Astounding Enterprises
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.62
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
25.09.2024, 0,375l bottle (2017 vintage) @ apartment in Stryn:
Small bubbly shortlasting head, slightly cloudy reddish amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, berry skin, oak, sour red berries, mild vinegar, old rope, minerals, bark, dusty vanilla, soda powder, hints of cocoa. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, oak, berry skin, sour grapes, mild vinegar, bark, old rope, hay, minerals, sour red berries, flowers, hints of dusty vanilla. Medium bitterness, slightly dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice enough.
Small bubbly shortlasting head, slightly cloudy reddish amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, berry skin, oak, sour red berries, mild vinegar, old rope, minerals, bark, dusty vanilla, soda powder, hints of cocoa. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, oak, berry skin, sour grapes, mild vinegar, bark, old rope, hay, minerals, sour red berries, flowers, hints of dusty vanilla. Medium bitterness, slightly dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2024
at 20:07
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2022
at 20:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks Stas & zvikar. Murky red. Vinegar, oak, beries, funk, wine, sour, acidic, vanilla, alcohol, medium-bodied. Nice but a bit too acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2019
at 18:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle @ Chez Sophie. Pours a generally clear deep red, small white head. Aroma presents sour lactic cherries. Taste is extremely sharp with prominent cherries and a bright acidity, red wine tannin is fairly low in the mix, very subtle and barely noticeable vanilla and cacao. Excellent sharp acidic cherry sour, reminiscent of a beefed up Alexander.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2019
at 19:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear ruby with a small fizzy pinkish white head that dissipaes to not much. Aroma is oak, tannins, berries, vanilla. Flavor is medium tart, light funk, tannic, berries. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2019
at 23:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Head reduced to white rim; faintly hazy deep-red beer. End of bottle solid yeast. Laurel, red fruit, red berries, lactic acid. Sour red fruit, hint at chocolate or mole. Quite sour, lactic acid. In the finish, there's fruity character a gogo, vanilla and tonkabean-like sweetness, if soft. Acidthinning, medium carbonation, fruitslick. Very good fruitsour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2018
at 11:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. (thanks Tom) Hazy dark red with a small head. Sour with grapes, oak, raspberries and cacao. The body was medium and the finish sour. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2018
at 06:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Mikkeller Bar Share. Pours reddish pink with a bubbly head. Woody and Amazing berries. Strawberry, red Wine and raspberries. Funky and dry!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2018
at 18:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375 ml bottle, bottled 10/26/17. Shared by PowY, many thanks!
Red-purple body, with almost no head.
Aroma with lots of raspberries, moderate red grapes, wood, slight vanilla.
Tastes quite similar, with slight vinegar.
Medium, slick mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes medium acidic, a bit dry, medium wooden, a bit sweet, slightly vinegary, a bit vinous with lingering raspberries.
Tasty. Although with a lot of additives, quite simple, with the raspberries dominating and the grapes coming from the background. The vanilla and the cocoa are quite subtle, just adding to the body. Lovely, balanced stuff.
Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16
Red-purple body, with almost no head.
Aroma with lots of raspberries, moderate red grapes, wood, slight vanilla.
Tastes quite similar, with slight vinegar.
Medium, slick mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes medium acidic, a bit dry, medium wooden, a bit sweet, slightly vinegary, a bit vinous with lingering raspberries.
Tasty. Although with a lot of additives, quite simple, with the raspberries dominating and the grapes coming from the background. The vanilla and the cocoa are quite subtle, just adding to the body. Lovely, balanced stuff.
Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2018
at 12:32