7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Thnx to Tom ! Pours dark orangered. No real head. Scent is full, cherry, american sour ale simplicity. Taste is full, chery, american sour ale style lactic acid. Peppery phenolic character. Very dry. OK. Not bad, but surely not worth the hype.

8.8

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

Beer #10 (the last before actual 10000!) of my 10,00th Beer Milestone Celebration! Super dark brown coloured body with a very nice, muddied glow and a thinnish, off-white and deep tan head that fades relatively quickly, but below is the murky body, about 80 per cent opaque due to the shade and sediment. Aroma of super strong pitted fruits with raisins, figs, prunes, grapes and a bunch more molasses and toffee here - strong in the sugars as well as the roasted/toasted malt grains and some earthy, nutty notes with a light underlying notion of vanilla, cream and lactose, but that's probably due to the rich malts and the plentiful sugars. Full-bodied; Very rich malt body with a lot of roasted oatmeal and grainy elements here along with a dash of prunes that seemingly add to the body, but the pitted fruit and residual sugars are very strong here of course with a lot of toffee, caramelised sugars, treacle, raisins and molasses all here and a light hit of coffee bitterness and graininess that is showing some rustic, earthy, mushroomy notes as well, but not horribly strong. Aftertaste is balanced quite well, considering the alcohol content here, but there is obviously a lot of sugars and body from the malts, with a tiny dose of bitterness (probably not from the hops, but from the roast) and a light hit of dryness, but this really is all about the nuanced sugars and grainy malts here, but showing well considering everything, perhaps (most likely) due to the age of this one - it's been kept a seemingly 'right' amount of time for the bottle. Overall, a great beer overall, showing some alcohol, but perhaps around 11/12% at most and while there is no chile heat here now (I don't know if there ever was?), the malts are very nice and add tremendous body, while still making this quite drinkable - great to sample now after all these years and to save it for such a milestone before THE beer to really celebrate! I sampled this 37,5 cL bottle as Beer #10 [of 21 - 10 (for 10,000) of Each side of the 10,000 Beer Milestone and the 10,000th itself!] of my 10,000th Beer Milestone, purchased from Joe Canal's in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on 21-October-2018 for US$16,99 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 15-May-2023.

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8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle split at the Soapy returns tasting, Mother Arch ii, massive thanks to the Scots fella himself, 27/04/23. Hazed golden orange with a modest off white cap. Nose is funk, damp oak, green berry piss, on the turn peach, barnyard tones, light damp cloth. Taste comprises damp straw, grains, lemon rind, herb, funk, pissy fleshy fruit notes, vinous. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic ripple. Solid well balanced sour.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

0.473 l can from 'De Bierliefhebber', fresh before May 2023. Slightly hazy, golden amber with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, slightly malty, gently grassy-spicy and a bit fruity-floral aroma of grains, some honey and a touch of lemon peel. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, moderately grassy-spicy and slightly fruity-floral taste of grains, honey, some straw and light lemon peel, followed by a short, gently bitter finish. Medium to full body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Pleasant Pils, quite mellow, highly sessionable.

8.2

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

Bottle shared at Kernel. Thanks to Scüpey. Pours hazy light yellow gold with a thin white head. Aroma is light funk, pineapple, oak, white grape. Taste is pineapple, light funk, white grape, light oak. Nice try tart finish. Lovely

8

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

Bottle shared at scopey homecoming tasting at kernel.any thanks to scopey for this one. A light hazed yellow straw coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is big milky funk, white grape, vanilla, bark, horsey. Flavour is composed of tart lemon, dry white grape, funk, loose wheat, prickly funk. Palate is prickly sour, tangy, highish carbonation.

8

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

2020 batch. Bottle shared with the ldn dream team at the kernel. It pours clearish yellow - gold with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, fragrant, juicy, bright, juicy, yellow peach, yellow plum, fizzy candy, mellow funk, barnyard and nectarine. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, light acidity, lemon sherbet, peach, mango, minerality, puckering, punchy, nectarine, fresh, quenching and firm with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, fizzy carbonation. Rounded and moreish.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Paul! Pours mostly clear gold with a creamy white head. Light sweet flavour, mellow citric tang, lemon squash, sturdy acidity. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Clean and quenching finish. Nicely balanced and very tasty.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

27th April 2023
Huge thanks to Scopey. A whale long lost! Finally! A light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Thin malts, lemon sherbet, a little lemon acid but not enough to annoy. Dry finish. Just about my sort of sour, it's not trying to perform surgery on my gullet!