UnderCurrants
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production|
Score
7.60
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In 2018 we challenged ourselves to using an array of fruit new to our palates and practices. When offered a high quality, freshly picked Black Currant sample, we couldn't resist. We present to you a metamorphosis for your sense. Using 12-36 month aged Agrestic Ale as a base, to which we add1.5lbs/gal Black Currants, the beer undergoes the final maturation in our French Oak "Fruiders" for an additional four months. A convergence of supple tanning and deep purple pigments, gooseberry jam, a month-watering acidity and earthy leather elicit notes of a beer having vinous roots. A new variant to one Barrelworks pioneers is born. Santé!
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ MBCC 2019 - Blue Session
Pours red with a pink head. Aroma has notes of malt, red currants, funk and tartness. Taste is light to medium sweet and light to medium sour with a long red currant, funk and tart finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours red with a pink head. Aroma has notes of malt, red currants, funk and tartness. Taste is light to medium sweet and light to medium sour with a long red currant, funk and tart finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2020
at 17:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pretty, glowing, deep crimson color with lace. Soft lactic acid nose, yogurt, currants. Mnice tartness, wood, currant, a bit smoky. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2020
at 07:40
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2019
at 20:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours a hazy deep red colour with a pink, creamy head. Aroma of black currants, lemonade, heather, horse, hay and apple cider vinegar. Flavour of lemonade, vinegar, red and black currants, metal and some horse. Has a slick mouth feel, medium body and a light bitterness. Fantastically fruity, complex and sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2019
at 19:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
8-4-7-3-14
Can, #N0.001, 19 months after bottling. Pours dark red, with a creamy, pink head. Aroma is tart raspberries, forest berries, currants and musty fruits, as well as farmhouse notes and wooden barrels. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is lactic, with currants, forest berries and musty fruits, as well as farmhouse notes and wooden barrels. Dry finish.
Can, #N0.001, 19 months after bottling. Pours dark red, with a creamy, pink head. Aroma is tart raspberries, forest berries, currants and musty fruits, as well as farmhouse notes and wooden barrels. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is lactic, with currants, forest berries and musty fruits, as well as farmhouse notes and wooden barrels. Dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2019
at 09:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample@Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2019 - dark red pour with a white pinkish head. Tart fruity prominence of black currants, wooden accents, medium body, fruity lingering finish.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2019
at 10:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Dark red colour with a small pink head.
Aroma: Blackcurrants, berries, funk, tart, sour.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Blackcurrants, sour, tart, berries, fruit.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Dark red colour with a small pink head.
Aroma: Blackcurrants, berries, funk, tart, sour.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Blackcurrants, sour, tart, berries, fruit.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2019
at 11:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ MBCC '19 [ Blue Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2019, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark.[ As Firestone Walker UnderCurrants ].ABV: 6.0%. Clear dark red - purple colour with a average, frothy, pink head. Aroma is blackcurrant, barrel, funk, lether, sourish, tart, red berries. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, malty, tart and sour, red berries, blackcurrant, funky, barrel - oak, blackcurrant skin, leather - brett. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190510] 7-4-8-3-16 (This rating is recreated: since somebody have taken one of my envelopes with a set of ratings from this years MBCC Blue Session >:0()
Tried
on 03 Jun 2019
at 18:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at MBCC. Pours dark red-purple. Aroma and flavor are sour, blackberries, fruits, some oak. Feels watery. Overall: ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2019
at 10:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fat på MBCC 2019, blå session. Mörkröd med rosavit krona. Superbärig och pigg med röda och svarta vinbär, körsbär, nästan en liten hallonton. Funkigt, syrligt, fat.
Tried
on 18 May 2019
at 11:05