Balaton
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.67
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Balaton is our Wild Missouri Brown Ale that was fermented in and aged in local Chambourcin Barrels with Missouri microflora for over a year with Michigan Balaton Cherries. We wanted Balaton to be soft, yet complex, so it is only 5% abv with a higher level of Brett influence and more impactful oak presence to balance out the signature Side Project acidity and the tart, cinnamon notes of the cherries. . .
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
10.05.2024, 0,375l bottle (blend #2) @ home:
Small fizzy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish fruity, caramel malts, dried cherries, cinnamon, fruit stones, oak, berry skin, coconut, mild vinegar. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, mild vinegar, berry skin, sorrel, sour cherries, oak, grass, cinnamon, coconut, fruit stones. Medium bitterness, very soft carbonation, dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice.
Small fizzy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish fruity, caramel malts, dried cherries, cinnamon, fruit stones, oak, berry skin, coconut, mild vinegar. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, mild vinegar, berry skin, sorrel, sour cherries, oak, grass, cinnamon, coconut, fruit stones. Medium bitterness, very soft carbonation, dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2024
at 20:29
8/10
EB winter blind tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2021
at 17:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(375ml batch 2 bottle from Mikkeller Webshop) Deep cola coloured pour with a few fizzy white bubbles. Notes of moderate tart cherries, prominent citric and yoghurty lactic acid, quite some wood, moderate Bretty hay bale, some cherry pit spicebox and almond quality in the middle to finish of the sip, subtle acetic accents, finishing with moderate length as a soft lactic/cherry juice blend, with subtle tannic drying and a bit of spice. Rather high tartness up front fades slightly into a more mineral finish. Medium slick body with moderate effervescence. Interesting, it's not as cherry forward as I expected and plays more on the underlying wild ale qualities. Well-made but for me it lacks a certain additional sparkle of sorts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2021
at 19:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Brown color, with a red haze. Cherry, marzipan. Caramel in the aroma and flavor. Sour, initial fruity sweetness. Floral.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2020
at 13:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared with Peter! Pours hazy dark reddish brown with a small fizzy offwhite head. Aromas of sweet cherries, malt, oak, vinegar. Taste has lots of cherry, oak, vinegar, lactic acidity, light malty, subtle funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle. Sweet cherry juice, intense sourness, berries, earthy notes and funky yeastiness. Intense.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2019
at 20:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 375 ml shared with Miro B and Max.Dark red with small off white head. Funky, intensive cherries, wood, quite sour, acidic. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2019
at 22:00
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2019
at 21:36
7/10
Na slepo. Przedziwny, smrodliwo-przyprawowy aromat, jakies owocki a la wisnie, w uscie lepiej, chociaz cierpkie, migdalowe... wynalazek. Dobry. O dziwo slodkawy. Za kwasny, co meczy
Tried
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 16 Aug 2019
at 17:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
0,375l bottle at home. Blend #2. redish / brown color, small off-white head. smells marzian, nutty, some cherries, bit lactic, spices. nice smell. medium body, bit pearly carbonation. tastes bit lactic, light vineger, cherries, bit glueish, spices, peppery, light candle wax, bit breadish, some marzipan, bit nutty. finishes dry and medium sour with lactic notes, some cherries and some candle wax notes. interesting balance, sour notes are more prominent upfront and get more subtle on the finish. quite good one overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2019
at 12:52