Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project L'Brett d'Apricot

L'Brett d'Apricot

 

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
7.26
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 51
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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled 375ml. -thanks Vran! Murky orange/apricot coloured, small white head, apricot and brett in the nose. Apricot, brett, citrus and mild wood with dry and quite tart finish. Well done.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2020 at 18:58

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 0.375l, 5 years old. Aroma is musty, vinous and citrusy with notes of apricot and brett. Pours murky orange clay-like color with totally diminishing off-white head and floating yeast particles. Taste starts tart grainy and citrusy, follows by ripe apricots, white wine, bread and and wood with rather dry mouthfeel. Medium body, slick texture and average carbonation in palate. Apricot jam on brett...
Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2020 at 20:53

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Lys gul tåkete med hvitt skum. Lukter svovel og aprikos. Svært sur. Floralsk, aprikos og eddik. Lang.
Tried on 03 Sep 2020 at 10:12

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Almost perfectly clear light amber and copper coloured body with a bright orange glow and a soft, but noticeable two to three centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of super pungent apricots, brett, yeast, soured fruits, light apples, a dose of tart, soured foeder and spontaneously fermented fruits with a dry oak note throughout - super complex in the nose. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence; Strong apricot flavours with some peach notes and a bunch of soured and tart fruits showing through with some oranges and lemons as well, but the brett and funky yeast qualities drive through and a perfumey and almost herbal kick towards the end. Aftertaste is very complex as well with the dry oak noticeable first, then showing some of the alcohol and carbonation with the sour and tart fruits then coming and finishing with a sweet and decidedly apricot bite at the end, which is very nice and still incredibly complex and dry. Overall, a very nicely done, super elegant beer that shows the sour, fruity, dry and funky flavours in that order, all in large quantities, but pungent throughout AND relatively subdued and subtle at the same time. A great beer to sample and even better if you like/love sours and perhaps one of the best if you love apricots, as this is pungent in that fruit. Great to sample, especially as the last beer that I'll have in my house here on the Eastern Shore, but more as a great deal (wrong price) from the store and almost exactly three years after purchase and almost five years after brewing in Colorado! I sampled this 37,5 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Columbus Circle/Central Park), New York on 11-June-2017 for US$3,19 with a date on the back of the bottle as 'August 2015', sampled at my house here in Hacksneck, Virginia on 13-June-2020 for one last time.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2020 at 17:49

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours hazy juicy orange with a small white head. Aromas of citrus, grapes, brett, hay, stale notes, apricots, light clay. Taste is bretty, apricots, mandarin, mango, citrus, cheesy notes, hay.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:54

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at brewdog Lothian road. Pours golden, nose is lemon, sherbet, apricot, taste is tart, zesty, juicy fruit, funky.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2019 at 07:11

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
75cl bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Jan 19. Many thanks to Mike for bringing this back from Scotland. Being a grammar nazi this beer irritated me before it was even opened due to the erroneous abbreviation of La to 'L' before the word 'brett'. Once the beer is cracked tho, it appears misty yellow, small foamy white crown. Aroma is bretty, acetic, vibrant tang, light apricot.. would want a bit more apricot. Seems to have developed a lot of acetic character since bottling. Fine but expected more apricot.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2019 at 10:38

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
75cl bottle; 5.7% ABV, 2017 Harvest. Cheers Mike for bringing this to the Jan 2019 meeting of the Shrewsbury Beer Exchange Group in Chez Sophie. Pours a dull, misty yellow with a wispy head. Carries a sour Apricot bite throughout, not really my thing. scored objectively.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2019 at 09:34

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
On tap at Stanley’s. Pours a cloudy earthy gold with a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma is full of Brett and sour apricot with a bit of grain underlying. Flavor has lots of Brett and sour apricot with some acid in the finish.
Tried from Draft on 16 Dec 2018 at 00:01

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Draft - Intense Soured Dirty apricot notes. Cloudy yellow with a decent white head. Tart and very sour apricot with some barrel notes.
Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2018 at 01:41