7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Exploded cork immediately after the cage was taken off (luckily it wasn't pointed in the wrong direction) - insane pressure built up!!! Very slightly hazy golden coloured body with a super thick, five to seven centimetre tall off-white head that is relatively soapy, but fades somewhat quickly. Aroma of floral hops with some very bretty and funky yeast notes that show some tart smells, but the oak and dry barrel qualities are quite evident. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive dry and floral hops dominate with a nice and light-ish malt body with some herbs, grass and flowers throughout that shows some fruit notes toward the end as well. Aftertaste has a soft wheat and malt component, but the yeast, brett and funky hop characteristics show through towards the end. Overall, a very nice and incredibly complex barrel-aged and bretty flavoured Belgian that fells every bit Wallonian and not Californian, but luckily for us Americans, it's the opposite! I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Fairfax, Virginia on 10-September-2017 for US$10,99 sampled just over two years later on 20-October-2019 at home in Washington. Given that my cork exploded immediately, kept at ideal conditions, you may want to drink this soon if you have a bottle on hand.
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from Can
on 22 Oct 2019
at 07:49