Bottle bought @ Bierkompass.de. Pours hazy reddish orange with a fizzy offwhite head that quickly dissipates while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is sour and vinous with dark bread, lemon juice, hay, drak grapes, moist wood, barnyard, leather and hints of red wine vinegar and cocoa powder. Taste is sour, tiny bitter and spicy with dark bread, moist wood, hay, orange peal, lemon zest, red currants, cocoa powder, burnt raisins, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, sour cherries and hints of unflavoured yoghurt. Mouthfeel is dry, tart, spicy astringent, sparkling and medium bodied. finish is sour and bitter with dark bread, lemon juice, orange peal, red wine vinegar, sour milk, red currants, sour cherries, moist wood and hay. Nice solid sour red with spices.

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 11/30/2010. Pours lightly hazy reddish copper color with a nice 2-3 finger dense and fluffy light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tart apple, cherry, lemon, orange peel, pepper, clove, cinnamon, toast, cocoa, hay, grass, leather, funk, light vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of malt, spice, and yeast ester notes; with good strength. Taste of tart apple, cherry, lemon, orange peel, cocoa, toast, pepper, clove, hay, grass, cinnamon, leather, funk, light vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy/spicy tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of green apple, cherry, lemon, orange peel, cocoa, toast, pepper, clove, cinnamon, hay, funk, light vinegar, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of malt, spice, and yeast ester flavors; with a great malt/spice/tartness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a fairly creamy, crisp, and slightly acidic mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent wild brown ale! All around great balance and complexity of malt, spice, and yeast flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

Bottle @ ZZT VII, thx to everyone for sharing their bottles. Fruity, cherry, red wine. Sourish and funky like most of the Jolly Pumpkins. I would describe it as a strong Flemish Sour or like they call it in Flanders "Vlaams Oud Bruin". Maybe that’s why they call it a Brown Ale and Ratebeer classifies as a Belgian Strong Ale? One way or another, I love these kinds of beer and the funkiness and spices give some extra complexity. Didn’t get a lot of the cacao.