Cellar 3: Baroque Belgique

Vintage bottle, picked up for the bargain price of £5.48(!). It pours lightly hazy amber with a orangey hue and thick, fluffy off-white head. Head lasts from start to finish. The aroma is funky, musty, barnyard, brett, gooseberry, white grape, sherbet, damp oak, hay, bitter orange peel, spice, farmhouse bread and sourdough. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, earthy, wood, spicy, hay, slightly metallic, deep funk, barnyard, dirty brett, orange peel, tangerine, splash of Irn Bru, damp grass, herbal, farmhouse bread and straw with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate+ foamy lively carbonation. Has aged well. Brett has properly taken hold. Good American Orval-style beverage. Quaffs good.

Foamy white head on a cloudy vivid amber coloured body. Stone fruit & bubble gum aroma. Bitter sweet citrus, funky, yeast & Brett tastes. Drinkable

Bottle sample at tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy orange. Soapy brett, floral, wheat, citrus, quite dry, strong bitterness.

Exploded cork immediately after the cage was taken off (luckily it wasn't pointed in the wrong direction) - insane pressure built up!!! Very slightly hazy golden coloured body with a super thick, five to seven centimetre tall off-white head that is relatively soapy, but fades somewhat quickly. Aroma of floral hops with some very bretty and funky yeast notes that show some tart smells, but the oak and dry barrel qualities are quite evident. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive dry and floral hops dominate with a nice and light-ish malt body with some herbs, grass and flowers throughout that shows some fruit notes toward the end as well. Aftertaste has a soft wheat and malt component, but the yeast, brett and funky hop characteristics show through towards the end. Overall, a very nice and incredibly complex barrel-aged and bretty flavoured Belgian that fells every bit Wallonian and not Californian, but luckily for us Americans, it's the opposite! I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Fairfax, Virginia on 10-September-2017 for US$10,99 sampled just over two years later on 20-October-2019 at home in Washington. Given that my cork exploded immediately, kept at ideal conditions, you may want to drink this soon if you have a bottle on hand.

Refrigerated 75 cL brown bottle cocked and capped. Gusher, this bottle exploded, beer twenty feet, beer on my face, counter, and floor. Hazy amber with Hugh beige head. Aroma is yeasty, medium body, well carbonated, and some lacing. Taste is dry, yeasty, and a little spice.

Sample at GABF 10/07/2017, thanks to my bro for assistance with note-taking. Clear orange-gold color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily. Partial rings of lace. Aroma of funky yeast, fruit, spice and malt. Medium body with flavors of brett yeast, spiced fruit, malt and mild hops. The finish is mildly funky and dry with a yeast aftertaste. Pretty good overall.