5.2

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

Bottle from the mail club. Kolsch glass @home. Dusty, Miller Time body & fizzy weak head. Second pour is heavier on the mud. Smells of macerated, oxidized, briny & faintly horsey apples. Taste is very puckering. Estery, gummy, lots of lemon juice-like acidic flesh, with lingering pickle brine & a fleeting Sidra/wild fermented tone on the end, but milder then other funky bottles they've made. Maybe a little floral. Very dry of course. Feel is frothy, like unfiltered fresh apple cider. Alcohol is fine. Yeasty/chalky, very sharp, makes your teeth clench a bit. Wears on you after a while. Have had better from Shacksbury.