7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from September 2015, finally cracked on 5/4/16.
Still very well carbonated with a light beige head topping a copper-golden body, with good clarity.
Sourness breaks through in the nose adding tart yellow and red fruits and a good deal of lactic character. Wine-like fruitiness is soft and tempered by the surprisingly still-strong spicing. At this point, it’s pretty enjoyable, but I’ve got to imagine 8 months ago it must have been nigh unbearable. Spicy, rye, lavender and sage-like notes combine with white pepper, oak, tons of funk and a bit of caramel-honey.
Very intensely flavorful with a huge malty texture that shows moderate to moderately high attenuation. Caramel-honey balances big sage and lavender notes as fruity and sour bacterial/yeast notes keep things quite funky. Barrel character is reserved/light, as it always is with OEC’s beers. Heavy carbonation, as the yeast/bacteria has been hard at work chewing through the sugars. A very intensely flavored beer that could use even another 6 months or a year....
Still very well carbonated with a light beige head topping a copper-golden body, with good clarity.
Sourness breaks through in the nose adding tart yellow and red fruits and a good deal of lactic character. Wine-like fruitiness is soft and tempered by the surprisingly still-strong spicing. At this point, it’s pretty enjoyable, but I’ve got to imagine 8 months ago it must have been nigh unbearable. Spicy, rye, lavender and sage-like notes combine with white pepper, oak, tons of funk and a bit of caramel-honey.
Very intensely flavorful with a huge malty texture that shows moderate to moderately high attenuation. Caramel-honey balances big sage and lavender notes as fruity and sour bacterial/yeast notes keep things quite funky. Barrel character is reserved/light, as it always is with OEC’s beers. Heavy carbonation, as the yeast/bacteria has been hard at work chewing through the sugars. A very intensely flavored beer that could use even another 6 months or a year....
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2016
at 18:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours a clear gold with a ring of white head. Nose has lemon, vitamin C, white grapefruit. Flavor follows, tart, white grapefruit, lemon, vitamin C, band aid, white grape. Tart finish. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2016
at 19:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Josh. Pours a hazy gold with small off white head that diminishes that to nothing. The aroma is funky, lemon zest, apple skin, oak. Thin mouth, funky, apple skin, lemon zest, vinous, nice tartness, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2016
at 22:05
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at gingerman hadn’t had an OEC in awhile. Very hazy apricot looking. Nose is mandarin and grapefruit. Tastes of apricots, mandarin orange, grapefruit, sugar, yogurt, hint of cheese, and woody. Tart and full bodied for a Berliner. Quite enjoyed.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2016
at 14:35
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is gueuze like, funky basement, sweaty socks, lemon, oak, dust. Flavor is medium tart, light funk, oaky, lemon, air mash, oak tannins, light horse blanket. Light body. Really interesting blend of new and old. Kudos.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2016
at 20:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - pours brown - nose and taste of red wine, oak, dark fruit, toffee - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 20:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cool 750mL bottle shared by Pruf. Thick orange color. Aroma is acetic orange, thinned out sourness. Flavor is same. Burns going down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2016
at 23:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Sherrice. Pours a cloudy orange brown with no head. The aroma is strong oak, grape, funk. Thin mouth, strong syrah grape, funky, oak, very sour, really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2016
at 15:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is grape, funk, bourbon, wood. Thin mouth, grape, oak, funk, very sour, boozy, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2016
at 21:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours a hazy, grapefruit red with some ringing, white head. Nose of lemon rind, grapefruit pulp, passion fruit curd. Flavor is tart with passion fruit, acid, grapefruit, lemon, some white wine. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2016
at 16:01