Brewers Series No. 4 - American Sour Aged in Wine Barrels
Grand Teton Brewing Co. in Victor, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production|
Score
7.40
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very nice deep orange and peach coloured body with a nice, slightly small one to two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of great soured and funky spontaneously fermented yeasts with a oak barrel and foeder like note that hits on the back of the nose and starts making the mouth water - very nice. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong soured and tart fruits show at first with some berries, oak, lemons, funky yeast and light maltiness with a dash of subdued vinegar and pure citric acid towards the end that is really on the soured side. Aftertaste shows some dry oak, grain, biscuity, dry malts along with a floral bite that adds to the complexity and some smooth berry and citrus fruits that add both to the complexity and the dryness. Overall, a very nice soured and tart beer that shows a great deal of complexities from the wine barrel aging process, especially. Great to try, and even though it was great now, it might have been better had I kept it longer in the bottle! I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from North Ridge Discount Liquors in Laramie, Wyoming on 13-March-2017 for US$6,49 sampled at my hotel room here in Newark, New Jersey, a few hours before leaving for the actual Grand Tetons, on 25-July-2020. Vintage Date: 2015 \\ Purchased: 13-March-2017 \\ Sampled: 25-July-2020
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From a 12 oz bottle purchased at the brewery. Pours amber with an ecru head. Aroma of tart cherries. Flavors are classic Flemish Red. Delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at the October DC Ratebeer tasting. Thanks Iphonephan! Aromas of cheese, funk, lemon. Tastes of tart acidic notes, lemon. Light body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle pours golden. Nose is nice oak barrel dust some citrus floral notes and a grape presents. Taste is more of the barrel notes white pucker grapes and lemon.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at RBSG. Pale orange golden hue, small foamy head fades. Fruity, floral aroma, some of the barrel elements quite prominent. Taste is more fruit, white grapes, citrus, yeast. Quite tart.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
RBSG - Boise
Pours clear light golden with a small white head, light lacing. Aroma is mild tart and oak. Fruity, tart with a dry finish
nice
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at RBSG. Pours a clear orange gold with small white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is floral, grape, oak, funk. Thin body, tart grape, lemon, apple, light funk, very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle - Vintage 2015 - Funk and barrel notes and a touch of white grape. Clear gold with a decent white head. Nice acidity and a funky white wine grape sourness. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours clear gold, an inch of foam.
I smell Brett and lots of it. I get some grape with a hint of tartness.
Wine like sourness straight up. Brett seems to be more in the background. Letting my sip linger on my palate really brings the sour notes to an extreme level. This is sour from start to finish and I am loving it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a hazy amber from a bottle, citrusy aroma domibates. Nice tart lemon flavor over a grassy barnyard, not picking up on wine notes other than a kind of wine smoothness. Good beer.