Riserva
(has 8 batches)
Weyerbacher Brewing Co. in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.31
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Over a year in the making, this American Wild Ale is fermented with Brettanomyces yeast and aged with red-raspberry puree in Oak barrels for over 1 year, then bottle conditioned in champagne bottles.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Nice beer, just what I wanted, though a bit strong. This sits firmly in the same ballpark as beers like Rodenbach Grand Cru and Redbach, but with raspberries instead of cherries. It is very nicely acetic sour, with balsamic and red wine notes, high ABV contributes a lot of body and sweetness as well. (its almost too strong really but I drank the whole thing because why not?) Low carbonation (bottle was unknown age but likely pretty old) but still lively enough. Raspberries were hard to single out as a single feature of the aroma or flavor, but definitely gave it a jammy/fruity aspect. I suspect the age played a role in the muting of any brighter fruit flavors, but in this case that might end up being a good thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2023
at 15:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Shared at Mikkeller, Odense. Thanks. Pours hazy deep red with a small White head. Intense and jammy raspberries. Candy like but very Thick and awesome. Alcohol is slowly warming. Dry and tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2019
at 20:57
6/10
Too tart.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2019
at 17:11
8/10
Sweet sweet oaky raspberry juice
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2019
at 23:28
Tried
on 27 Jan 2018
at 12:40
Tried
on 27 Jan 2018
at 12:37
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2017
at 23:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, thanks Tom. Hazy orange with a small white head. Fresh and nicely drinkable with raspberries, funk, citrus and some grass. The body was medium and the carbonation on the soft side. A nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2017
at 12:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber from Yes! 9-17-17
Tried
on 03 Oct 2017
at 20:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml corked and caged bottled. Vintage 2016. Hazy garnet red color. Small creamy beige head. Big raspberry sour malt nose. Tangy berry, vinegar flavor upfront. Notes of wood and sour fruit. Mouth puckering. Sip this slowly and enjoy the complex, yeasty, tart, Eastern Pennsylvanian nuances. Sweet!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2017
at 22:45