Oxbow Brewing Company Liquid Swords 2018

Liquid Swords 2018

 

Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Special Out of Production
Score
7.05
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 2
Liquid Swords is our annual Grand Cru. The 2018 blend incorporates select mixed-fermentation blonde farmhouse ales aged in French and American oak barrels.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

2018 bottle at the Portland location, 11/8/25. As pictured.
Round and soft with fruity, cherry-vanilla acidity and rich, baguette-like malt. Floral notes with earth and old wood. Nothing aggressive.
Well damn, this has aged gracefully. Big floral notes like heather and chamomile soften things. Light cherry-like acidity. Excellent malt frothy with honey and white bread and a woody dryness in the very end. Lingering pepper and mild funk. Polished and flavorful. Maybe not their most complex blend, bit if it's drinking this well at 7 years, I ain't complainin'.

Tried from Bottle at Oxbow Blending & Bottling on 08 Nov 2025 at 20:54


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

Flavor shows tart fruits, funky / Bretty yeast, and plenty of oak. Thankfully vinegar is low. Does have some sharp pucker in the glands but not aggressive. Interesting blended sour.

Tried on 11 Apr 2019 at 00:21