Billy the Mountain
Upright Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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tricksta_p (13806) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 2016 vintage, from Upright, Portland. Aroma is rich malt, caramel, Bretty barnyard funk, overripe fruits, vinous, tart berries, wood, raisins, with notes of red wine. Flavour is tart and medium sour with a dry finish. Body is medium. Nice and fairly complex oaky Bretty Old Ale, good tart sour flavour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the brewery. Interesting! Reminiscent of an oud bruin initially, but then has a interesting black treacle element in the background. Aroma has bit of plastic, sharp sourness, malt and spice. Taste is very unique, citrus, sourness, but sweet at the same time. Definite bitterness, licquorice, touch of spice. Can't quite get to grips with it. Think I like it though. Extra points for uniqueness.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle - Sour cherry. Murky red with a small white head. Light soured cherry and some earthy notes.
Foffern (3549) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home. Vintage 2016. ABV 8%. Pours a deep reddish brown colour and a beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, balsamico vinegar, brown sugar, oak and game meat. Hint of chocolate. The flavour is similar with dried fruit, oak, coffee, balsamico vinegar, leather, black currants and brown sugar. Has silky mouth feel, medium to full-bodied and a light bitterness. Both sour and malty. Interesting.
Rennat42 (5622) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Bottle/Fest. A- Caramel, sour. A- Brown color, murky liquid, no head. T- Sewer water, sour, malty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, unbalanced finish. O- What is this.....it’s baaaad. I expected something along the lines of a nice scotch ale but the Brett in here made this really twangy and sour. Tasted like dirty dish water with a squirt of lemon juice. Billy must be a goat and the mountain must be his pile of crap. This was bad.
BeerPlace (11108) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A bottle on Black Christmas 2016 at 12 Kings. Pours a hazy brown with a beige head. Aroma is fermented fruits, sour and sweet. Taste is pretty the same, very smooth. Good stuff.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Capped 750 from Corti Brothers. Pours very hazy brown with some beige/tan smear. Aroma of very old leather/wood with some slight Brett notes. Med ++ body. Flavor is old wood/leather with some medium dark fruit and definite Brett notes. Missing is the oxidation currently found in bottles of Prize Old Ale, but one cannot have everything. This is pretty good stuff. I should have bought one to age for 20 years!!!
djd07 (28882) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to John. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head. The aroma is oak and brett. Medium mouth with dark fruit, fig, wood, very good.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark brown, molasses, some plummy tartness, usual tart barrel stuff; sweet taste, brown sugar character with again a light fruitiness. It’s ok, but I’d prefer the rich old ale straight up as I don’t find the tartness helps it - this is nor on the Gale’s Prize Old Ale level.
madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Billy the Mountain from Upright Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
17th January 2014
Almost opaque brown beer, good tan head. Nice light bretty nose. Palate is airy and semi dry and with good fine carbonation. Interesting beer - a medium sweet airy caramel cream base on which rides brett that turns savoury. Nice undertone of mild gueuzey wet wood. Trace of dark fruits. Light semi dry finish. The brett isn’t overdone and that brings drinkability despite it’s big abv. Nice.