Crusher
(has 1 batch)
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Casey Brewing & BlendingSour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special Out of Production
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Score
7.44
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Wine Barrel Fermented Missouri and Colorado Saison with Norton Grapes.
Crusher is a collaboration brewed with our friend Troy Casey at Casey Brewing and Blending in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Crusher is a Saison that was fermented and aged with mixed cultures from both Missouri and Colorado in French Oak wine barrels for 12 months and then refermented in a Missouri Oak Foedre with Missouri Norton Grapes before being naturally conditioned in this bottle.
Crusher is a collaboration brewed with our friend Troy Casey at Casey Brewing and Blending in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Crusher is a Saison that was fermented and aged with mixed cultures from both Missouri and Colorado in French Oak wine barrels for 12 months and then refermented in a Missouri Oak Foedre with Missouri Norton Grapes before being naturally conditioned in this bottle.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
This beer is a clear dark maroon-purple color with a thin pinkish-white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Sparse strings of lace. Oaky, vinous aroma with yeast and malt notes. Medium body with flavors of vinous oak, funky yeast, berry and doughy malt. The finish is tart and oaky with a raspberry and yeast aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Side Project Brewing
on 04 Sep 2025
at 19:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours unclear, dark pinkpurple red. No real head. Scent is tart, cherry-like grapes. Bit lactic. Tart, some oak. Taste is full, tart, pretty lactic. More typical US style AmLam than i'm used to from SP. Funk is fairly mild, bit pushed to the back by the acidity. Some wood.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2025
at 15:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
750mL bottle, blend 1, drunk 9/30/23. Clear, muted cherry-raspberry-cranberry color. Small ring of pinkish head quickly fizzles away. Tart, not quite sharp or heavily sour, with strong fruit tannin, moderate lactic acidity and crusty, rustic grain beneath. In the mouth it's reasonably malty, though fully attenuated with strong grape skin and high acidity. Big bursts of lactic acid, as well. Maybe some mellowing over the four years in bottle? Just a touch too dry, acidic, lactic and lightly bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2023
at 12:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[2022-07-10] Flaska från USA, blend 1 (2020?). Något mörkare röd med tjusig tät vit krona som försvinner. Doftar druvor, björnbär, röda vinbär. Känns redan i doften att det är surt. Pigg och frisk, bra syra, mycket citron, druvor, bärigt. Syra som ligger i och hänger kvar, djupnar i eftersmaken. Men kommer aldrig in på vinäger-territorium. Kanongott. [9/4/9/4/17=4,3] [2023-02-18] Flaska från USA, blend 2. Mörkare lite disig röd med vit krona. Hög och djup syra, mycket fat, druvkärnor, toner från vinfat. Kanske lite väl intensiv för att dricka mycket av. Kanske inte så mycket att blend 2 var sämre som att min egen preferens förändrats. Lite väl surt för min del. [4/8/4/8/16=4]
Tried
on 10 Jul 2022
at 09:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a dark ruby with small off white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is grape, yeast, funk, oak. Slick body, jammy grape, light funk, oak, more acidic than Casey version, enjoted this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2020
at 00:03