John's Grocery Sour Ale
CIB Brewery in Carson, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.31
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4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Batch 4, Bottle 58. Mmm... 1%-ile for style. I see this is top notch stuff. Bottle from you know where. Dark brown pour. A very vigorous pour yielded a thin brown head that faded nearly instantly. Seems to be a common thread with this brewery. Aroma of tart cherry and soy. Taste is tart cherry, cherry pits, soy. Thin, slick, lingering tartness. This is underrated... definitely deserves 2nd percentile for style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2017
at 20:32
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sampled during RBSG. From notes. Hmmm, wtf?!? It’s like someone filled a green pepper with sour patch kids and I took a bite...
Tried
on 17 Dec 2014
at 23:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tasting at Ferris’, batch 2, bottle 192
Dark brown color, near black, brownish head. Fruity and sour aroma. Sourish flavor, a bit chocolatey, definitively fruity.
Not bad.
Dark brown color, near black, brownish head. Fruity and sour aroma. Sourish flavor, a bit chocolatey, definitively fruity.
Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2014
at 00:19
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
750mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany / dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma brings out some nail polish, ketchup-y chili, vegetal notes, and vinegar. Flavour is actually not that terrible, with notes of celery and other vegetable notes, and vinegar. Lots of off-notes, but not actually as offensive as the average rating suggests. Certainly not good and barely drinkable, but not so abhorrently terrible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2014
at 11:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Ketchup, malts and some weird chilli. Cleanish brown copper with a decent light brown head. Tart, again some chilli and weird caramel, ketchup you notes. Not bad, but not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2014
at 20:21
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle @ RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity very sour tart acidic vinegar aroma. Fruity sour tart vinegar flavor. Has a fruity sour tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2014
at 15:56
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
@jts 7/5/11k jt/jredmond/jcw Gathering 750ml bottle-Batch 1, like there should be a batch 2! tan-dk copper. A-tomato, jalepeno, spaghetti sauce, olive juice. T-tomato, olive juice, sour/acetic, med malt, some herbal hops. It looked ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2014
at 19:11
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle at 7K/5K tasting. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose and taste of basil, pizza sauce, sour caramel/dark fruit and tomato paste. Lighter medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2014
at 11:26
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 3.5
Bottle with friends in Denver. Thanks pepsican! Cola, dark brown appearance with a brown head and decent retention. Vinous, tannic, dark cherry, apple, tomato, olive aroma. Tangy sour green olives, green apple, red grape, a bit woody, funky, yum a dum dum flavor. Maybe their best offering yet. Cheers, John!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2013
at 11:07