Donkey Venom (2018-)
Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.32
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One of the first aged sours to leave oak at Bellwoods, Donkey Venom is a complex beer that we've brewed and blended many times over the years -- constantly subject to our relentless process of refinement. At its roots it's a rich, dark ale, but the time it spends in barrels with brett and bacteria harmonizes the ingredients, yielding bright levels of acidity and complimentary fruit flavours. A hybrid style of sorts, that defies simple categorization.
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EB from natural wine and grape “lambic” tasting. Decent enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2021
at 15:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks troubles. Black. Funk, cobwebs, cellar, cherries, oak, vinous, sour, a bit of malt sweetness, light roasty note. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2021
at 16:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours black with a very small brown head. Aroma of malt, light sourness, caramel, wood, dried fruit, balsamico. Flavor is light sweet, sourness, malt, caramel, wood, fruit, vinegar. Medium body, soft to average carbonation, dry and acidic finish. 041020
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2020
at 15:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Højbjerg Tasting ] - Saxo House, Højbjerg - Aarhus, Denmark.
[ As Bellwoods Donkey Venom - 2019 ].
ABV: 8.5%. Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, sour berries, blackcurrant, wood, barrel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, tart, berries, dark malt, chocolate - mocha, barrel, caramel, wood, blackcurrant. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20201003]
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Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2020
at 14:04
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice cider flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2020
at 12:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich wood, red wine, roast malt, berries, fruits, chocolate and hops. Nice long sour finish. Yummy!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2020
at 11:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @Saxo's. Black, beige head. nice dark berry aroma, some dark malt too. sour flavour, dark berries. creamy mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2020
at 11:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Almost black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, dark fruit, tart fruit and wood. Flavor is quite sweet and rather acidic. Dry and rather acidic finish. 031020
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2020
at 11:53
4.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3
This sour poured a deep black colour with a creamy, tan coloured head. Outstanding lacing. Scents include ripe fruit, mince meat and a little barnyard. First swig was interesting. Flavours of sour, mincemeat again and a little spice. Finish is malty with the sour flavour lingering.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2020
at 19:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Glass, 4-ounce, draught, drunk at Lupulus, savoured on October 30 2018; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, ring of brown head, light lacing; nose: roasting, sourness, coffee, light cherry; mouth: roasting, sourness, light cherry, light acidity, light tannin, finale in sourness with presence of coffee, good carbonation, slightly bitter, lightly sweet, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Verre, 4 onces, en fût, bue chez Lupulus, savourée le 30 octobre 2018; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse brune, légère dentelle; nez : torréfaction, aigreur, café, léger cerise; bouche : torréfaction, aigreur, café, léger cerise, légère acidité, léger tanin, finale en aigreur avec présence de café, corsée, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Verre, 4 onces, en fût, bue chez Lupulus, savourée le 30 octobre 2018; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse brune, légère dentelle; nez : torréfaction, aigreur, café, léger cerise; bouche : torréfaction, aigreur, café, léger cerise, légère acidité, léger tanin, finale en aigreur avec présence de café, corsée, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
on 27 Oct 2019
at 20:40