Barrel Aged Old Bat Rastard 2011
Freetail Brewing Co. in San Antonio, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.45
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2011 Vintage Opens with a huge hiss, but no overflow, but its difficult to pour because of the carbonation issue. Pours a solid dark brown with a huge bubbly off white head that slowly dissipates to a drinkable level. Smells of bourbon and oak in spades. There’s lots of tart fruit and funk some sweetness is still there deep underneath, but I feel that that would eventually disappear as the brett chewed through the rest of the residual sugars in this brew. The flavor is quite tart with lemons and cherries against a lightly sweet caramel malt backbone. Medium body with an insane level of carbonation and a slick and tart mouthfeel. Flavor wise this is a nice fruity American sour ale. I enjoyed drinking it, but I feel I have to knock it for being an infected mistake. I looked on the brewery’s website and I can’t figure out the intent of this beer. Old Bat Rastard is a winter warmer according to the website, this barrel aged version is not listed. This website calls this an old ale which it is not, well it’s not anymore. I guess its a nice soured flanders old ale? This was 1 of 200 bottles, what a shame!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared by zinister at the Houston May 2011 tasting. Pours a clear amber with small off white head. Aroma is sour rasberry and fruit. thin mouthfeel with a sour fruit and bitter finish. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
22oz bottle-shared by jtclockwork-pours a dissipating tan head and brown/copper color. Aroma is apicy wood, brett, medium malt-toffee. Won’t argue with whiskey, but more vinuous. Taste is tart medium/dark fruit-grape/plum, medium malt-caramel. Soft carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from a generous trader. Shared with jcwattsrugger. Pours dark brown. Tan head. Vinous notes in the nose. Lots of barrel, plum, dates, funk and caramel. Taste is slightly tart plums, dates, funk, wood and vinous notes. Seems more like a sour/wild than an old ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle thanks to torino. Hazed brown pour with a tan head. Aromas of butterscotch, popcorn, caramel and red wine. Flavors of red wine, butter and caramel. Light bubbles. Diacetyl! I remember 2010 being better.