Saint Dekkera Barrel Reserve Sour: Fraise (Strawberry)
Destihl Brewery in Normal, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
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7.31
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Our complex, Belgian-style ‘wild beers’ are aged for several months or even years in our oak barrels. Each barrel contains a different base beer (with distinct color, flavor, body, alcohol, malt and hop character) which undergoes spontaneous and prolonged fermentation with wild critters including Brettanomyces, which is a non-spore forming genus of yeast which lives on the skins of fruit in the wild. The genus name Dekkera is used interchangeably with Brettanomyces and was discovered at the Carlsberg brewery in 1904 by N. Hjelte Claussen, who was investigating it as a cause of spoilage in English ales but which is appreciated and encouraged in certain traditional Belgian-style ales.
BARREL #6: Strawberry Blonde
BARREL #6: Strawberry Blonde
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Thanks Tom. Sour with some strawberry. Aroma has a little yeast. Berry is very light, hardly perceivable. . good sour and acidic flavors at least.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2016
at 19:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a hazy orange gold with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is strawberry seed, funk, oak. Thin mouth, tart strawberry, oak, funk, light finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 20:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours gold white head. Nose/taste of strawberry, soured oak, brett, light vinegar sourness, lemon and funk - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2015
at 18:45
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft pour at Brouwers Big Wood festival. Pours a golden color with a tint of red. A ton of candy strawberry flavor right up front. The runts candy flavor strawberry. Very sweet initially but decently sour flavor. Fresh strawberries aroma as well. This one is a little different from my usual sours. Light wheat flavor background but full of fresh berry flavor. Really good beer here.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2014
at 21:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft (@IndySourFest - Sour Strawberry Barrel #14 aging since 9/21/2012). Musty strawberry and lemon malt aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Slightly sweet but mainly tart strawberry and lemon malt flavor. Light vinegar finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2014
at 17:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap sample @ Midwest SourWildFunkFest. Tart fruity (but not strawberry) lacto aroma, as well as a little nail polish remover - but not in a bad way. Hazy straw gold with a small white head. Earthy sweet-tart strawberry, light funky lacto flavor. Light creamy body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2013
at 13:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml. corked.Hazy matt medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy, tart, sour strawberry, strawberry, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, strawberry, baking yeast notes. Lovely beer ;-) Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120812]
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2012
at 12:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled@chriso. Hazy golden colour, small white head. Aroma is sour wood, some tartness and mild fruity notes. Flavour is sour/tart wood, mild strawberries and quite mouthdrying. Very pleasant and tart notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2012
at 08:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at GABF. Pours with a hazed golden hue and a white head that lasts. Aromas are fruity, estery, jammy, sour, funk, toasty, some acid, brett, floral. Flavors are slightly sweet strawberry, fruity, funk, and acidic. Lively bubbles dry. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2011
at 13:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled on draft at GTMW 2011. Pours a hazy lemon yellow color with a thin head. Aroma of tart citrus, strawberry and a hint of must. The taste is tart berries, citrus. Very tart. Medium bodied. Quite refreshing. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2011
at 18:06