Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Three Penny Taproom on 3/16/14
Mostly clear straw-golden body looks quite gueuze-like and has a small, poorly retained white head and plentiful carbonation in the liquid. Sediment left behind in bottle.
Light sulfur and quite an authentic malo-lactic presentation in the nose is deliciously reminiscent of Cantillon gueuze. Hay, earth, lots of funky barnyard and soft but strong acids fill the nose. More malt presence than the top Belgian gueuzes, though not necessarily more sweetness; I just get more biscuity, lightly bready notes that are certainly not unwelcome and characterful in their own right. A fair amount of buttery, woody oak in the nose, but certainly not overdone by any stretch.
Sweet and sour notes collide up front, with more raw oak and acetic acid than the top gueuzes. It quickly softens out though, leading to more lactic notes, strong brett acids and a clean, sour finish that still has some of the light malt sweetness lingering.
A bit looser/more watery in texture than the best, but that’s a pretty minor complaint. Really there’s not a single major issue with the beer. Any Belgian lambic house could be proud to serve this. A touch sweeter than I would prefer and the alcohol, while not disturbing the flavors, always seems to lighten/loosen the body the higher it gets (in a lambic), I’ve found. Awesome beer, though and I’m sure the longer these guys keep brewing and adjusting, the better it’s going to get. 8/3/8/4/15
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours hazed gold into a tulip. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Tart apricot and aspirin aromas. Crisp with tart apricot and aspirin upfront turning to sharp lactic pith before the medium length marshmallow finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home feeling fancy this evening. Apricot colored and small soapy head. Nose is tart citrus and some wood. Tatses of apricots, lemons, gooseberry, fresh cut wood, some horse blanket. Tart and puckering. Very dry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear golden yellow, small white head, some lacing. Aaron's is citrus, bugs, hint of npr. Stonefruit. Flavor is medium tart, light tart. light body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared in London. Cheers to Danny. Pours mostly clear gold with minimal head, a little white cream. Lightly sweet, mellow lemony tang, some pale wood, nips of funk, a hint of grass. Light to medium bodied with delicate carbonation. Balanced finish, more restrained citric tang, grass, wood and tangerine. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting 31/08/2022. Many thanks to Daniel Osprey for this one. Aroma is. sour woody apricot , onion, sour, woody apricot. Flavour is composed of sour bitty lemon, woody, onion, grassy , lemon. Palate is tart and tangy, airy carbonatio, horsey funk, sour, grass.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
31st August 2022
Level 6 bottleshare. Thanks to Dan. A light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and dry, decent fine carbonation. Tart lenony fruits, a touch of funk. Some mild acid on the dry finish. Not sure what I am supposed to get out of this.
CLW (17000) reviewed Sour Golden Ale from Backacre Beermakers 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
750 ml bottle spilt by Willrunforbeer. Aroma is lemon juice, musty basement, and moldy oak. The flavor is Similar; moldy fruits, farmhouse basement, and lemon rind. Character is very tart and funky. Some balance.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Sour Golden Ale from Backacre Beermakers 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle at 3 Penny Taproom, gushed... Boo. Then it pours a lightly hazy gold with some fast fading white. Nose took a minute to open up then has white grape, lemon juice, band aid, neutral oak. Flavor has funk, band aid, medicinal, some rotting wood. Maybe a little buttery. Lemony. Yogurt. White grape. Tart, dry with a little alcohol. You can really feel the 7.2%. 8 3 8 4 14