Blackberry Harvest
Urban Family Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Berliner Weisse Regular|
Score
6.78
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to Chow. Pours a hazy ruby with small pinkish white head that lasts. The aroma is spice, berry, wet diaper, funk. Slick body, blackberry, brett, light tartness, dry finish, good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy ruby reddish orange color with 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, plum, orange, pear, red/green apple, red grape, melon, hay, straw, grass, pepper, wheat, and white bread; with light notes of oak, vanilla, musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, blackberries, and light-moderate pale malt/oak notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, plum, orange, pear, red/green apple, red grape, melon, hay, straw, grass, pepper, wheat, and white bread; with light notes of oak, vanilla, musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, plum, orange, pear, red/green apple, red grape, melon, hay, straw, grass, pepper, wheat, white bread, light oak/funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, blackberries, and light-moderate pale malt/oak flavors; with a great malt/tart/spiciness balance; and zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from tart/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, grainy/acidic/tangy, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited wild saison. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, blackberries, and light-moderate pale malt/oak flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink; with the modestly tart/tangy/spicy/drying finish. Great well rounded Brett and saison yeast complexity with balanced berries; solid oak presence and malt backbone. Not as jammy as I hoped for, but I think the saison yeast has a lot to do with that. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From a bottle. Pours a clear rose with a scant head. Aroma of berries and vonegar. Flavors of blackberries, a hint of oak and tart citrus. Light bodied and refreshing.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Red-amber color, bright, with small head. Nice aroma, berries and Brett. Bone dry mouthfeel, weak, without much flavor to talk about.
Boring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Update - Draft - Light and refreshing black Berry through and through. Mellow and clean sourness. Bottle - Cranberry and other berries with a touch of funk. Deep pink red with a small white head. Light sour and cranberry notes with a touch of funk. A little bland.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500mL bottle, pours a hazy pinkish red with a small off-white head. Aroma is pretty subdued, bringing out very light blackberry tartness, a little pith, and some tannins. Flavour is along the same lines, with subdued tart blackberry notes, light tannins, and a touch of acidity. Light and restrained with not a whole lot going on, but it's pleasant enough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - pours pink white head - nose/taste of blackberry, farmhouse notes and fruity sour notes- med body