Entropy Series No. 28: Balaton Cacao Sour
Dageraad Brewing in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.88
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Barrel-aged sour ale with Balaton cherries and cacao nibs
This beer was fermented in oak barrels for 1 to 2 years with a culture of brettanomyces and lactobacillus before being transferred on to Naramata-grown balaton cherries and cacao nibs for a further 16 weeks.
This beer was fermented in oak barrels for 1 to 2 years with a culture of brettanomyces and lactobacillus before being transferred on to Naramata-grown balaton cherries and cacao nibs for a further 16 weeks.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap. Pours a dull garnet red with no head. Aromas of earthy cherries, dull wheat and blueberries. Flavors of earth cherries, wood, dark powdery chocolate and biscuity malts. Odd mix.
Tried
from Draft
at
Darby's Public House
on 17 Jul 2025
at 00:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at Dageraad. Pours murky deep red with a white head. Tons of juicy dark cherries, cacao, and gentle must on the nose. Flavour has juicy dark cherries, gentle tannins, and a lot of lacto; not getting much cacao. The cherry expression is very nice, but the yeast profile is fairly attenuated and limits the overall complexity.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dageraad Brewing
on 02 Jun 2025
at 15:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap @ Dageraad. Bright medium dark red with small light pink head. Underlying dark cherry character, cacao top note, a bit woody, lacto permeates the background. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2024
at 21:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Dageraad, pours a deep dark burgundy with a medium pink head. Aroma brings out lots of cocoa, tart cherries, lacto, and a touch of wild yeast. Flavour reveals a real nice, deep cherry character, accentuated by cocoa, and a yogurty lacto base. I'd prefer more of the wild yeast expression to the lacto, but the cherry and cocoa complement is very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2023
at 02:08