Nora Sour Edition
Birrificio Baladin (Società Semplice Agricola) in Piozzo (CN), Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.90
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at Leighton's 20K, from an IP trade with Joe Muck of Bald Wizardry fame, 01/03/17 Hazed orange golden with a decent off white cap. Nose is piss stained wood, bitter orange, straw, funk, yeast, grains. Taste comprises harsh fruit peel, bitter, over ripe fruits, barnyard edge, grains, pissy lemon rinds, wooded. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with an astringently bitter climax. A little on the harsh side and lacking complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2018
at 08:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
March 1st 2017
Leighton’s 20K at his posh new gaff! Thanks to Colin. Hazy gold beer, good cream colour head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has decent carbonation. Fluffy malts. Woody bitterness. Tangy woody sour citrus. Little gueuzy vibe. Airy finish. Okay aged sour.
Leighton’s 20K at his posh new gaff! Thanks to Colin. Hazy gold beer, good cream colour head. Palate is airy, semi dry and has decent carbonation. Fluffy malts. Woody bitterness. Tangy woody sour citrus. Little gueuzy vibe. Airy finish. Okay aged sour.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2017
at 10:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Leighton mega 20k tasting. 1/03/2017. Huge thanks to C-loin for this one. A hazed orange brown coloured pour with a a lasting off white head. Aroma is sour tangy apple, sour, pear. Flavour is composed of sweet pear, tangy lemon, hint of cinnamon, peppery. Palate is tangy, highish carbonation. Frorhy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2017
at 15:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle charged at the 20k do. Thanks to loin. Pours unclear orange with a. Frothy white head. Lots of cedar in the nose, citrus peel, rind, light must, tangy orange. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, with pale wood, herbal and rindy bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2017
at 17:31
8/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2017
at 16:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft - Vintage 2010 - Sour grape and funk. Cloudy copper with almost no head. Light sour and some cedar wood. Decent, but not worth the price or effort.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2014
at 20:16
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Avenue Pub. Pours a cloudy orange with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is wine, funk, and oak. Not much sourness, stale fruit. Meh
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2014
at 16:02
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Sour Edition 2010: Crisp golden coloured body with a bright copper highlight and a thin one centimetre tall just off-white head. Millions of microscopic bubbles rise from the bottom, but you really have to look to see them. Aroma of sour grapes, oak, vanilla, cognac, yeast, bread, citrus and a bit of light cherries - nice and complex throughout the smell. Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence with a very mild light grape and tart gueuze like flavour, showing some grass, hay and a little oak. Aftertaste has a bit more complexity with some of the fruit-based sugars coming out, a little milk flavour and the subdued tartness and oak dryness shining at the end and making the mouth water for more. Overall, a very elegant, subdued yet potent sour with more of the hints of a wild or even a lambic noticeable. Very mild, but the flavours are very nice, i’m definitely glad I picked this up! I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Eataly in New York, New York on 12-July-2013 for US$16.80 sampled at home in Washington a day before leaving for the real Italy on 11-February-2014. Sour Edition 2010 // Purchased July 2013 // Sampled February 2014
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2014
at 22:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2008 edition on tap at Maxs in July 2012. Still, no head, faded carbonation...probably better four years ago. Subdued, rather one-dimensional. Some mild sour tones, but can’t compare with a Belgian at all. Some odd herbal undertones, faint. Apple juice, not mindblowing for sure. Disappointing, but OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jul 2012
at 19:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours still gold into a snifter. No head. Mild sour fruit aromas. Soft and mildly tart with summer and tropical fruit.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2012
at 11:45