Valise

The Bruery Terreux in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: The Bruery
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production

Score

7.22

ABV: 10.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 9

Valise is a wine-inspired sour ale with Viognier grapes and a gripping story. The Viognier grape varietal was near extinction in the 1960s, with cultivation down to only several dozen acres in the Rhône wine region in Southern France. But, thanks to the efforts of one maverick, the varietal was transported to a new frontier - California’s Central Coast, where it began to flourish. And that’s where our part in the story begins, nestled among the vines of Viognier at Camp 4 Vineyard. Hand-selected by Bruery Terreux Production Manager, Jeremy Grinkey, the harvested Viognier grapes were pressed nearby with our friends at Sans Liege. The juice was then transported to blend and ferment with a sour blonde wort at Bruery Terreux. Valise showcases the floral and stone fruit flavors that the fuller-bodied white wine is known for, all the while retaining the complexities of a wild, sour blonde ale. It’s a distinct statement in both the wine and beer worlds, keeping the art of exploration and experimentation alive and well... and very much close to home.

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_angst_ (8410) ticked Valise from The Bruery Terreux 5 years ago

Backlog from Bruery Bonanza 2020

Tried on 28 Aug 2020 at 00:47

7.5

fonefan (84534) reviewed Valise from The Bruery Terreux 6 years ago

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

Bottle 750ml. @ [ Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House.[ As Bruery Terreux Valise ].Clear medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, grape, wine, funk, oak, vanilla - barrel. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, tart, grapes, funk, aok, vanilla - barrel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190817] 7-3-8-4-15

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2019 at 15:23

Brugmansia (22477) ticked Valise from The Bruery Terreux 6 years ago

Tried on 17 Aug 2019 at 17:19

7.5

Back (3589) reviewed Valise from The Bruery Terreux 6 years ago

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

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Tried on 17 Aug 2019 at 17:19

6.9

Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Valise from The Bruery Terreux 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours clear golden, small white head, dissipates quickly, fizzy, not much lacing. Aroma is oak, brett, white grape, funk, lemon. Flavor is medium tart, spritzy, oak, grape skins, light funkiness. Light bodied with high and soft carbonation. Champagnelike in mouthfeel. Lingering lemony tartness.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2018 at 21:06

7.2

Camons (21577) reviewed Valise from The Bruery Terreux 8 years ago

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

Bottle, DØE tasting @ Cafe Albert. Pours pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma of light sourness, wood, light barnyard, wet wood, tart fruit, green grapes. Flavor is light sour, malt, wet wood, oak, tart fruity, grapes. Medium body, average carbonation, dry tart fruity finish. 230118

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2018 at 10:02

7.8

Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Valise from The Bruery Terreux 8 years ago

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

Sample at Beer Meets Wood on 09/23/2017. Clear golden color with a medium white head that burns away steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of oak, white wine, yeast and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of vinous oak, grape must, yeast and doughy malt. The finish is oaky with a white grape and yeast aftertaste. Pretty good beer overall.

Tried on 31 Oct 2017 at 13:57

allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked Valise from The Bruery Terreux 8 years ago

Sparkling white wineish sour ale but a bit thin and dry.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2017 at 21:16

7.5

ineedbeer (4099) reviewed Valise from The Bruery Terreux 8 years ago

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

Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is rather white wine and grape forward with some light citrus and pineapple notes. Medium light oak with some grape must and hints of funk. Light floral notes. Pours a fairly clear, pale golden straw with a medium sized, thin white head that recedes quickly to the edges where a small film lingers for a bit. No lacing and moderate length legs. Flavor is moderately acidic with some light citrus and pineapple notes. Quite a bit of grape and white wine notes. Lots of white wine notes and grape must. Medium light oak. Some light floral notes. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. I usually like wine beer hybrids, but this one has too much of a wine character and it overwhelms the base beer in my opinion. If they dialed back the grapes by 25% or so I would like it more.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2017 at 23:10