Field Spirits
The Ale Apothecary in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.25
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Wild ale brewed with rye and honey, aged in wine barrels
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Backlog. Hazy coppery brpwn colour with a tiny head. Aroma is wood, some red wine, mild toasted and rye bready tones with quite much tartness as well. Flavour is slightly acidic tartness with some tanninlike dry elements as well as some wooden and slight fruity tones. Wild, but a bit too much on the acidic side of things.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2025
at 10:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle pours out amber color topped with a small fizzy head. Nose is nice berries barrels tart sour kick and spice. Taste is more of the nice tart berries currants spice and barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2022
at 21:26
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dirty brown with a small beige head. Soured nice red fruity grape with a touch of purple raisin. Soured dark fruit and raisins with a touch of purple jelly.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Legacy Liquor Store
on 27 Apr 2022
at 23:36
8/10
Vinegary and funky sour
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2021
at 18:25
8/10
Brewed 9.2017, bottled 1.2018, nice tannic berry notes, woody honey finish, some rye on the nose and front, not too tannic either, just right with the funk upfront too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2020
at 21:20
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2020
at 22:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Süffiger, süß-säuerlicher Beginn. Wenig Alkohol, Holznoten, minimale Bitterkeit. Spritzig, holzig-herb, steigende Säure. Langer Nachhall. 10/11/12/11//11
Tried
on 06 Nov 2019
at 18:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cherry and pit notes. Clear copper with a small beige head. Tart, caramel, plum and a long finish.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2019
at 03:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium brown. No head. Looks flat. It's not entirely flat, but it is very acidic. The rye lends this sort of bitterness, maybe some spice. It doesn't really flow. Some usual dark sour notes, but also a rich barrel character. Decent, characterful.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2019
at 03:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
375mL bottle, pours a hazy bronze / copper with almost no head. Nose is full of oak barrels, red wine tang, earthy rye, and some wild yeast. Flavour is sharp, with lots of red wine tang, balsamic, some rye and wild yeast. Puckering as hell. There is a lot going on here, but it's way too puckering and chaotic. Fun beer, but for this price, this doesn't deliver.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2019
at 03:08