Halcyon Year One
Beau's Brewing Co. in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.33
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottle sample @ Witchstock 2018, Toronto, Sept 29/18) Pours hazy dark amber with an off-white head. Notes of rich caramel malts with ample stone fruit, especially peach, punchy wine vinegar, berries, toasty wood, some soft citrus fruit, butterscotch/vanilla richness, bourbon coming up from beneath, funky hay Brett is subtle but present, hints of spice joining in for the long, woody fruity finish that conveys bourbon warmth and vanilla long into the aftertaste. Medium-bodied, with smooth effervescent carbonation. Superb, a whole melange of flavours going on here but the blending into a cohesive whole is impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2018
at 16:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pours a clean caramel-amber with a light warm-beige fizzy head that dissipates quickly and hardly any lacing. Just some tiny foam on top, from the tiny bubble carbonation. At first, balsamic vinegar nose that is blended with hints of peach. Then, the vanilla comes out to complete the balance, which lightens the vinegar aromas from normal wild yeast. The mouthfeel is sour, very slight tarty with a mild dry finish. Feels a little thin in the lingering part. A sour start to the flavours with with balsamic touch and then calms down slowly with some notes of wood, vanilla and peaches. Very nice and wishing Halcyon long life.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2018
at 00:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A nice reddish amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, beautiful sweet fruity malt with light ground cherry, light Brett, light lactic notes, very nice and complex. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light butterscotch, light acidity, light Brett, very nice and complex. Bottle at Beau's.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2018
at 21:12