Atlas
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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ATLAS & THOR start with a sour red ale base, fermented for many months in one of our spontaneous solera vessels. These large aging tanks were originally filled using 50 gallons of coolship spontaneous beer and then more wort was added over a period of time until the vessel was full. Over the last three years, a small portion of the finished beer has been removed for packaging, which was then replaced with fresh wort, allowing the beer to mature. No cultured microbes have been added during the entire process.
These sister beers are made using the same base beer and fruits, but with different amounts of the black currant and plum. ATLAS is 75% black currant and 25% plum and THOR is 75% plum and 25% black currant.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
At BXL festival. Hazy ruby with light pink head. Plums, sweet jammy berries, light mineral funk, soft sweet red fruits, red grapes. Medium sweet and sour, very light bitter. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2018
at 15:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
At BXL Festival. Hazy ruby red with white head. Cherries, black currant. Barley. Sour grain. Big sour, moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of ATLAS on 01 Sep 2018 at 17:46 - Score: 8
Tried
on 25 Aug 2018
at 15:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bxlbeerfest. Pours red. Aroma is sour, vinegar, fruits, black current. Flavor follows the nose. Finish is dry. Overall: ok.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2018
at 15:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Arrogant Sour Festival 2018. Cherries, some berries, quite lactic, some yogurt, dark red, pinkish off white head. Moderate sourness. Just a tad sweet. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2018
at 16:38
8/10
Black fruit, light vinegar, blueberry jam, plums. Fruity, pretty well-balanced. 4.1
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from Bottle
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Brody's American Taphouse
on 20 Jul 2018
at 20:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
8 3 8 3 16Bottle shared at The Hague Bottleshare July ‘18. Fairly hazy red with a pink head. Aroma of tart cherries and red fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2018
at 19:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a dark purple with medium pinkish white head that lasts. The aroma is strong currants, berry, oak, funk. Medium body, funky, currants, berry, plum, cherry, nice tartness, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2018
at 06:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,15l from tap at Arrogant Sour Festival, shared by Saeglopur, big thanks. purple cloudy color, small pink head. smells very earthy, musty, bit medical, peppery. bit weird smell. medium to full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, some grape and berry notes, some spices, quite some manure, peppery, citric. finishes dry and medium sour with notes of manure, earthy and citric notes. overall still nice, a bit too strong on the manure, taste gets a bit better once it warms up. 6, 4, 7, 3, 14
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2018
at 09:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Score: 7 / 4 / 7 / 3 / 14 - - Draught at Arrogant Sour Festival 2018.
Dark red body, with a big, fluffy, lacing, light yellow head.
Aroma of sour red and dark berries, moderate barnyard, some red apples, some plums.
Tastes pretty similar.
Medium, slick mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes moderate sour, a bit earthy, a bit sweet, with berries, some apples.
Nice, while not outstanding. A bit simple, mainly with the fruits, while still well balanced. Drinks a bit heavier than expected. Solid stuff overall.
Dark red body, with a big, fluffy, lacing, light yellow head.
Aroma of sour red and dark berries, moderate barnyard, some red apples, some plums.
Tastes pretty similar.
Medium, slick mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes moderate sour, a bit earthy, a bit sweet, with berries, some apples.
Nice, while not outstanding. A bit simple, mainly with the fruits, while still well balanced. Drinks a bit heavier than expected. Solid stuff overall.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2018
at 13:21