Bokonon
Shady Oak Barrel House in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.81
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jtclockwork (20063) reviewed Bokonon from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared with Yanick. Pours cloudy yellow white head. Nose/taste of yeast cake, barnyard, pear, lemon, oak and lightly soured wheat - medium body.
bb (18607) reviewed Bokonon from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Golden beer with a cream head. Tart and light fruity aroma. Tart and Bretty flavor with fruitiness. Medium bodied. Tart and fruitiness lingers with Brett.
Bytemesis (16323) reviewed Bokonon from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle - thanks to Brian! Pours hazy golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is superfunk, major barnyard, hay and Brett. Flavor is very light sweet, very funky, lots of Brett, feet, horse blankets, musty basements. Fairly sharp. Medium body. As somebody at the tasting commented, this is mainly just a yeast vessel. There is nothing going on here but liquid suspended yeast.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Bokonon from Shady Oak Barrel House 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours with a very light hazed yellow hued body with a medium sized rocky white head with good retention. Aromas are of dried fruit, apricot, light hops, some funk, moderate clove phenols, black pepper, mango, ripe apple, barnyard, strawberry. Mild malt. Flavors are a bit soapy, funky, light plastic phenols. Pretty fruit forward with ripe apple, mild stone fruit. Plastic/suntan lotion phenol gets very distracting as it warms. Briney. Lively carbonation, dry body.
ineedbeer (4102) reviewed Bokonon from Shady Oak Barrel House 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from a bottle. Aroma is fairly fruit forward with pineapple, mango and other tropical fruits. Some light red apple and stone fruit with hints of citrus. A moderate phenolic note, mostly grains of paradise and coriander but also a touch of pepper and Band-Aid. Light background grain notes. Pours a pale, hazy, gold with a large, thick, frothy white head that shows above average retention. Moderate lacing and faint legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with a bit of a light grain note. Moderate phenolic notes of coriander, pepper and clove with some medium Band-Aid notes. Moderate tropical fruit with pineapple and mango most prevalent. Light citrus and acidity as well as light stone fruit. Rather dry finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright beer but the phenolic character is a bit over powering and off putting. Some nice citrus and fruit, but not enough. Not sure if the yeast is just going through a bad stretch or if this need to be consumed very fresh.
DSG (25989) reviewed Bokonon from Shady Oak Barrel House 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[2/12/15] Bottle sample at joet’s place. Thanks Joe! Cloudy yellow. Aroma of brett, fruitiness and a bit of aluminum foil. Very dry flavor with some funk, fruitiness, aluminum and soapy/rubbery notes. Medium-bodied.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Bokonon from Shady Oak Barrel House 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Capped 750 from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours hazy gold with a creamy/foamy white head. Large bubble blew up on the bottle, then went "pop". Aroma of yeast, funk, citrus (maybe even pineapple), and some brett notes. Med body. Flavor starts funky/paper, moves on to citrus/pineapple, then continues by leaving barnyard tracks on the tongue. Rather mild sour in some ways, but the flavors are substantial. Think we have a winner here.