Chaos Is A Friend of Mine
Beachwood Blendery in Long Beach, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lambic Style Regular|
Score
7.50
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‘Chaos is a Friend of Mine’ is the result of blending barrels of our base beer to produce the flavor profile of a Belgian Lambic. We begin with a traditional grain bill composed of pilsner malt and raw wheat, which is then boiled for an extended amount of time with aged hops. The wort is then fermented and aged in neutral French oak barrels with our diverse house culture. Chaos ensues from the countless strains of yeast and bacteria fighting for dominance, and after 9 - 14 months in the barrel, we introduce the power of blending to bring order back, ultimately creating a beer that's greater than the sum of its parts. Funk takes center stage in this brew, with notes of barnyard, stone fruit, and aged hops. A balanced and clean acidity make this beer tart, yet extremely palatable, with a full body and crisp dry finish.
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6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2017
at 19:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[1/28/17] Bottle/Draught at RateBeer Best festival in Santa Rosa. Hazy golden. Funky, minerally, oaky, citrus, sour, juicy. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2017
at 16:28
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bouteille 75cl, partagée avec la BXL tasting crew, merci Pierre T. Got zero reminder of the ’real thing’. Pâle très clair, une fois mi bouteille, un voile léger se fait présent, col fin blanc disparaissant rapidement. Arôme au nez de pêche rappelant fortement un funk de brett plus qcq touche de cuir, le tout est un peu ’off’ avec en rétro encore de ce côté pêche fermentée. Palais est suret persistant, sec avec un rappel de brett - pêche voire nectarine acidulé dominant sur fini citrique le tout laissant un mauvais picotement qui dure à chaque gorgée.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 10:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at RateBeer Best. Clear straw color with a minimal white head. Aroma and taste of fruit, white grapes, white wine, oak notes, funk. Mildly tart finish.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2017
at 22:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is fairly fruity with lots of stone fruit, tropical fruit and some much lighter citrus notes - peaches, apricots and plums with mango, melon and lighter pineapple. Some light barnyard funk and hay notes with a light herbal phenolic note. Hint of a cheesy note and some light oak. Pours a somewhat hazy, golden color with a small, thin, white head that recedes quickly and disappears. No lacing or legs. Flavor has a medium light acidity with faint citrus notes. Some faint grain and wheat notes as well. Light oak notes and very low bitterness. Less fruity than in the aroma but still quite a bit of stone fruit with some light mango and melon. The herbal phenolic note is a bit stronger and the hay and barnyard funk are light. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with low carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice American sour with some lambic qualities, but it still isn’t there. For a lambic its too fruity and is missing that earthy not that makes lambic lambic; it has hints of it, but it isn’t dominating. I like the low carbonation though and find this very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2017
at 02:24