7.5

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

750 ml corked and crowned bottle. 2015 vintage. 10.1% ABV. A gusher when uncorked. Honey gold pour is hazy with a brief bubbly white head. Intense sour malt aroma. Flavor is extremely tart with vinous notes. There is a slight hint of oak, though subdued. Sourness levels off in middle. Alcohol is subtle but present. Tart dry finish.

7.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle @ DØE meeting. Gusher that pours slightly hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of light sourness, yeast, wood, oak, tart fruit, white grapes. Flavor is sour, malt, yeast, oak, wet wood, tart fruity, wine, white grapes, little citrus aswell, little alcohol. Medium to full body, average carbonation, light acidic finish with a little alcohol warmth. 181017

8

Lemon grape juice nose with high minerality & light funk. Light sweet, balanced sour, fruity & tiny funky. Round & tart mouth. Really good.

7.3

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

Bottle at pilsnertests. MASSIVE gusher. Half the bottle on the grass. Hazy orange with a white fizz. White grape aroma with a bit of funk and oak. Taste is very similar with white grapes, oak, light funk. Semi sweet with a strange leather finish.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

From a bottle: pours hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is grapes and vibegar and wood. Taste is somewhat bitter wih a nice bit of sourness. More on the bitter and sharp side of the sours spectrum. Good though.

8.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

2013 Bottle The Seventh Beer of my #6000 celebration, which so happens to be the centre beer at #6000 itself...finally! Quite difficult to get the cork to get moving, but once it got a bit of a gap near the top, it opened fairly easily. Pours completely clear with a touch of a copper coloured body, but fairly peach and orange-ish with a thin off-white head that fades just as quickly as soda and doesn’t leave any sort of lace at all - large bubbles as well that fade to nothing. Aroma of gueuze, light malt, grass, yeast, white grape juice, more yeast and a sour, spontaneous fermentation smell that just screams funky sourness, just like the best gueuze from Belgium. Light to Medium-bodied; Funky sour flavours at first with green apples, pears, apricots and peaches, passionfruit and a light dose of guava as well, but the malt comes through a touch near the end, but this is funky and showing the must and dry oak throughout. Complex wild and funky flavours at first with the deep sour funk all pungent throughout along with the dry oak and sweetness that would show through after a long time in a wooden barrel. Aftertaste is funky, but the spontaneous fermentation and complexity with flavours around the spectrum makes this a very nice beer through and through and makes this a welcome and US-brewed alternative for a real, unblended gueuze from Belgium. Overall, great to finally sample, and despite the ho-hum appearance and unflattering trip to the glass, this beer is really good and makes me long for another trip to the brewpub and samples right from the barrels. I sampled this 75 cL corked and caged bottle, purchased from Supermarket Liqours in Fort Collins, Colorado on 17-March-2016 for US$19,99 sampled almost exactly a year later on 18-March-2017. 2013 Edition (9,3% abv) // Purchased: 17-March-2016 // Sampled: 18-March-2017

7.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From 75cl bottle at Grand Cru, Rimini, Italy. Pours pale gold, hazy, with almost no foam. Aroma is tannic and denotes sour wild yeasts. Body is medium with marked astringency. Taste is intensely sour, some sapidity. Finish is relatively long.

7

Bardzo spoko owocowo bretowe,

7.5

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

Draft at the Barrel House. 2015 vintage at 10.1% ABV. Pale, clear golden with big foamy head. Light bodied and light on the palate, but the grapes also lend a lot of flavor, think white grape juice on steroids. Aroma and flavor lean on the grapes, initial tartness dries out on the back end.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 ml bottle into tulip glass; 2015 vintage bottling, 10.1%. Violent gusher upon opening, lost a couple ounces. Pours lightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 2 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tart/sour lemon, lime, peach, pear, green apple, white grape, white wine, oak, hay, straw, funk, light pepper, wheat, cracker, light honey, light leather/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, grapes, wine barrel, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart/sour lemon, lime, peach, pear, green apple, white grape, white wine, oak, hay, straw, funk, light pepper, wheat, cracker, light honey, light leather/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Moderate fruity/lactic tartness and light yeast/tannic oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, lime, peach, pear, green apple, white grape, white wine, oak, hay, straw, funk, light pepper, wheat, cracker, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, grapes, wine barrel, and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tartness balance; and zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from tartness and carbonation, increasing through the glass. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp/grainy/acidic, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Minimal warming alcohol for 10.1%. Overall this is an outstanding fruited sour ale! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, grapes, wine barrel, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink for the big abv, thanks to the modest acidity. Great brett complexity with balanced fruit, wine barrel, and malt flavors; with minimal lingering sweetness. Not overly funky or lactic, but solid amounts of both. A highly enjoyable offering all around.