St. Bretta (Clementine)
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.56
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is tart fruits, citrus, Brett funk, yeast, orange, lemon, light malt. Flavour is nicely tart and a bit above moderate sour with a dry finish. Body is medium. Tasty Bretty citrus sour, good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
07.04.2024, 0,375l bottle (2015 vintage) @ home:
Nice bubbly-creamy mediumladting head, hazy light orangy color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, soda powder, brett, leafs, flowers, minerals, old citrus peel, grass, light malts, hay, old rope. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, soda powder, citrus acid, leafs, brett, old citrus peel, light malts, flowers, grass, minerals, old rope, hay. Medium bitterness, slightly dry sour-ish fruity mouthfeel. Nice enough.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a medium white head. Aromas of coriander, light lactic, citrus, clementines, wheat, esters. Taste is light lactic sour, spicy, coriander, citrus, orange, lemon, wheaty. Pretty nice!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear yellow color ale with a medium size foamy head with limited retention and light lacing. Aroma of sour notes with subtle clementine notes and some light funky ester also discernible. Taste is a mix of sour notes with no acidity, some light clementine notes with light funky Brett notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Not bad but I was expecting more clementine notes.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pleasing funky sour nose, hint of citrus/orange. A bit meh in the glass, little carb or liveliness, no head. But after finishing the pour I did manage to get some sediment, giving it a better look, a cloudy glowing yellow-white. Short of that it was clear and juice like in appearance. Fizzy on the palate though with a nice up front tartness and semi-sweet behind that, leading into briny finish. The yeast gives it a bready character that balances the tart. I don’t get much more orange in the flavor, mostly the nose. Maybe a hint of orange juice at the finish. It’s a really great modestly sour easy drinker.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Strong bitter citrus sour, yeasty and effervescent with a massive clementine middle and a tart orange/grapefruit peel finish. Moderate funk develops late, then a citric sweetness provides the slightest of relief from the sour. The fade stays manageable despite the clingy acidity, and the barnyard notes grow dirtier and lovelier as the pint warms. Nose is mostly funky yeast, and the pour’s unimpressive, but still a very drinkable sour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - Orange coloured pour with white head. Aroma and taste is medium sour with prominent citrus fruity notes, light citrus satsuma and lemon with some light barnyard and floral hoppy accents, nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of brettanomyces, fruits, straw, and malt. The flavor is sweet and sour with notes of brettanomyces, lemons, straw, and other fruits, leading to a tart finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From tap. Pours hazy orange to yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild grainy, sour and fruity. Mild herbal. Fruity, grainy. Slight citrusy. Mellow and toasted malty finish.