Bellwoods Brewery Donkey Venom (2018-)

Donkey Venom (2018-)

 

Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
7.32
ABV: 8.5% IBU: - Ticks: 32
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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4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

500ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average, firm, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Heavily bretty, funky, sharp, tangy, slightly fruity aroma, notes of privy, redcurrant, morello, dark malty background with a touch of cocoa. Taste is slightly dry, sour, bretty, funky, minimally fruity, slightly lactic, hints of red currant, morello, widely disguised, dark malty basis. I really liked all Bellwoods beers I had so far - but this one absolutely doesn't work for me. Almost undrinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2019 at 19:00


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Soured dark fruit. Deep brown with a small beige head. Soured dark malts, dark fruit and a touch of acidity.

Tried on 20 Jun 2019 at 02:24


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500mL bottle, pours black with a reddish tinge and a small tan head. Aroma brings out medium roast, tart dark red fruits, and some wood. Flavour is quite woody, with lots of tart dark red fruits, medium roast, and wood. The wood nicely accentuates the fruitness, and tempers the sourness. Very solid stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2019 at 02:22


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown, no head. Fairly toasty, quite a bit of sour so like blackberries and stuff. On the palate, it's definitely sour, dark fruits, a tannic barrel note. Lots of stuff, but nothing happening really, just another dark sour as far as I can tell.

Tried from Can on 20 Jun 2019 at 02:21


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bouteille 500ml, gracieuseté de msjpearson, Thanks Mike! Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka laissant un mince voile sur le liquide. Arôme de café, levures sauvages, petits fruits rouges, vineux. Goût de malt torréfié, café en arrière-goût, acidité moyenne-faible. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.

Tried on 13 May 2019 at 14:07


7

How does it look when the glass is empty? Like this. Sourrrrrrrrr.

Tried at Muted Horn on 23 Mar 2019 at 01:10


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Vom Fass im Muted Horn Berlin 2019-03 getrunken. Dieses dunkel violette Ale kommt mit einer deutlich Säure und einer Beerenfrucht daher. Dominiert wird dieses Ale aber durch den Fasseinfluß wodurch deutlich Tannine ins Ale gekommen sind. Daneben finden sich Aromen von Malz und ein schokoladenartiges Röstaroma. Ein echt spannendes Ale. 8/5/8/4/12 Aus der Flasche im 2021-08 getrunken. Dieses dunkelbraue Ale zeigt gleich seinen sauren Charakter mit fruchtigen dunklen Beeren. Hier ist die Säure moderat und gut balanciert und Aromen von dunklen Früchten begleiten dies. Am Gaumen kommen die wunderbaren Schokoladen-Malz-Aromen dazu. Verdammt lecker! 9/5/9/4/16

Tried on 11 Mar 2019 at 10:26


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Beermoth, Manchester. Thanks Jonathan. Pours black with a creamy head and lacings. Roast, chocolate, coffee and red berries. Dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 07 Mar 2019 at 19:15


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Cafe beer moth. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a fading light tan head. Aroma is tart red currant jelly, sour tangy fruit, woodland berries. Flavour is composed of tart grape jelly, crab apple, brown bread, toast, woodland berry, cranberry tart. Palate is tart, pinch of acid, highish carbonation frothy.

Tried on 04 Mar 2019 at 22:13