DS95 Dark Sour
Brouwbar in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.17
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tderoeck (22711) reviewed DS95 Dark Sour from Brouwbar 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
1/IV/23 - on tap @ Brouwbar, BB: n/a (2023-284)
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very nice, lots of red fruits, roasted, sourish impression, tastes a bit like a flemish red, some tobacco, earthy, wood notes, cherry and strawberry, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: wow, nice, good clean acidity, gentle roast, very fruity, lots of red fruits, red currants, sour cherries, grapes, red wine, some tannins, woody, a bit sweet, caramel, pretty complex, very nice! Aftertaste: acidic, sour, cherry jam, good roast, bitter, tannins, red fruits, wine, pretty dry finish, nice one, very good, not too sour, nice! Love it!
Alengrin (11609) reviewed DS95 Dark Sour from Brouwbar 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Strong dark ale soured with lactic acid – in a certain way, the stronger descendant of the sour porter Brouwbar created in 2019. From tap at – where else – Brouwbar in Ghent. Pale beige, thin, open ring for a head yet remaining for a long time, hazy very dark chocolate brown robe with ruddy hue. Aroma of white yoghurt and sourdough, overripe blackberries, fermenting brown bread, strong overripe medlar, Chinese black bean sauce, wet earth to even some manure, red wine vinegar, cassis, beef broth, pomelo, elderberry juice and a touch of ‘putteke’ (H2S) fading quickly. Estery onset, more so than I am used to from usually ‘clean’ Brouwbar, referring again to ripe elderberry, overripe blackberry, raspberry and medlar, lively carbonated, rounded and full body; caramelly and brown-bready maltiness with slight toasty-bitterish edge, dried by lactic acid which propels the fruitiness forward a bit as well. Some earthy hop bitter notes and warming, gin-like alcohol in the end, but maltiness and lactic acidity dominate – with a somewhat balsamico-like effect, even though the overall sourness remains soft and ‘superficial’. Complex sour ale, a kind of ‘oud bruin’ with traits of sour stout, but all things considered, quite idiosyncratic in general and distinct for Brouwbar in particular too.