Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

a: perfectly clear deep ruby coloured body | no head, movement or carbonation at all, despite nice seal on caged/corked bottle!
a: funky (duh!) | cedar notes | foul feet (like my feel smelt like after 26.2miles yesterday in the USMC Marathon 2025
f: soured | raspberries | hibiscus tea
t: lactobilly funk | woodsie | dry throughout (naturally)
o: complex from the wood | sour cherries (yes...) | less impressive than I was expecting/hoping for, but decent at least, just not good/great..even after all these years!

375 mL caged/corked bottle | Bottle Craft (store): San Diego (Little Italy), California | 31-January-2020 at the start of 'covid' when idiots were wearing masks on the flights | US$14,99 | 2019 vintage (on bottle label) | sampled: 27-October-2025, in celebration after running the 2025 USMC Marathon with my wife - congrats to her!