Stillwater Preternatural Cuvée 3

Preternatural Cuvée 3

 

Stillwater in Grand Mound, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: Faction Brewing
  Farmhouse - Imperial Saison Series Out of Production
Score
7.04
ABV: 8.8% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Barrel-aged farmhouse ale brewed with cabernet sauvignon, sauvignon blanc and viognier grapes.

Aged 3 years in french, hungarian and american oak.

Refermented in the bottle. Lightly carbonated.
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle split at the Watford Tasting, 11/03/22, thanks to LKS. Hazed orange amber with an off white cap that veers edgewards. Nose is tangy fruit esters, green berry must, damp hay, funk, vinous, light acidic nostril twinge. Taste comprises vanilla oak, damp cloth, hay bale, sweet elements, stewed fruits. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a tangy lightly acidic close. Ok ... expected more from this.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2022 at 10:35


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Panda thanks to Fergus: Poured an orange amber with a bubble white head. Aroma is woodsy, grain, citrus, grapes, vinous, straw, funky. Taste is grape, woodsy, oaky, tingly, tart, grain, cereal.

Tried on 29 May 2022 at 22:46


7.4

A lot of grape, and barrel, theres a slightly metallic sharpness, if I couldn’t account for the storage personally, I would say maybe it was slightly stored improperly, tart and dry at the end, the fruit is not so intense, lots of woody oak

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2022 at 00:48


7

Tried on 11 Mar 2022 at 16:35


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the watford tasting 11/03/2022. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A mostly clear golden orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is varnish, alcohol, vanilla, green America sour. apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, tangy sour, green apple, raw oak, harsh sour. Palate is semi sweet, alcohol, tangy, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2022 at 16:32


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared in Watford - picked up from Rad Beer. Pours clear honey-orange-good with a small, creamy white head. Light-medium sweet flavour, salty, some white grape, melon, tangerine, white grape. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming, more salt, ripe citrus fruits, white wine barrel. Tasty stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2022 at 16:31


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle, taster. @Artbeerfest 2019 Bottle Share, Caminha (Portugal). 13/07/2019. Clear golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma is wild yeast, oak barrels, fermented white grapes and soft tart. Taste is almost the same, leading to an intense dry and sour finish. Next one please!

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2019 at 17:12