Picture Pot - Blend Three
(Batch of Picture Pot)
Mills Brewing in Thrupp, Gloucestershire, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Series|
Score
7.71
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This is our third release of Picture Pot, our dry-hopped golden sour. This edition has been made from a blend of four barrels from three brews, produced in January and November 2019. Fermentation took place in Californian Chardonnay and Herefordshire cider barrels using our locally collected house culture of yeast and bacteria.
The blend was dry-hopped with whole cone Loral and Enigma hops. The beer is bottle conditioned, as always, and has been in bottle for six months prior to release.
The resulting beer is intensely aromatic, with round acidity and rolling carbonation. Drink young for fresh hop aromatics and aged for increased brettanomyces funk.
The blend was dry-hopped with whole cone Loral and Enigma hops. The beer is bottle conditioned, as always, and has been in bottle for six months prior to release.
The resulting beer is intensely aromatic, with round acidity and rolling carbonation. Drink young for fresh hop aromatics and aged for increased brettanomyces funk.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 February 2022. At Winter Belgian Beer Geek Gathering. Many thanks for hosting, Tim, and cheers to the whole crew!
Bottled: 4/2021. Hazy yellow, stable, foamy, white head. Aroma of funky stonefruit, green apple, mandarin, straw, sour grape, wood. Taste has sour stonefruit 'end', grape and mandarin peel, sweetish streak over bready maltiness. Tart, yellow-fruity finish, hoppy stonefruity, woody tannins and grape, bit funky. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Elegant Sour, satisfyingly hopped.
Bottled: 4/2021. Hazy yellow, stable, foamy, white head. Aroma of funky stonefruit, green apple, mandarin, straw, sour grape, wood. Taste has sour stonefruit 'end', grape and mandarin peel, sweetish streak over bready maltiness. Tart, yellow-fruity finish, hoppy stonefruity, woody tannins and grape, bit funky. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Elegant Sour, satisfyingly hopped.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2022
at 09:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
75cl bottle @ Brewver Winter Gathering '21, thanks Eugene. BB 04/2026, bottled 04/2021.
Dorée, col épais blanc.
Arôme sur un nez finement malté repris de suite par un léger funk/bretts - petite touche poussiéreuse perçant en retrait avec cette impression de vieux grenier - le tout garde un côté presque de lambic.
Palais présente un bouquet correct sur le 'sour', finement fruité vert rappelant la groseille à maquereau, fini assez sec, agrumes - orange sanguine avec un fini restant très sec - limite copeaux / boisé.
Dorée, col épais blanc.
Arôme sur un nez finement malté repris de suite par un léger funk/bretts - petite touche poussiéreuse perçant en retrait avec cette impression de vieux grenier - le tout garde un côté presque de lambic.
Palais présente un bouquet correct sur le 'sour', finement fruité vert rappelant la groseille à maquereau, fini assez sec, agrumes - orange sanguine avec un fini restant très sec - limite copeaux / boisé.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2022
at 20:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12/II/22 - 75cl bottle @ BBGG Winter 22, BB: IV/2026, bottled: IV/2021 (2022-163) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale blond beer, small creamy dense white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: wow, very nice, good funky touch, very fruity, citrus notes, lovely, peaches and apricots. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity, nice clean acidity, a bit lemony. Aftertaste: a little bitter, dry, apple skin, fruity notes, gentle acidity, nice stuff!
Clear pale blond beer, small creamy dense white head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: wow, very nice, good funky touch, very fruity, citrus notes, lovely, peaches and apricots. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity, nice clean acidity, a bit lemony. Aftertaste: a little bitter, dry, apple skin, fruity notes, gentle acidity, nice stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2022
at 15:15
8/10
Lci
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2021
at 11:07
8.2/10
Truly a lovely beer. Big golden nose, tart, dry vinous funk soft easy drinking, hint of cider from the barrels . Great finish
Tried
on 25 Dec 2021
at 02:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours slightly unclear, medium small white head. Scent is full, chestnut, aged wood profile, very fine. Taste is full, sharp tartness. High carbonation. Fairly dry, mild oak. Tad astrigent. Dry, mild chestnutty ending. Full finish, malty, tart, juicy sours.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2021
at 17:32
9/10
Now I wish I had bought two of each, one to age, because this is perfect fresh and aged I'm sure it'll be amazing too. Nice kick of chardonnay and cider notes on the finish, sweet light funk upfront, perfect morning vibes and hard to put down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2021
at 12:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl Bottle @ We are all Lenny Kravitz Somehow, Tasting. Pours hazy yellow with a fading head. Wood, funk, Apple and Earth. Dry and quenching. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2021
at 19:06
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Mills online. Light haze on a pale gold. Lively white foam is lasting and semi lacing. Nose has loads of mineraly white wine. Apple peel and pomace. Bretty oak. Floral and herbal hop leaf. Touch of shitty barn rounds things up nicely. Taste is tart and super juicy. Bright hop bitterness. Clean and crisp on the palate. Fine foamy carbonation. Juicy tart finish. Typically top tier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2021
at 19:32