The Ale Apothecary El Cuatro

El Cuatro

 

The Ale Apothecary in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Flemish Red / Bruin Regular
Score
7.47
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 20 Ticks: 46
An American Oud Bruin, open-fermented and barrel-aged in fresh pinot noir barrels, then finished in brandy barrels and naturally carbonated with wildflower honey.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

7-2-20

Tried on 03 Jul 2020 at 00:56


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sample at Urban Artifact during The Extinction Event: Natural Wine & Spontaneous Beer Fest on 09/28/2019. Slightly hazy bronze color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Aroma of oak, yeast, fruit and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of vinous oak, mildly funky yeast, brandy and malt. The finish is oaky and a little boozy with a brandy and yeast aftertaste. Good beer all around.

Tried on 18 Feb 2020 at 19:28


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

Bottle. Pours clear amber orange, small off white head, some lacing. Aroma is tannic, brett, lemon, oak, vinous. Flavor is light tart, medium funk. Medium body, litw carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2019 at 00:03


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Flight @ Ale Apothecary taphouse. Pours hazy dark orange with a small offwhite head. Aromas of brett, malt, vinegar, cherries, apples, sweet brandy. Taste is full of brandy, apples, lactic acidity, light malty finish.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


July 2018. Super funky, nicely acidic with a honey flavor

Tried from Bottle at Other Half Brewing Company on 13 Jul 2019 at 07:51


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle@Lennart's Summer Tasting, Malmö (30/06/2018) - hazy orange coloured pour with a white head. Tart sour fruity with some brandy infused wooden accents, light funk and bretty notes, medium body and acidity, tart fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2018 at 14:56


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

Bottle pour at Arrogant Sour Festival, Reggio Emilia. Hazy orange with off-white head. Fruity, wood, dark fruit, some brandy, caramel, vinegar. Medium+ acidity. Soft carbonation. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2018 at 05:59


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart acidic woody aroma. Fruity sour tart woody acidic brandy and wine flavor. Has a fruity sour tart woody acidic finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2018 at 16:03


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 750ml. corked. [ As The Ale Apothecary El Cuatro ].Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt - sweet malt, caramel, aceton, berries, paint cleaner, wood, lacto. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, vinegar, berries, paint cleaner, tart, wood, acetone, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic - acetone. 4me 2 much aceton - paint cleaner - vinegar ! [20180414] 7-3-7-3-14

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2018 at 11:42


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pour enjoyed at Ale Apothecary. First visit! Listed at 10.11%. I have notes on this beer from when Eugene opened this bottle a long time ago, but apparently I never uploaded it. Insanely tart presence. Golden orange pour. Plum, apple, and grape like flavors, and paired with a nice funk. A slight oak finish, paired with a dark fruit finish. Will add my notes from the first taste when I get the chance. An excellent, truly unique brew here.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2018 at 23:03