Monolith
(has 1 batch)
Burning Sky Brewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Special|
Score
7.10
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Black beer with brett & lacto. Aged for 8 months in ex red wine foudre.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Aroma and flavour are woody and fruity. Some raisins. Very dry tasting. Just a slight astringent note too.
Earlier Rating: 10/19/2014 Total Score: 3.2
Black, no head. Roast malt aroma. Thin body. Has a edge of dark fruits. Not particularly sour.
Earlier Rating: 10/19/2014 Total Score: 3.2
Black, no head. Roast malt aroma. Thin body. Has a edge of dark fruits. Not particularly sour.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2017
at 16:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Thank you for sharing RB Crew! Sampled 750 ml. bottle @ GBF 2017. Aged on wine foudre. I found the base beer to be rather decent but this one didn’t appeal to me. Dark brown, little head. Nose is weird soured dark malt, spoiled sweet cherry, flat oxidized spoiled wine & oak. Taste is rotting cherry, watery wine oak, spoiled bark, watery spoiled sweet cherry, body is likewise. Didn’t work for me, I question a bit that this was the intent. Earlier Rating: 9/30/2014 Total Score: 3.7Sampled draft @ Borefts 2014. Thank you! Black, little tanned head. Mocha, syrup, malty, light tart fruit & roast. Fruity herbal. Not bad but didn’t figure out that this was a sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2017
at 04:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel and a little brett. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, brett, medium sweet, dry, notes of sourness, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2017
at 09:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 ml green botlle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8%. Barrel aged dark beer, aged for 1 year in a red wine foudre. Black colour, moderate tan head. Strong aroma of red wine, oak, brettanomyces, roast malts. Malty flavour, slight roast, chocolate, lactose, distinct notes of red wine, brettanomyces and oak. Moderate hops. Very good beer.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2017
at 16:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ BrewDog Shepherds Bush, Shepherds Bush W12. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart aroma. Fruity sour tart caramel flavor. Has a fruity sour tart lactic caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jan 2017
at 05:10
8/10
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Tried
on 12 Oct 2016
at 18:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
27.08.2016, 0,75l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet and roasted, dark malts, bloodlike minerals, licorice, oak, redwine, chocolate, grass, caramel, alcohol. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, weeds, roasted grain, oak, dark malts, minerals, hay, chocolate, bark, alcohol, redwine. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mineraly mouthfeel. Fair enough.
27.09.2014, tap sample @ Borefts:
6-3-5-3-9=2,6
Small shortlasting head. Aroma is mild sour-ish, dried dark fruits, redwine barrel, caramel malts, hay, sugar, hints of paint. Taste is dry and slightly harsh, heather, redwine barrel, cardboard, bark, caramel malts, hay, grass, dried dark fruits, weeds. Medium bitterness, dry slightly harsh mouthfeel. Not my cup of tea.
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet and roasted, dark malts, bloodlike minerals, licorice, oak, redwine, chocolate, grass, caramel, alcohol. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, weeds, roasted grain, oak, dark malts, minerals, hay, chocolate, bark, alcohol, redwine. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mineraly mouthfeel. Fair enough.
27.09.2014, tap sample @ Borefts:
6-3-5-3-9=2,6
Small shortlasting head. Aroma is mild sour-ish, dried dark fruits, redwine barrel, caramel malts, hay, sugar, hints of paint. Taste is dry and slightly harsh, heather, redwine barrel, cardboard, bark, caramel malts, hay, grass, dried dark fruits, weeds. Medium bitterness, dry slightly harsh mouthfeel. Not my cup of tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2016
at 14:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
At GBF. Apparently a kind of strong milk stout refermented with Brettanomyces - a first for me. Lightly lacing, moussy, tan head over a very dark burgundy coloured beer with wine red hue, translucent so not literally ’black’ as indicated. Aroma of caramel, cocoa, leather, moldy hazelnut shells, blackberries, cassis, fig. Soft dried fruit and candied fig sweetishness, softish carbo, sourish touch, supple caramelly and nutty middle, leathery Brett accents towards the finish, dryish but still juicy, rounded, lightly bittering. Unusual but very enjoyable, but more a kind of ’Bretty’ porter than a stout - or indeed a brown sour ale?
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2016
at 13:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared BOTTLE 75 CL. Inky black, beige head. A bit watered down dark fruit and molasses. Hint of warming alcohol and light chlorophyll bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2016
at 07:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Indewildeman, 28th July 16. Poured a darkish colour. Aroma is complex, slight sour, fruit, malts. Taste is fruity, slight chocolate, not a lot of sour, but a hint. Not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2016
at 15:23