Beer #3 of 17 (8 beers on either side of #8000 plus the magic 8000th itself) Super deep dark ruby, violet and even dark brown coloured body with a very nice, three to four centimetre tall rich tan head that fades very quickly and leaves a small sliver of tan on top, but fairly ugly on the sides of the glass. Aroma of beautiful berries, grapes, oak, wood, cedar, yeast, funky tart elements, candy and a touch of deeper chocolate notes and a hint of malt towards the finish - nice and incredibly complex. Medium-bodied; Strong cherry and blackberry flavours at first with a lot of grape notes as well as some strawberry and especially a chocolate (milk) note towards the end, but there are still some pitted fruit and lightly metallic notes as well. Aftertaste is widely complex as well with the fruits and yeast flavours running throughout with a tart, soured and funky element with the berries and pungent pitted fruit sweentess, but a pleasant finish showing a lot of chocolate, earthy malts and crisp fruits all come through and balance out quite nicely. Overall, a very interesting and well-crafted beer that shows the starts of a La Folie after a second or two, but that fades very quickly with the more chocolatey and malty notes that shy away from the pure soured and funky elements, but there are some more softer and dryer flavours that show up a the end. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop in Arlington, Virginia on 02-February-2018 for US$2,39 when I lived in my condo a few blocks away, sampled a bit more than two years later, at my house, also a few blocks away on 17-April-2020 as beer number three of my 8000th ceelbration - a great option that starts off similar to one of my all-time favourites in 'la folie', but melds into even more complexity, but not the same tart and soured flavours.

Draft. Ruby brown beer with a tan head. Sour and cherry aroma. Sour and cherry flavor with light acetic notes. Medium bodied. Sour and cherry linger with light oak and light dark malts.

12 ounce bottle. Dark ruby, large fizzy tan head, poor retention. Aroma of funk, oak, cherries. The taste is oak, cherries, funk, plum. Medium bodied, lingering tartness. Nice.

12 oz bottle into a La Chouffe stemmed tulip on 31st Dec 2017 at my daughters in California. The only sour of the New Years Eve session. Brown pour, red hue in a bright light, wispy head, aroma of old cherries, taste also has an old cherry sourness and tartness. Decent.