Surly Brewing Company Five

Five

 

Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Special Out of Production
Score
7.59
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 58
In the Surly brewhouse, brewing our anniversary beers means one thing: forget what ya know and try something different. In honor of five glorious years, we bring you a 100% Brettanomyces-fermented Dark Ale, aged in red wine barrels. Flavors of sour cherry, tobacco, oak, and classic “Brett” barnyard funk, balanced by Dark Munich malt chewiness. Enjoy immediately or age at cellar temperature for a couple years. Five has strong flavors of earthy black cherry and raisins with a sour finish.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is fairly fruity with cherries, raisins, figs, prunes and berries. Some light red wine notes. Toffee, caramel, toasted bread and hints of chocolate. Hints of alcohol and acidity. Pours dark brown, almost black with a medium sized, fairly thick, dark tan head that recedes very quickly to a thin film that hangs around on the edges for quite a bit. No lacing or legs. Flavor is somewhat acidic with moderately strong fruit notes and some lighter malt character. Lots of cherry and raisin with lighter berry, cassis, plum and prune and fig notes. Light notes of caramel, toffee, toasted bread and chocolate. Light oak notes and low bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a better beer than I was expecting. I don’t generally like dark sours so I was expecting the worst considering how dark the beer is, but its actually really nice and drinkable. Acidity is pretty light, but present and its very fruity.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2016 at 01:18


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from bottle @ "Het is allemaal de schuld van Koen" tasting. Opaque very dark brown color, red-brown glare coming through, average sized off-white head. Smell and taste dark malts, sourish, tart, grapepeel tart. Decent body and carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2016 at 02:30


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ joes goes whale hunting. Dark brown to black colour with a small off-white head. Smells sour, fruity, cherry. Tastes sour, fruity, cherrypeel, nice. Medium body, soft carbo.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2016 at 12:03


8

Tried on 13 Jul 2015 at 16:54


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Side Project tasting night; dark coca cola pour with a thin light tan head, aroma has dark cherries and tobacco, taste has dark fruits, a hint of sourness, dark chocolate.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2015 at 15:19


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Gibson. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head. The aroma is strong vinegar, black cherry skin. Thin mouth with tart cherry, dark fruit, lingering sourness, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2015 at 10:39


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Anchorage Sept ’14 Tasting: Poured a dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma was strong fruit and spice. Taste was dark fruit and had a sour bitter funky finish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2014 at 11:53


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bottle thanks to Toby. Pours out a brownish amber topped with a small head. Nose is funk fruit a great sour kick. Taste is as the nose with a great sour note fruit and green apple.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2014 at 21:22


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at RBWG Asheville Grand Tasting. Pours clearish brown with a creamy tan head. Leathery tart fruits in the nose. Medium sweet flavor, slightly metallic, lots of acetic berries, leather, funk. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Tart, acetic finish, certainly leathery, some blistering sourness. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2014 at 16:40


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750mL bottle, sent from futuraxz (thanks a lot, Will), pours a deep dark mahogany / brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out tart dark fruits, considerable brett, some vinegar, and red wine barrels. Flavour is very complex, with loads of brett, red wine barrels, a little vinegar and tart red fruits. Everything is superbly well-integrated, with the most dominant notes being red wine and tart fruits. Carbonation is lively, which is suitable for the style. Excellent stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2013 at 20:52