Small Animal Big Machine - Barrel Aged
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Pipeworks Brewing Company / De Struise BrouwersSour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special Out of Production
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Score
7.04
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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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7.3/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
7.1/10
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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
7.4/10
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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
7.6/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
6.9/10
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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