8.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

(750ml bottle @ La Souche Limoilou, Quebec City, Nov 16/21) Pours dark orange-tinged gold with a thin white head. Challenging to describe, this one. Nose is shockingly bright fresh beefsteak tomato accented with basil leaves, subtle funk, what the heck. A base of nicely balanced wild ale malt base with lightly sweet (and yes, lightly vegetal) beefsteak tomato, balanced lactic and softly twangy acetic acid, nice presence of fresh basil but it's not overpowering in flavour., funk is reasonably restrained (a little earthy), finish is a little trying but nicely tart, tomato in plain view, mineral salinity pops up, herbal basil kick. Medium-bodied, a bit slick, rather soft carbonation. Absolutely mind-blowing beer in terms of off-the-wall concept and insane level of execution. This is both one of the strangest and one of the most drinkable beers I've had, which is saying something.