8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at Jack’s Abby. Black with light tan head. Aromas of coffee, roasty notes, chocolate, caramel, toffee. Tastes of roasty notes, dark chocolate. Medium body with a dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 21:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at Jack’s Abby. Cloudy yellowish orange with off-white head. Aromas of lemon lime citrus, light funk, pineapple, tropical fruit. Tastes of lemon lime citrus, light funk, tropical fruit, tart notes. Light body with a dry finish. Refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 21:54
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on draft at Jack’s Abby. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral notes, lemon juice. Tastes of citrus, floral notes, tropical fruit, pineapple, stone fruit. Medium body with a dry finish. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2017
at 21:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Sour’d - pours pink white head - nose/taste of blackerry, funk, lactic sour wine - medium body
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Sep 2016
at 02:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught at Meadhall, 7/27/16.
Deep copper-golden with slight auburn hues and a moderately-high clarity. Beige head atop is small and shows moderate to low retention.
Lots of red wine and oak in the nose, primarily oak. Strong toasty-vanilla character with a bit of butteriness and lactic and brett acids behind it. Fruit seems completely faded at this point, if there was indeed fruit in here at one point. Not alcoholic and some people will appreciate the big oakiness, but I don’t care for that at all. Smells more like a toasted oak barrel than a beer.
Similar strong oak dominance in the flavor. While it’s not obnoxiously overdone, I do think it is still too dominant. Behind it, soft wood tannins, light honey-caramel malt notes and mild brett and lactic acids seem well-balanced. Carbonation low but still fairly engaging. Medium body and a good amount of substantial texture. No alcohol or flaw. Light wine notes, wood and toasted oak lingering.
Deep copper-golden with slight auburn hues and a moderately-high clarity. Beige head atop is small and shows moderate to low retention.
Lots of red wine and oak in the nose, primarily oak. Strong toasty-vanilla character with a bit of butteriness and lactic and brett acids behind it. Fruit seems completely faded at this point, if there was indeed fruit in here at one point. Not alcoholic and some people will appreciate the big oakiness, but I don’t care for that at all. Smells more like a toasted oak barrel than a beer.
Similar strong oak dominance in the flavor. While it’s not obnoxiously overdone, I do think it is still too dominant. Behind it, soft wood tannins, light honey-caramel malt notes and mild brett and lactic acids seem well-balanced. Carbonation low but still fairly engaging. Medium body and a good amount of substantial texture. No alcohol or flaw. Light wine notes, wood and toasted oak lingering.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2016
at 13:09
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Meadhall on 7/27/16.
Beautiful, deep, magenta-tinged, dark violet body shows good clarity and a light beige, pink-flecked head showing moderate retention.
Blackberry is juicy and tart alongside moderate lactic character. Some lightly buttery oak and hints of vanilla and cream-like maltiness balance but don’t really dampen the brightness. Not a huge aroma, which was odd, like their other sours. Not really sure what’s dampening it, but there’s no flaw or alcohol.
Really nice blackberry and lactic mix, though it’s not too sour (quite tart and acidic on the end). There’s a honey-cream-like maltiness that brings forth more of the meatiness of the blackberries, as well as plentiful wood tannin softness and a very tight carbonation. Awesome stuff, favorite of their sours.
Beautiful, deep, magenta-tinged, dark violet body shows good clarity and a light beige, pink-flecked head showing moderate retention.
Blackberry is juicy and tart alongside moderate lactic character. Some lightly buttery oak and hints of vanilla and cream-like maltiness balance but don’t really dampen the brightness. Not a huge aroma, which was odd, like their other sours. Not really sure what’s dampening it, but there’s no flaw or alcohol.
Really nice blackberry and lactic mix, though it’s not too sour (quite tart and acidic on the end). There’s a honey-cream-like maltiness that brings forth more of the meatiness of the blackberries, as well as plentiful wood tannin softness and a very tight carbonation. Awesome stuff, favorite of their sours.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2016
at 16:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at Jack’s Abby. Consumed on 4/21/2016. March/April 2016 batch dry hopped with Saaz and Chinook. Clear golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of musty oak, white wine, grapes. Tastes of wine, musty oak, stone fruit, grapes. Medium body with a dry finish. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2016
at 21:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Row 34, 11/18/15.
They are so god damned not-forthcoming about detailed information on their sour barrel project beers. Occasionally they will feature one on their blog/website/twitter, but they’ve put out what, 11 or 12 of them, or something like that? The vast majority you just get "Sour lager with cranberries" or what we have here "golden lager soured in wine barrels with X dry hops." I don’t know, I just feel like these beers are so time-consuming that you’d definitely want to say a lot about them when releasing them. Anyways, pretty irrelevant to the actual beer, end rant.
Golden beer with a small white, rapidly fleeting head and good clarity (light haziness).
Not knowing the accuracy of the commercial deScription and finding nothing more about this beer online than that, I was unsure if there was fruit in it. Because it certainly smells a whole lot like blueberry skin and/or cranberry pulp. Very floral, poignantly spicy and with a very dry fruitiness. Turns out, no fruit and this is just the manifestation of the wood mixing with the grape character. It’s interesting and also makes room for very light brett fruitiness (light citrus skin, bit of funk). Cracker-like character is all that can be gleaned from the malts, in the nose.
A little less wood and grape-driven in the flavor, with a bit more rounded fruitiness, some moderate honey-like sweetness and a pretty tight carbonation that helps add a perceived creaminess, to some extent. Acidity is moderate to moderately-high but not crude or obnoxious. For as much grape and wood character as the beer has, there’s little/no astringency, which is quite impressive. Hops add tropical fruits, light citrus and really do a good job of mimicking/supplementing the yeast and wine-derived fruitiness.
They are so god damned not-forthcoming about detailed information on their sour barrel project beers. Occasionally they will feature one on their blog/website/twitter, but they’ve put out what, 11 or 12 of them, or something like that? The vast majority you just get "Sour lager with cranberries" or what we have here "golden lager soured in wine barrels with X dry hops." I don’t know, I just feel like these beers are so time-consuming that you’d definitely want to say a lot about them when releasing them. Anyways, pretty irrelevant to the actual beer, end rant.
Golden beer with a small white, rapidly fleeting head and good clarity (light haziness).
Not knowing the accuracy of the commercial deScription and finding nothing more about this beer online than that, I was unsure if there was fruit in it. Because it certainly smells a whole lot like blueberry skin and/or cranberry pulp. Very floral, poignantly spicy and with a very dry fruitiness. Turns out, no fruit and this is just the manifestation of the wood mixing with the grape character. It’s interesting and also makes room for very light brett fruitiness (light citrus skin, bit of funk). Cracker-like character is all that can be gleaned from the malts, in the nose.
A little less wood and grape-driven in the flavor, with a bit more rounded fruitiness, some moderate honey-like sweetness and a pretty tight carbonation that helps add a perceived creaminess, to some extent. Acidity is moderate to moderately-high but not crude or obnoxious. For as much grape and wood character as the beer has, there’s little/no astringency, which is quite impressive. Hops add tropical fruits, light citrus and really do a good job of mimicking/supplementing the yeast and wine-derived fruitiness.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2015
at 14:48