Wild Fermented Barrel Aged Sour Ale (Aγριάδα)
Σόλο (Solo) in Heraklion, Crete, Greece 🇬🇷
Sour / Wild Beer Special|
Score
6.18
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Things often do not go as planned.
When we racked our simple blond ale to some barrels and left them in warm conditions in the summer of 2020, then we thought that it would get sour pretty fast. But it did not. After checking it for funk and acidity for months, then we actually got tired and forgot about it. Until one day, about one year later. We call that our «Wow-day». This is about mother nature doing its thing. About microorganisms without a leash. Our only word for this is: «respect».
When we racked our simple blond ale to some barrels and left them in warm conditions in the summer of 2020, then we thought that it would get sour pretty fast. But it did not. After checking it for funk and acidity for months, then we actually got tired and forgot about it. Until one day, about one year later. We call that our «Wow-day». This is about mother nature doing its thing. About microorganisms without a leash. Our only word for this is: «respect».
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
21/V/22 - 75cl bottle @ Leuven Innovation, BB: n/a (2022-544) Thanks to Sebletitje for sharing today’s beers!
A little cloudy orange beer, small creamy to aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very floral, soapy impression, sourish, plastic, vinegar, not very nice. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: wow, lots and lots of vinegar, soapy, floral, bitter, way too sourish. Aftertaste: all vinegar, sourish, weird, soapy, floral notes, lavender, meh, not a big fan.
A little cloudy orange beer, small creamy to aery white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very floral, soapy impression, sourish, plastic, vinegar, not very nice. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: wow, lots and lots of vinegar, soapy, floral, bitter, way too sourish. Aftertaste: all vinegar, sourish, weird, soapy, floral notes, lavender, meh, not a big fan.
Tried
on 21 May 2022
at 13:00
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Sample during Leuven Innovation '22, shared with Tderoeck and Untappd duo.
Dorée pas de col.
Arôme est funk, aigre assez marqué avec un léger effet fruité raisin en retrait mais le tout est monodimensionnel - chargé en aigreur.
Palais est aigre - impression de boire d'une bouteille de vinaigre de Modène - retrouve un peu ce côté raisin mais avec un fini 'nail polish' et un léger sucre résiduel.
Bref, une bière qui n'aurait pas dû être vendue et passe comme un acte de la nature en étant sur du vinaigre.
Dorée pas de col.
Arôme est funk, aigre assez marqué avec un léger effet fruité raisin en retrait mais le tout est monodimensionnel - chargé en aigreur.
Palais est aigre - impression de boire d'une bouteille de vinaigre de Modène - retrouve un peu ce côté raisin mais avec un fini 'nail polish' et un léger sucre résiduel.
Bref, une bière qui n'aurait pas dû être vendue et passe comme un acte de la nature en étant sur du vinaigre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2022
at 08:54