Bellwoods Brewery Motley Cru 2021

Motley Cru 2021

 

Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.40
ABV: 6.4% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Motley Cru is an annual oak-aged blend released each year in celebration of our anniversary. The 2021 version comprises 85% Spontaneous Keolschip Ale, 7.5% Cabernet Sauvignon fermented Wild Ale, and 7.5% Saison. In a final, congregating act, the blend was refermented with morello cherries, wild blueberries, Haskap berries, and Gamay skins.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

(500ml bottle c/o my dude Herbalist, thanks!) Pour is nearly clear copper-red with a decent but stable head of off-white foam and a little lacing. Aroma is nice rich fruit, red wine and tart cherry especially, some earthy stuff that's more haskap/blueberry-focused, lactic and woody, softly funky, a little oak. Flavour is a lot duller than the nose would suggest, lean berries and lightly acidic wine, some rapsberry in there, lactic, quite lean, above average tannins, very mineral, low funk. Finish is lean lactic wine, maybe a bit oxidized, moderate tannin, berry skins. Medium-bodied, slick, above average cabonation. Smells nice, but ultimately dull and uninsipring. Maybe oxidized a bit but I can't believe that it is all there is to it, given that it's a style with solid aging potential.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2025 at 18:38


8

A hazed reddish copper ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity raspberry jam with light Brett, light lactic notes, light raspberries, very nice. In mouth, a nice raspberry jam with Brett, light lactic notes, complex and smooth.

Tried on 15 Dec 2023 at 23:58


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Glass, 2 ounces, draught, at Lupulus, savoured on 4 September 2021; eye: coppery, cloudy, no effervescence, ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: acidity, light white wine, fruity, light oak, fresh; mouth: acidity, light white wine, fruity, light oak, fresh, tannin, slight astringency, dry fruity finale with presence of white wine, medium body, good carbonation, lightly sweet, lightly raspy texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Verre, 2 onces, en fût, bue chez Lupulus, savourée le 4 septembre 2021; œil : cuivrée, voilée, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, léger vin blanc, fruité, léger boisé, frais; bouche : acidité, léger vin blanc, fruité, léger boisé, frais, tanin, très légère astringence, finale sèche fruitée avec présence de vin blanc, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien

Tried on 03 Dec 2022 at 17:34


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from bottle at FHF 2022 (notes from Aug 06, 2022). Fairly hazy deep gold with small white head. Light funk, saison yeast underlay, slightly vinous, decent.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2022 at 06:41


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy and pale. No head. Tart, woody, with nice vinous accents. Stone fruit, and good juicy character. Excellent.

Tried on 15 Aug 2022 at 04:13


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle sample at Farmhouse Fest 2022, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out mixed bugs, some nice white wine notes, and gentle tart berries. Flavour is full of wild bugs and red wine notes, tannins, oak, and very subdued berry skins. Dry, vinous and buggy, with wonderful depth. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2022 at 02:48


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

(Bottle) clear, bright, fluorescent red colour with a tall pinkish head; aroma of berries, sourness; dry, tart flavour with a long, strong sour finish followed by a light mineral one

Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2021 at 22:52