Desperate Glory
Small Gods (NZ) in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Collab with: 8 Wired BrewingFlemish Red / Bruin Special
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Score
7.16
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Desperate Glory is a sour brown ale inspired by Flanders fields. The base beer is Three On A Match, a rich and complex Belgian Amber Ale with notes of dates, brown sugar and sweet spice. This spent a year resting in bourbon barrels to bring out rich oak and vanilla notes alongside a complex, funky tartness. We then carefully blended this with Chinese Keemun tea to add a light floral character with hints of tobacco and unsweetened cocoa.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Benny’s Place, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a murky medium brown colour, with a lasting frothy off white head. The aroma is yeasty, dry. The flavour is moderate sour, with a smooth, somewhat light, crisp, dry, yeasty, bretty, spicy, fruity citrus palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. Great example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2026
at 18:53
7.6/10
Our bruinish. Lots of tea, some barrel, pleasant acetic sourness
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2024
at 00:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Clear brown. An off white head never quite forms. Sour, woody aroma with wine and cherry vinegar, earth, vanilla toffee, bracken. Soft, gentle sourness with only a little acetic edge. Lighter and fruitier than guessed with cherries, wild figs, red grapes. Again backed with subtle vanilla toffee. Oak is softer at the end than guessed too. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2023
at 13:13