Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Microbrewery
in Denver,
Colorado,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Crooked Stave Taproom at The Source
Established in 2010
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is big tart blueberry, light funk, nicely tart red berries. Flavour is tart and medium sour. Body is medium. Good blueberry Sour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is floral and hoppy with biscuity malt, grain, stone fruits, and light funk. Flavour is mild tart and sweet with a moderate to medium bitter finish. Body is medium. Nicely tart-ish and hoppy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Aroma is lavender with notes of myrtle, floral and herbal, yeast, sage I guess, peppery notes. Flavour is mild sourish. Very herbal, not really my thing, but not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, during Carnivale Brettanomyces 2017. Sticky and sourish with an aroma of red fruits, cherries, light malt, wood, funk. Has some sweetness in the flavour. Good sourness. Body is medium, drinks easily for a 12%. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Batch #8. Lots of tart red and dark fruits in the aroma, with soft oak, blackcurrant, notes of vinegar and red wine. Flavour is nicely puckering sour and tart with some mild sweetness. Body is medium. Lots of sour and tart fruits, quite a lovely Sour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From tap at The Wateringhole, Amsterdam. Aroma is lots of tart and sour raspberry with mild barnyard funk. Flavour is tart and above medium sour with some sweet notes and a fairly dry finish. Body is medium. Lovely tart raspberry beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Café De Koffer, Groningen. Quite the fruity aroma with tart citrus, peach, soft wheaty malt, white wine, stone fruits, notes of hay, and light funk. Flavour is tart and medium sour with a dry finish. Body is medium. Very tasty fruity Crooked Sour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Aroma is bretty funk with citrus, lemon, hay, grass, mineral, grain, and peppery saison yeast. Flavour is tart and mild sour with a light to moderate bitter dry finish. More cheesy funk throughout. Body is medium. Light and crushable yet complex and funky with grass, grain, citrussy fruits, and yeast. Light but wonderfully complex, an ace Saison!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Aroma is fruity with citrus, bretty funk, orange, apricot, spicy yeast, some oak and grainy malt. Flavour is tart and sweetish, light sour. Body is medium. Nicely tart and fruity, bit sweetish and funky. Very drinkable, lovely Saison!
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Crooked Stave Road Tripper
0.355l can. Aroma of caramel, dark fruits and flowers. Pours cloudy amber brown color with large soapy tan-like head, good lacing and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts medium sweet toasted malty and caramelly, following is herbal, floral, mild fruity and medicinal, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is bitter and dry. Medium to full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Hop trippin’…