Stargate: Redhaven
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a hazy gold with small off white head. The aroma is strong oak and funk. Thin body, funky, peach, oak, light tartness, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 11/2018. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden amber color with a 1 finger dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy peaches, fruit fuzz/skin/pits, apricot, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, pear, mango, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of peaches, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, oak barrels, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge sour/tart/tangy peaches, fruit fuzz/skin/pits, apricot, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, pear, mango, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of peppercorn, leathery/musty/lacto funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang; and light yeast/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy peaches, fruit fuzz/skin/pits, apricot, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, pear, mango, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, oak, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light peppercorn/funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of peaches, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, oak barrels, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/sourness, and tangy fruit balance; with minimal puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness, and tangy fruit, Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/grainy/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.9%. Overall this is an incredible fruited spontaneous sour/wind ale. All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of peaches, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, oak barrels, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the moderately acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish; not overly lactic. Amazing balance between juicy/jammy peaches and Brett/Bacteria complexity; with great oak presence, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. Zero residual sweetness with crisp acidic dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example.