7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Deep dark red and amber coloured body with a thick-ish, three centimetre tall off-white head that stays afloat nicely. Aroma of soured, tart, bretty and especially spontaneously fermented notes with a lot of funk in the yeast with some malts here and a dash of light fruit noted, but probably not included in this one. Medium-bodied; Strong yeastie and very tart notes at first with a more oaky and cedar, woodsie notes that show pretty strong throughout with a kick of tart and noticeable fruits with even a noticeable sourness at the end - very nice and complex as well. Aftertaste shows some strong yeastie notes with a lot of tart, grassy and herbal notes with the woodsie qualities as well, with some fruits noticeable as well. Overall, this is much more 'robust' and deep with the woodsie and cedar, oaky notes than the Green bottle (sampled in conjunction), but this was deeper and provided a bit more malt and stronger characteristics. Nice to sample horizontally with the Green bottle, and while that one was 'better' to me, this was still nice to try! I sampled this 37,5 cL corked and caged bottle, purchased from Glen Ro Spirit Shoppe in Monroe, Connecticut on 19-December-2021 for US$9,99 (with a buy one get one, free!) sampled Horizontally with the Captain Lawrence Green Barrel Select beer on 30-October-2022 a few minutes after finishing the USMC Marathon with my wife - Congratulations to her.