Simcoe Sour
Little Earth Project in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Special Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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Brewed in the before times in February 2020, this golden sour was left to age for 11 months before we added a helping of 2013 Simcoe hops and bottled it 3 weeks later. While you can imagine there isn't much benefit to dry hopping with aged hops, they have added a light fruitiness & tannic character to the pronounced stone fruit flavour (think apricots & peaches) that came through via the brettanomyces in our mixed culture. Left to age further in our bottle store until release, it has mellowed into a real easy drinking sour, with very minimal intervention.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle delivered from Hoptimism and drunk at home. Golden orange and clear with a full slightly off-white head. Little bit of funk with notes of white grape, stone fruit, kumquat. Sweet fruity taste with a gentle sourness, more kumquat, underripe peach to the long finish. Light body with soft to medium carbonation. Simple but absolutely gorgeous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2023
at 22:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the source. Clear deep golden color, white coca cola head. Aroma of vinous funk and dust, light stonefruit, tannins. Taste has vinous tannins, more stonefruit, soft sourness, black pepper. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2022
at 19:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Saltpeter Wines, Woodbridge. Aroma is floral and vinous. Honey. Cloudy opaque amber. Thick foamy white head. Medium sour with a sweet streak. As per aroma, floral and vinous plus juice. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry astringent finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2022
at 16:14