Wild Wild Brett Rouge (WWBR)
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.99
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Draft at Mike Wright Gallery 5-16-15
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
750ml bottle thanks to Dave. Pours out a hazy golden topped with a white head. Nose is medicine cabinet bandaid and brett. Taste is not good just as the nose with bandaid. Ps this bottle sprayed all over.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle thanks to Aaron at the 2014 RBWG grand tasting, thanks! Pours a cloudy light amber with a pink hue and a gray head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a musty wood note with some grain, light tartness and a bit of funk. Flavor has a bit more tartness but is mainly very funky with earthy grain and must.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
RBWG14 Trip Rating #100. Bottle shared at the Grand Tasting. Pours a hazy amber color with a large fizzy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of tart berries, earth, rhubarb, pepper, funk. The taste is dark fruits, vegetal notes, olive, mild funk. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by Nielsen at RBWG. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Nose and taste of hibiscus, sour yeasty fruit, berry tartness, rose hips and lemony acid. Medium body.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle - Perfumy, sour, cherry and white grape. Cloudy orange, no head. Tart grape, some berry, nice fruit and a clean finish. Great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a deep reddish amber color, opaque cloudy. The bottle gushed quite a bit, and the beer initially had a big fizzy head. The bubbles dissipated quickly, leaving behind no lacing and just a very thin ring. The aroma has brett funk and dull malt on top of the mix of citric floral flavors. It doesn’t really come together and everything is a bit drab. The brett flavor is the best part and lends some nice tropical fruit and earthy, spicy flavors. The taste is quite similar. Nice funk but the beer just seems washed out to me. It’s lightly tart and quite dry. The fruit and floral flavors come out some but they have little depth. It’s all just a bit too clean. Mouthfeel is light and carbonation is a bit fizzy. This review feels somewhat harsh. I actually mostly like the beer, but the flavors are just sorta shallow. I think it really could have used some bacteria in the mix.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Notes from last night. Aroma is quite a bit muted. Some light floral notes with some faint tropical fruit and Brett funk. Not much going on in the aroma and smells a bit washed out. We have lift off! This beer was quite the gusher. Pours a copper amber with a big pillowy off white head that recedes very quickly leaving pretty much no lacing. Flavor starts sweet with a light tartness. Not much major character but there is a hint of stake make in the finish. Moderate pineapple and cherry pie notes but also a hint of oxidation and honey. Not much hibiscus or rose. Light bitterness with a somewhat sweet finish. More Brett character as it warms. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with high carbonation. Low astringency with low alcohol warmth. Overall an alright beer to showcase the Brett and flavor additions but the base beer doesn’t show through at all. I was kind of expecting more from this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared with Adam in NH - big thanks, amigo. After a strong initial gush, the beer pours murky gold with a faint, white cream head. Big funky aroma, hints of plastic. Light to medium sweet flavor, damn funky, with some of that Band-Aid character. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately tart to finish, decent balance. Good.