Barrel-Aged Series 1 - Brabant
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.39
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From backlog. Taster, from Bottle, at a big share in Southern California. Brown with some head. Yeasty, brett, sour, Fruity, Wine, oak.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz. bottle, shared. Pours dark brown, with some reddish hues. Small, tan head. The aroma is distinct red wine, dry leather, caramel, musty attic, and tart cherries. Sweet with a surprisingly dry finish. Not really sour flavor, but a good, brett funk. Medium body, with a surprising amount of carbonation. This is an experience! Still tasty, vineous, and wild. I imagine it would've been tastier a few years ago.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
12oz bottle thanks to Toby. Pours out a mahogany topped with a sand head. Nose is heavy barrel notes tartness funk some Brett and a pit fruit. Taste is more of the heavy barrel notes Brett sour funk and a nice sweetness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, thank you to JohnGalt1 for bringing this, I’ve been wanting to try it for quite a while. Dark brown color with a thin ring of beige head, looks a lot like cola. Nose is mostly barrel and a bit vinous. Hints of the zin I guess. Taste is heavy barrel, lots of sour, and a little bit of sweetness. Lots of vinous notes, some brett. Complex. Thanks again Toby.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz bottle pour. Bottled in 2009. Much thanks to Tyler for sharing this. Pours a cola black with a short fizz head. Sour dark fruit and brett yeast aroma. Cherries too. Wild yeast flavor up front, and slightly tart, though it starts to sweeten up. Wine flavor from the barrel shows. Sweet cherry finish. Solid beer here. Unique, and seems to have aged very well. Hopefully I’ll run into this one again some day. UPDATE: enjoyed again over two years later. Thanks again T! Solid beer. A ton of wood, and wine notes. A little tart. Ton of Brett. Really good stuff
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/10/2009. Pours hazy very dark brown color with a 1 finger fairly dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with some moderate streaming carbonation. Aromas of tart cherry, sour apple, grape, clove, pepper, oak, leather, red wine, hay, funk, light vinegar, bread, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of the wild yeast notes with barrel character. Taste of sour cherry, sour apple, grape, clove, pepper, oak, red wine, leather, toast, light roasted malt, hay, funk, light vinegar, and yeast earthiness. Light earthy tartness after the finish; with lingering notes of light tart fruits, clove, pepper, oak, red wine, leather, funk, toast, hay, light vinegar, and earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Solid flavor balance and complexity of yeast ester flavors and barrel notes; some moderate astringency with light oxidation; and lightly cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium full bodied; with a crisp, lightly acidic, and lightly slick mouthfeel that is ok. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a pretty solid wild ale. Some nice aromas with solid flavor complexity and balance; and fairly smooth to sip on. A moderately enjoyable offering; had no problem finishing it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
19th March 2010
Opaque black beer. Lovely nose of woody red wine and sourness. Light semi crisp palate. Light fruity sourness with a hint of red wine. A little sweet lacto malt in the background. Finishes lightly sour and a little dry. Lovely light sour beer. Very drinkable. One of the best of this style!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz. bottle at Brouwer's Cafe, pours a dark, dark brown / black with a reddish tinge and a small tan head. Aroma of brett, sour funk and red wine. Flavour of sour fruits, chocolate notes, rum and red wine barrels, as well as brett. Full-bodied with a malty, sour finish. Good, but overrated.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A deep dark brown sour ale with a thick brown head. In aroma, a superb molassy anf grassy sour mash, with white grapeskins, Orval Brett, cork and pepper and alcohol warmth. In mouth, a smooth yet sour dark malt with dark fruits, molasses, soysauce, fruity acidity, warming and nice. Tasted with Probstk. Bottle from Federal Wine in Boston, approx. a year old.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz bottle. Pours pretty much black with a yellowy off-white head. Tart, funky aroma, vinegary with barrel notes, red fruits, and dark fruits. First thing that strikes me in the flavor after a quick tart note is a nutty, earthy flavor, moving into red grape and cocoa, oak, still with a general tartness and dry bretty funk. This is pretty good, but it feels like it could stand to be less restrained. The flavors are overall a bit too mellow, at least after two and a half years in the bottle.