicate blend of fruits with prunes, plums, apricots and then some of the lighter berries also noticeable that lend the smallest amount of tartness you could imagine, but definitely noticeable. Aftertaste is the delight of this one with a good amalgamation of sour, tart, boozey, malty and sweet at the end showing a good balance throughout without too much of any of these characteristics with a nice smooth finish that doesn't show nearly double-digit alcohol percentages, just a nice complexity and mellow tartness which blends the style lines here. Overall, a very nice and complex beer that seem to have done quite well with aging extra on your own, as the complexity is definitely there, without any astringent flavours or pungency in terms of alcohol or biting bitterness. Great to sample now, around the Christmas season, and of course, as a 'special' rating (#6500!). I sampled this wax-sealed 37,5 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 10-March-2015 for US$13,51 a few weeks after my second daughter was born, sampled a few weeks after my first son was born, on 03-December-2017. Bottling: 2014 Vintage (No specific date printed on bottle) / Purchased: 10-March-2015 / Sampled: 03-December-2017
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2017
at 01:44