Corbeaux Collection - Corvus Kriekus Sour Ale
Black Raven Brewing in Redmond, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.33
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This could be considered our first truly soured fruit beer. We added season peak Washington sourced cherries in two varietals, Chelans and Titans, to barrel aging scotch ale. The cherries were intentionally field direct and added not only fermentables, cherry tannin and color to the beer but also provided the necessary micro-flora to sour the beer. We then blended various barrels to yield a balanced, quaffable, complex and fruity Black Raven first.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
500 mL bottle, corked. Much thanks to Tcon for saving this one for me. Also fun to try this blind at first, and give it some guesses. A solid sour brown, and a series that I'm glad made the cut for now, and hopefully future releases. Dark black cherry color pour. Cherry sour aroma, and inviting. An intense, but not over the top sour cherry constant. Appropriate level of sour for the sourhead in your life. Has a dominant red wine character that lingers underneath the cherry. A delicious, well made, strong cherry sour. This is the style where Black Raven really shows off their abilities.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2018
at 18:35