Be Still
The Ale Apothecary in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.05
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Dark sour aged in fresh pinot barrels and finished in rye barrels prior to infusing with cascara and cocoa nibs. Served barrel-still without carbonation.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Earthy and woody with red berry. Deep copper. Wood, earth and savoury notes. Not my thing.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2019
at 03:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazed reddish copper ale with no head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with loads of dark fruits, molasses, plums, licorice, light acidity, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with ground cherries, lactic acid, Epsom salts, very nice and complex. Bottle at Pushkinwows Xmas 2018 gathering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2018
at 02:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Beer Legends beer tasting; dark chestnut brown pour with a thin tan head, aroma has chocolate and dark fruits, taste has some sourness, but mostly chocolate, struggled with this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2018
at 17:03
7/10
Pachnie kakowo-kawowo specyficznie, milo, spira kwasnosc i wytrawnosc w uscie
Tried
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 04 Mar 2018
at 16:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Christmas tasting. Dark Amber pour, tin bubbly head. Pit fruit savory aroma. Taste too is fruity, plums, funky notes.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2017
at 21:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Wine bottle. A little rye barrel, a little alcohol, but light sourness balances. Flavor is a cool mix of sour and wood and alcohol. Cool sstillish shit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2016
at 23:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Saraveza Farmhouse Festival, pours a still dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of sweet perfumey notes, sherry liqueur and dark fruits. Flavour is unusual, with notes of rye whiskey and sherry liqueur. Has a lot of nail polish in there too, but it's not too detracting. Not carbonated (duh), but it works well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2016
at 02:17
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
The beer is still and dark maroon. Fruity with some chocolate. Lots of cherry coffee flavor. I like it a lot more than expected. Mild oak and spirit flavor. A little sharp on the palate but great complexity.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2015
at 02:37
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Astoria share. Pours amber. Nose/taste of whiskey, cocoa, wine, light smoke, nutty malt and coffee. Flat. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2014
at 13:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aroma is interesting with a nice barrel character of both whiskey and pinot noir. Moderately strong coffee character with some light chocolate notes. Quite a bit of fruitiness with some light phenolic notes and a bit of the Oregon poopiness. Pours a dark brown with lighter brown notes on the edges. No head or lacing and small legs. Flavor has a nice light malt character with quite a bit of fruitiness and acidity. The coffee is less noticeable than in the aroma with lighter chocolate notes as well. Lots of dark berries and cherries. Lighter barrel character than in the aroma, but still quite a bit of red wine. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with no carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a very interesting beer but I am not sure I am a huge fan. It is better than expected, but still not great. Definitely works as a still beer and I am not sure carbonation would have helped, in fact it probably would have hurt the beer.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2014
at 17:43