Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine

Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Pipeworks Brewing Company / De Struise Brouwers
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production

Score

7.04

ABV: 9.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 7

Belgian style Abbey Beer with red currants and Brett aged 5 months in a French oak Pinor Noir barrel. Collab with Pipeworks and De Struise.

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7.3

fonefan (85107) reviewed Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine from Half Acre Beer Company 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, tart, berry, redcurrant, wood. Flavour is moderate sweet and acidic, light bitter with a long duration, berry - redcurrant, wood, light grape - wine. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130406]

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2013 at 07:49

6.5

CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine from Half Acre Beer Company 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a reddish amber with a rough off-white head. Manure in the nose - acetobacter? Medium body, rotten fruit, wood and spices, balsamico. Ends as it started: tart. 060413

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2013 at 09:47

7.1

yespr (55573) reviewed Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine from Half Acre Beer Company 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden brown with a small a small tan head. Aroma is bretty, wineous and lingering fruity. Bitter and overripe fruity. Smooth fruity and citric lingering into the finish. Wineous and citric to brett.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2013 at 09:42

7.4

saxo (29778) reviewed Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine from Half Acre Beer Company 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are brett, wood, malt, berries, fruits and hops. Nice and sour.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2013 at 09:41

7.6

Rasmus40 (37098) reviewed Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine from Half Acre Beer Company 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, sour fruit, bretty and wood. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish with warming alcohol. 060413

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2013 at 09:41

7.5

chrisv10 (24620) reviewed Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine from Half Acre Beer Company 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Clear dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, brett, sour, fruit and vinegar. Flavour is malt, brett, medium dry, fruit, vinegar, wine, oak and a little earthy.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2013 at 09:40

6.9

Lubiere (24605) reviewed Barrel Aged Small Animal Big Machine from Half Acre Beer Company 14 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A dark reddish copper ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma,wild Brett and ground cherries, epsom salts, not bad. In mouth, a harsh malt with astringent corky notes, ground cherries, a bit of horseblanket, butterscotch. On tap at FoBAB 2011.

Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2011 at 18:04