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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6/10
Tried
on 11 Feb 2012
at 17:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Where the Wild Beers Are, 2011. Lots of yeast in the aroma as well as earth. Dry and earth flavor as well, with tons of brett yeast. Dry finish of dried plants.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2012
at 08:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap (a few times) during the GABF weekend. Pours with a hazed red hued body with a small white head. Aromas are quite funky, red wine, vinous, phenolic/spicy, and some acetobacter. Flavors of red wine/vinous, berries, funk, light pepper. Mild acidity, horsey, brett, cherry, estery, light hibiscus. Funky overall with lively carbonation, dry and a medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2011
at 15:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
on tap-pours a light tan head that laces with amber/orange color. Aroma is brett, wood, berry. Taste is brett, wood, berry, light/ medium malt, some earthy, yeast, slightly drying.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2011
at 16:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled from 750ml bottle. Poured a light-red hue, with a large white head (for such a small initial pour). Aroma was light floral notes, a bit average and underwhelming. Flavor was as underwhelming as the aroma. Nothing offensive, but nothing exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2011
at 12:36
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Beautiful, dark rose, cloudy appearance with a pinkish cream head with good retention. Really a nice (rosey) floral, lightly funky, mild to moderate barnyard, mildly yeasty, light red fruits (strawberry), some citrus fruits, slightly tart nose. Interesting first taste- light red fruity, yeasty, delicate, lightly tart flavor. With a little more inspection, there’s a mild floral element, mild tartness, strawberry, red fruits, pretty mild, subdued yeasty flavor. Some of the drier elements on the finish with also flavors of straw and more citrus fruits. The floral element is quite nice in the beer. Really a delicate mouth feel and a mild tartness that probably will develop with a little more age. As with some of their other beers, I think aging this a little while will help but leaps and bounds ahead of my previous tasting of their sours. It also should be noted that the first two offerings from Chad ran about $13 for a 750mL, which is awesome considering some of his competitors charge $35 for other local sour beers. Bottle 1123/1600. [Updated rating on bottle 237/1600 on 9/3/2011]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2011
at 21:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 1189 of 1600 - I was apprehensive about trying this, considering that, up to this point, his other wild and/or sour beers have received such horrendous scores - I just bought this bottle to judge for myself and resigned myself to the possibility that it might be crap - kind of glad I took the chance - I think his other beers must have been too young when he served them at fests, etc. - wild yeast is pretty tough to work with, but it seems he has worked the kinks out with this one - turbid pinkish pour - moderate off-white lacing - nose of musky, moderately developed brett, kicking out notes of pineapple and moderate musty funk - the berries, rose hips and hibiscus play off of this well, adding a greater depth to the tropical fruit character (mango, passionfruit) - medium-low carbonation - a prickly acidity that seems more from the rose hips and hibiscus than anything else - brett is more subdued in the flavor than the nose - it works its way up through the acidity, bringing some of the pineapple it brought to the nose - very subdued funkiness and a moderate, chewy yeastiness on the tail end - finish of hay, mild blue cheese and lingering rose hip flavor and acidity - would like to try it again once the brett has developed even more, but I think it is drinking pretty nicely right now - very mellow for a wild ale - probably a good intro to brett for the uninitiated - will definitely pick up a bottle of the guava now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2011
at 19:44