Forgotten Oak 1
Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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Sour oak aged FigJam Quadruple with raspberries added.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ML Bottle, from Jeff! Thanks man. Split 4 ways @ Fridge Temp. Very cloudy, dark brown and hazy. Smells like a sour HoTD Adam with dark fruit vanilla. Tasty. It’s very acidic, a lot of tart apricot and lots of dark fruit. wook, oak cit with a very vinegar finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2017
at 00:36
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
17.6 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent 2017 release. Pours hazy dark ruby red/brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas huge tart/sour raspberry jam, cherry, raisin, prune, fig, date, plum, apricot, apple, red grape, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, bourbon, toffee, toasted oak, and brown bread; with light notes of chocolate, cocoa, molasses, leather, musty funk, red wine vinegar, pepper, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of fruity/acidic/funky yeast, raspberry, figs, bourbon barrel, and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tart/sour raspberry jam, cherry, raisin, prune, fig, date, plum, apricot, apple, red grape, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, bourbon, toffee, toasted oak, and brown bread; with light notes of chocolate, cocoa, molasses, leather, musty funk, red wine vinegar, pepper, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness and light yeast/tannic oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of raspberry jam, cherry, raisin, prune, fig, date, plum, apricot, apple, red grape, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, bourbon, toffee, toasted oak, brown bread, molasses, light chocolate/cocoa, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic/funky yeast, raspberry, figs, bourbon barrel, and dark/bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness balance, and zero cloying or puckering flavors after the finish. Light dryness from tartness/acidity and oak spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/acidic, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Mildly warming alcohol for 11%. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged fruited sour quadrupel style! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic/funky yeast, raspberry, figs, bourbon barrel, and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the modest acidity/tartness. Insane levels of complexity, with pretty much perfect balance between all flavors. A highly delicious offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2017
at 20:30