Grendel's Revenge
Indie Alehouse Brewing Co. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.06
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewpub.
Brewpub had it listed as a flemish sour red.
Pours a dark brown/red with a medium beige head. Aroma is strong, and tart, notes of vinegar, and sour, overly ripe cherries. Mouth feel is thin, carb is also very low. Finish is quite tart, with a strong vinegar character, not totally off putting, but not super inviting either. Not for the craft beer noobs.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(tap) hazy bright reddish amber colour with a small beige head; sour and woody aroma; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter and sour finish
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle - Oak, soured cherry and dark malts. Cloudy brown with a rich light brown head. Raisin, prune, sour cherry and nice barrel notes. Reminds me of.a Flemish Red. Quite well done.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(On tap at the brewpub, Mar 25 2014) Pours a moderately hazy dark orangeish brown with a moderate off white head. Aroma is fairly sour and brett heavy with red wine/grape, some wood, faint nutty spice and a little sweet/bready malt. Flavour follows, brett giving a fairly sour/tart character, red wine/port fruit character, woody but barrel character well integrated with malts. There’s a bit of yeasty spice and some bready notes that could well be English malts with a bit of sweetness. Finish is fairly dry, sour/tart, woody, slight hops and lingering booze. Mouthfeel is moderate and slick, low carb, fairly well-disguised alcohol. Interesting, wouldn’t call it an old ale without knowing what it was. Felt a little Flemish but it was a nice complex barrel sour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
A lightly hazed brown reddish ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, beautiful sour cherry with light fruity notes, bourbon barrel, light cork, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with dark red grapes, light bourbon barrel, licorice notes, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Bar Volo, pours an opaque dark amber / mahogany with a small white head. Nose brings out quite a bit of brett, some vinous notes, and some very very subtle English malt notes. Flavour is similar, with notes of brett, light vinous notes, and some bready English notes. Fairly bretty, not really reminiscent of an English ale at all. Quite decent.