Lil Opal Batch #2 (2016)
(Batch of Lil Opal)
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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Lil Opal is the beer that launched our wild beer program when the barrels were stashed in out-of-the-way places and could be counted on two hands. The beer married oak and wild microflora, creating a beer that eventually gave birth to Barrelworks. Today the barrels number in the thousands, all of various origin and size, nurturing several different beers and wild microflora from our program. Lil Opal is a brett'd saison released in the spring to celebrate the vernal season. Aged over one year in French and American oak, Lil Opal's maturation time expresses the beer's oak signature, refines the spicy, fruity and earthy yeast notes, and refreshes the palate with a soft light acidity. A santé!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours darker blonde, very clear. Small, nearly no white head. Scent is nice, complexly tart. American style, but the good kind. Buttery, lactic, malty, white fruits. Thirst provoking ! Taste is full, very malty, buttery (not in a bad, diacatyl way though, more so oriented by the wood and possible yeasty butteryness) , lactic acid but far more complex tan simple added LA. For a saison, could be a bit more dry and phenolic perhaps, but the beer it turns out to be, is a beer i'm happy to drink. Mild acidity overall, but perfectly in balance indeed.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2023
at 11:44