All Black Everything
Funk Factory Geuzeria in Madison, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.48
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This heavily fruited wild ale starts as a blend of beers from both our spontaneous, Methode Traditionelle, program and also from our stock of Foeder-fermented saisons. We aged this blend on a combination of blackberries, black raspberries, black currants, and black cherries. This year we also added a new component to the mix…black limes! After the fruited beer blend had refermented to dryness, we infused it with an addition of the black limes. The result is an intricate, fruit forward beer. The unique contribution of the limes intermingles with an underlying sweetness from the cherries, the tartness and tannins from the raspberries, and the earthiness and jammy qualities brought forward by the blackberries and currants.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
750mL bottle, 2020 vintage, drunk May 6, 2026.
Beautiful fruit in the nose with, I daresay, less acetic than in their straight fruited lambics. Jammy and rich with a good sweetness that helps balance. Doesn't smell like all acid. Very gentle funk and a good malt/wheat backbone.
Damn. Still that acetic note up front, leading to a cringeworthy amount of vinegar that distracts from the fruit. Great carbonation and a slick, wheat-like texture with ample depth, but in the end, just too much acetic. There's like zero apparent Brett and even the lactic acidity is outdone by the acetic.
After trying six aged bottles from Funk Factory, every one of which contained too much acetic (The Last Four Winters having the least), I can pretty confidently say that these guys aren't going to be dearly missed. They did a lot of good things (excellent fruit expression, clarity of flavors, excellent texture) but it all seems to be overshadowed by the excessive acetic acid, sadly.
Beautiful fruit in the nose with, I daresay, less acetic than in their straight fruited lambics. Jammy and rich with a good sweetness that helps balance. Doesn't smell like all acid. Very gentle funk and a good malt/wheat backbone.
Damn. Still that acetic note up front, leading to a cringeworthy amount of vinegar that distracts from the fruit. Great carbonation and a slick, wheat-like texture with ample depth, but in the end, just too much acetic. There's like zero apparent Brett and even the lactic acidity is outdone by the acetic.
After trying six aged bottles from Funk Factory, every one of which contained too much acetic (The Last Four Winters having the least), I can pretty confidently say that these guys aren't going to be dearly missed. They did a lot of good things (excellent fruit expression, clarity of flavors, excellent texture) but it all seems to be overshadowed by the excessive acetic acid, sadly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2026
at 21:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
750mL bottle, 2020 vintage, drunk May 6, 2026.
Beautiful fruit in the nose with, I daresay, less acetic than in their straight fruited lambics. Jammy and rich with a good sweetness that helps balance. Doesn't smell like all acid. Very gentle funk and a good malt/wheat backbone.
Damn. Still that acetic note up front, leading to a cringeworthy amount of vinegar that distracts from the fruit. Great carbonation and a slick, wheat-like texture with ample depth, but in the end, just too much acetic. There's like zero apparent Brett and even the lactic acidity is outdone by the acetic.
After trying six aged bottles from Funk Factory, every one of which contained too much acetic (The Last Four Winters having the least), I can pretty confidently say that these guys aren't going to be dearly missed. They did a lot of good things (excellent fruit expression, clarity of flavors, excellent texture) but it all seems to be overshadowed by the excessive acetic acid, sadly.
Beautiful fruit in the nose with, I daresay, less acetic than in their straight fruited lambics. Jammy and rich with a good sweetness that helps balance. Doesn't smell like all acid. Very gentle funk and a good malt/wheat backbone.
Damn. Still that acetic note up front, leading to a cringeworthy amount of vinegar that distracts from the fruit. Great carbonation and a slick, wheat-like texture with ample depth, but in the end, just too much acetic. There's like zero apparent Brett and even the lactic acidity is outdone by the acetic.
After trying six aged bottles from Funk Factory, every one of which contained too much acetic (The Last Four Winters having the least), I can pretty confidently say that these guys aren't going to be dearly missed. They did a lot of good things (excellent fruit expression, clarity of flavors, excellent texture) but it all seems to be overshadowed by the excessive acetic acid, sadly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2026
at 21:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Virby44. Had to wait to split this one with the boys since Silke is not a fan of the style. Murky red with a thin, frothy head. Robust aroma full of raspberries, balsamico and oak. Funky. A hint of pear. Taste is intense sour with a lingering, moderate bitter finish full of oak. Medium-bodied, moderate carbonation. Really intense. Excellent in moderate doses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2022
at 17:28
9/10
Super funky, lot of tannins, well balanced leaning on tart
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2020
at 19:19
9/10
Serious all black berries, serious nice funk
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2019
at 13:36