7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle in the garden, 2nd July 17. Pours copper, no head. Aroma is tart fruit, sour. Taste is tart and sour, lots of vineous fruit, really mouth pukering, tart cherry. Liked it.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle, shared at my 10K rating celebration. Nose of caramel, cherry, vinegar, yogurt, vanilla. Hazy orange-amber with lace. Nice balance, medium sourness, fruit seemed a bit faded at first, but came through better as it warmed up. Bit of lactic creaminess. Smooth and crisp.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Amber color and still with a tart and yet boozy aroma. The taste is quite sour and acidic. A simple straightforward sour but enjoyable. It’s a shame these 375ml bottles are so pricey in Japan or I’d drink them more often.

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

The Final Beer of my #6000 celebration (#13 of 13 - six beers on either side of 6000 and the milestone itself). Deep clear, but ever so slightly muddied ruby and almost violet hued body with a thinnish, fast-dying tan head, only about a centimetre tall. Aroma of cherries, sour grapes, oak, cedar, dry grass, funk, brett, lactic acid and a ton of mouthwatering soured fruit notes - very nice smelling and complex! Light-bodied; Biting acidic sourness up front with a lot of fruit elements, but citric acid is noticeable along with a very smooth cherry sweetness along with some raspberries, but the sour flavours hit the tongue first and leave it very nice. Aftertaste shows a bit more of a nuanced flavour with dry oak, cedar and funk noticeable, but the cherry sweetness hits through and the sourness and funk are the strongest - all derived from soured fruits and some light oak notes. Overall, a very enjoyable beer with a great sour flavour that ends nicely, slightly dry, but mouth-watering and making you immediately have another sip - a great example of the style and well worth trying if you can find it, even if you don’t like the style, since it’s a prototypical example of it. I sampled this 37,5 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Columbus Circle), New York on 19-December-2015 for US$11,99 sampled at home in Washington on 31-March-2017 as Beer #6006, the #13th and last of my celebration for #6000!

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle (Batch 4) shared at the Dec 2016 Shrewsbury Beer Exchange Group meeting in Chez Sophie. Cheers Simon for this sour puss of a beer. Poured a cloudy orange/amber, full off-white crown. Aroma was sour cherries, as was the taste: acidic and tart from start to finish.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, courtesy of SImon F. Pours a misty orange-amber, foamy off-white head. Aroma is sour berry fruit, cherries. Taste is crisp lacto, tangy cherry, some vibrant acidic vinegar. Tangy.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

375ml bottle (says batch no. 4). Pours pinky orange with no head and nice and fizzy. Aroma is tart, white wine and bread. Flavour is tart grape and cherry with a dry sour dough finish. The cherry doesn’t lead as it does in a kriek lambic, it just adds a subtle note and some extra fruitiness.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

0,375l bottle at home. Bottled May 2015. brown / redish light hazy color, small off-white head. smells of vinegar, vinous, some funk, light wood, light glue, nutty, marzipan, light vanilla, some cherry notes, lovely smell. full body, medium carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes citric, light vinegar, light funk, nutty, vinous, bit glueish, light cherry notes. finishes rather dry and medium sour with notes of vinegar, some cherry notes and a bit nutty. very nice one, lovely smell, taste is good but lacking a bit towards the finish, overall lovely beer.

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

375 ml bottle. Pours an orange mahogany color with no head. Aromas of vinous old wood and tart cherries. Flavors of same with additional green oak and cherry skins. Tart and funky. Nice.

8

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