First Fruits
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.52
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Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Ale with Fruit
First Fruits is a farmhouse ale aged in oak barrels with local and estate-grown cherries, raspberries and strawberries.
First Fruits is a farmhouse ale aged in oak barrels with local and estate-grown cherries, raspberries and strawberries.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from The Gull at Teekay. Appearance: hazy purple with a white head. Aroma: lots of berries, raspberries, strawberries, cherries, funky. Taste: similar, quite tart and pretty acidic. Overall: a bit too acidic, than I would prefer, but it's quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2019
at 00:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared @Luppolo Station (Rome). Rossa brillante, limpida, bellissima, schiuma bianca media, discretamente persistente. Al naso note di frutta rossa, lamponi, fragoline di bosco, erbaceo-citrico, leggero acetico. In bocca è acida decisa, con note acetiche caratterizzanti, fruttata, tart. Corpo medio-leggero, carbonazione media. Grezza.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2019
at 21:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Goods from the Garden, Spuyten Duyvil tap: pours light brown or something and white head. Aroma mostly fruity and likely funky. Taste is cherry, strawberry, and light wood and funk. Somewhat sour. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2018
at 17:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft at Salud. Hazy reddish amber color. Nice mixed berry aroma with lemon and tannins. Taste is softly sour woody forest berries. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2017
at 13:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Craft Heads. Big oak and raspberry nose. Almost lambic like. Some gooseberry maybe. Soft carbonation but not flat. Bone dry finish that lingers. Good funky, tart, dry beer. Probably my favorite from the evening.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2016
at 09:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours darker shade of amber, bit of foam. Aroma is packing loads of homegrown fruits, I am most surprised about clear strawberry profile, it is not overshadowed by cherries of raspberries. Drinks tart, balanced with fruit sweetness. Just the right amount of tartness there, works like magic. Fruity and would accompany some sweet vanilla ice-cream, would not need any real fruits, just this beer as a side-drink to turn that experience fruity.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2016
at 00:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Deep red mahogany color. Huge fruitiness with raspberries and cherries in the nose. Medium tartiness, light body. Big lingering fruity finish that is slightly tart. Love it. Don’t know it is amazing amazing but damn good.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2016
at 05:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
3oz pour at Max’s Belgian Fest 2016 pours a hazy amber with a ring of white head. Nose has mixed berry, strawberry, a little cranberry, some lemon, passion fruit, band aid. Flavor is tart with unripened strawberry, passion fruit, lemon, heavy cranberry juice, some mild spice. Tart finish.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2016
at 17:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Novare Res. Awesome deep ruby color lasting pink head on the liquid. Aroma is like walking through a berry patch. Raspberries and strawberries can be smelled before it reached my nose.
The flavor is a balanced blend of the berries with the yeast and light barrel notes to give a slightly more complex level of flavor. The dry oak barrel and yeast cuts down the sweetness from the berries. After Nick Evans shared some with me, I order a full glass. Wonderfully done.
The flavor is a balanced blend of the berries with the yeast and light barrel notes to give a slightly more complex level of flavor. The dry oak barrel and yeast cuts down the sweetness from the berries. After Nick Evans shared some with me, I order a full glass. Wonderfully done.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2015
at 09:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from tap at Novare Res thanks Justin/Nick. Pours somewhat ruby red with a small white head. Aromas of fresh red fruit juice and a hint of oak. Taste is pure balanced bliss. Awesome.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2015
at 12:54