6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle. purple brown color. Berry fruit and yeast in the aroma. Tart, dry, soft yeasty flavor with berry fruit. Earthy grassy hops, but not especially hoppy. Decent.

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5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4

Finally, a beer from 'Stillwater' that doesn't seem to be rated high for reputation sake. Deep hazy funky purple colour (that holds up to the label) with a thin off-white head that fades quite quickly, but looks nice and odd - nothing like a 'typical' beer at all. Aroma of pure brett, funk, earth, grain, dry grasses, hay, alcohol and more funk - no hops at all, no sweetness or sugars and no real malts. Medium-bodied; Super bittered and assertive grassy, herbal and especially bretty funky flavours dominate with no real centre to build upon with only a touch of malts, no hops and just the centralised yeast character that is pure funk. Dry, grassy, herbal and lightly floral with brett, dry oak and funk and that's it...perhaps a bit of alcohol on the end. Aftertaste, dry and bretty with a lot of funk, actually - way too much funk with grass and herbs showing and that's it - no hops at all and no sweetness in the slightest bit, definitely NOT an IPA by any stretches - this isn't even a 'wild ale' it's just a dry purple saison, and not a good one at that. Overall, a pretty poor beer in every category with a dry grassy flavour being the only thing that's nice, but the brett keeps it funkier and there is no malt, no hops, no sweetness or any sort of complexity whatsoever to make this different from the nose to the flavour to the aftertaste at all. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 09-March-2018 for US$4,99 sampled at home in Washington on 15-May-2018.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Murky brown colour with small to average, thick, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Slightly weak, fruity and cautiously funky aroma, hints of dark berries, blackcurrent for the most part, some unripe blueberry, a minimally sweaty, if not cheesy touch. Taste is dry, tart, tangy, fruity, notes of dark berries, blackcurrant, bramble, some unripe blueberry, citrusy fruity hints of grapefruit; a minimally papery interference. Still some finishing work to do.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

33cl bottle from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours almost plum color with limited white-pinkish foam. Aroma is of plums and berries, also cherries. Body is light, with average carbonation. Taste is a mix of some bitterness and a good sour. Some sweetness as well in the background. Finish is average.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330 ml bottle. Pours a hazy purple/brown with little head. Aromas of flat blueberries and dull sugar. Flavors of dull acidic blueberries and currents on a wheaty malt base. Does brett like these berries? Can’t detect any. Where did it go?

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Cloudy, reddish or purple color, a little pinkish foam. Aroma: wild berries with wildness, blueberries, black currants, sour, juice. Taste: berries (blueberries, blueberries and black currants), slightly sour and tart, bitter finish.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Lervig / Stillwater Nordic Lean (by LERVIG):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5

17/VIII/17 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ Help-Me-Get-to-10K-In-Time-Tasting 3 (home) - BB: 13/I/20, bottled: 13/I/17 (2017-1251)

Clear deep pink beer, creamy solid light pink head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: pretty dirty smell first, sewer, later a bit more fruity, sweet, bit funky. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity, lots of red berries, yeast, bit sourish, some tannins, bitter, funky. Aftertaste: pretty fruity, some tannins, bit sourish, pomegranate, orange peel, grapefruit bitterness.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Churchkey. Clear amber, thin creamy brown head, decent retention. Aroma of Brett, berries, pine, pale malt. Taste is pine, berries, citrus, Brett, caramel malt. Medium bodied.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4

Aus der Flasche am 2017-02 getrunken. Und noch ein gepimptes Bier. In dem Fall ein IPA was mit Heidelbeeren, Brombeeren und schwarzen Johannisbeersaft und dann noch mit Brettanomyces fermentiert wurde. Hier bleibt der IPA Charakter stehen und die Brett bzw, die Früchte runden das Ding ab. Ein feines Sommerbier.