Dogpatch Sour
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Hermitage Brewing CompanyFlemish Red / Bruin Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.55
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Ale brewed with cherries and aged in wine barrels
This barrel-aged wild ale is named for our San Francisco neighborhood and pays tribute to the Flanders Red style of beer. Aged in wine barrels, this lightly tart ale is brewed with California Rainier cherries using a house blend of wild yeasts, bacteria and SF sourdough yeast. Pair this complex ale with ripe figs & blue cheese or seafood bouillabaisse.
This barrel-aged wild ale is named for our San Francisco neighborhood and pays tribute to the Flanders Red style of beer. Aged in wine barrels, this lightly tart ale is brewed with California Rainier cherries using a house blend of wild yeasts, bacteria and SF sourdough yeast. Pair this complex ale with ripe figs & blue cheese or seafood bouillabaisse.
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9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Pours dark and rather unclear amber . Smell is sour , wood . Some minor wine aspects . Taste is intense sour , and dry , oak , some wine aroma but not much , full , sweet-sour in the back . Very nice !
Tried
on 26 Feb 2015
at 21:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at Bottleworks - cheaper on draft than in the bottle - turbid red - nose is tart cherry pie filling and wine barrel, light acetic acid - soft texture - front end has funky yeast bugginess, earthy cherry skin, tannic notes.and oak - back end gets a bit high in acetic character, tasting almost like fruit-infused.balsamic.vinegar - so a mixed bag, but glad I got to try it without spending so much on a bottle.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jan 2015
at 15:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks Amit. Cloudy orange. Sour vinous oaky aroma, fruity with some cherries. Very sour flavor, fruity, vinous, with oak, some lemon and a vinegar note. Medium-bodied. Really good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2015
at 13:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Cherry and woody barrel notes. Hazy orange pink with almost no head. Tons of acidic tartness and light cherry. Although you can see the Flanders Red, it is much too acidic and doesn’t have near the complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2014
at 12:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle from Ales Unlimited, San Francisco, CA
Batch No 2, bottled March 2014 - Pours dark orange with a bubbly white head. Aroma of tart cherries, lactic sourness, wood and oaky notes. Taste is sweet, juicy and tart with some cherries, sourness, wood and oak. Finish is dry, quite sour, sweetish and tart juicy with cherries, hints of wood, yeast and mild lactic notes. Okay.
Batch No 2, bottled March 2014 - Pours dark orange with a bubbly white head. Aroma of tart cherries, lactic sourness, wood and oaky notes. Taste is sweet, juicy and tart with some cherries, sourness, wood and oak. Finish is dry, quite sour, sweetish and tart juicy with cherries, hints of wood, yeast and mild lactic notes. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2014
at 06:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
37,5 cl bottle @ home. Batch #2: bottled 03/2014
Aroma is somewhat sour with orange, apricot and some worty tones. Flavour is very tart with blood orange, grapefruit, some earthy notes and some lactic tones. Very mouthdrying and sour stuff. Luckily this is more like basic sour than sour red.
Aroma is somewhat sour with orange, apricot and some worty tones. Flavour is very tart with blood orange, grapefruit, some earthy notes and some lactic tones. Very mouthdrying and sour stuff. Luckily this is more like basic sour than sour red.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2014
at 06:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Shaftie, thank you sir! Cloudy amber color, white head. Beautiful aroma of funky summer fruit. taste is softly sour fruit, nicely balanced and complex. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2014
at 07:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
0.375l bottle. Dark orange body, white head, some sediment in the bottom if the bottle. Aroma and taste of mostly lemon zest, with notes of toast and grapes. I can’t notice any cherries (the label says they used some). Very sour beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2014
at 01:03
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Kurtkeller 014: Almanac-tastic 01 on 06/27/2014. Murky orange color with a thin white head that dissipates quickly to a spares outer ring. Spotty lacing. Aroma of tart cherries, oak and yeast. Medium-bodied with flavors of sour cherry, vinous oak and doughy yeast. The finish is tart with a lingering cherry and oak aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2014
at 10:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very sour on finish, citrusy with some apricot. Some plum, fizzy carbonation. Some bretta. Cloudy orange without much head or lacing. Bottle thanks to Shaftie at Epic Sour Tasting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2014
at 09:36