Bluejacket Gene Turns 10k

Gene Turns 10k

 

Bluejacket in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Intangible Ales
  Sour / Wild Beer Special Out of Production
Score
7.32
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 29 Ticks: 33
A farmhouse ale brewed for Gene Bonventre’s 10,000th RateBeer rating! Crisp, dry and subtly nuanced, offering an aromatic array of lemon zest, cracked pepper, white grapefruit and earthy funk; crafted in collaboration with our friends Terry Hawbaker & Kristen Mullen (Intangible Ales), as well as with our good buddy Gene himself. Brewed with rye & oats, hopped with Citra, Aramis & Chinook, soured with lactobacillus and fermented exclusively with Brettanomyces Bruxellensis Drei for six months in tank.
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering 2015. Pours hazy golden with a white head. Brett, fruity hops, wood and funk. Late popcorn. Congrats Travlr!
Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2015 at 09:01

7.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy yellow without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, citrus and barnyard. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 280815
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2015 at 14:23

7.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Clear golden with tiny head. Aroma is malt, brett, lemon, fruit, little citrus and hop. Flavour is malt, friut, hop, citrus, brett, baking yeast, little grapefruit, little tart, little lemon, notes of yeast, medium sweet, oak, little dry and medium bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2015 at 14:22

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Frothy White fair mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Cloudy. Moderate sour aroma. Moderate bitter sour flavor. mango notes. Average light sour finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2015 at 14:20

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled @ Danish Summer Gathering 2015 Milchig trübes dunkel goldgelbes Bier, kein Schaum. Geruch dezent säuerlich, tropische Früchte, Äpfel. Geschmack mild säuerlich, Steinobst, Citrus, lecker!
Tried on 28 Aug 2015 at 14:19

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at RBWG ’15 Grand Tasting @ Coppertail, thanks to Gene, 21/02/15. Golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is funk, light pee, dungy brett notes, tangy citric peel, straw. Taste comprises yeast, vanilla, brett strokes, funk, citric piss, damp hay. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light puckering close. Ok sour.
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2015 at 07:00

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared during the RBWG 2015 Grand Tasting. Thanks for sharing! Pours clear gold with a foamy white head. Delicate aroma, with nice melon and lemon notes. Light sweet flavor with some biscuits, cereal, mild butter and tangerine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with sugary cereal, ripe and sweet citrus fruits, pale bread. OK overall.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2015 at 05:15

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours gold white head. Nose/taste of lemon, peppercorn, sour funk, lemongrass. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2015 at 21:31

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle shared by Gene at RBWG grand tasting in Tampa, thanks and congrats again!
Clear light golden with a small white head, some lacing. Mild aroma is fruity. Flavors of pit fruit, tart and cereal
Nice, easy drinking.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2015 at 19:21

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle - Light citrus and a bit of ammonia. Pale gold with no head. Tart light acidic lemon citrus and a tart finish. Light finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2015 at 13:45