Valley Preserves
Alesong Brewing & Blending in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.48
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Barrels: French oak
Microbes: Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus
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Big jammy cherry, vanilla and oak notes, sweetness, slightly thick. Nice balanced acidity
mcberko (47797) reviewed Valley Preserves from Alesong Brewing & Blending 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small purpleish pink head. Aroma is deep on the cherries and boysenberries, with lots of tannins and oak, cherry pits, and a hint of blueberry skins. Flavour is very fruity and tart, with lots of deep boysenberries, blueberries and cherries, with lots of red wine tannins, and tons of oak. Lovely depth to the fruit, with lots of musty fruit skins, finishing on oak and vinous tannins. Excellent.
Nice gentle berries and cherries. Medium light funk upfront, really should have saved this for summer either this year or last year I guess but still great this mellow day.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
500 ml corked and caged. 2021 bottle. Exquisite aroma has notes of jammy berries, oak, funk. Pours nearly clear ruby red with a one finger purple-white head that falls quickly into a ring. Taste is moderately sour (7/10) with flavors of berries and oak and funk. Highly carbonated foamy mouthfeel. Nice beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Boysenberries are pretty dominating here, as is the French oak. Lesser degrees of sour cherry and blueberry. Super tasty finish with lots of oaky acid. Ruby pour without much head. Tap at Dominion.