6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
375mL bottle, brewed January 2020, drunk 6/25/22. Clear cola-maple. Off-white head is fleeting. Coffee, burnt sugar, maple, red fruit and fruity belgian esters. Certainly a pleasant aroma. Good fruitiness, good acidity but not too much so, nor any big acetic notes. In the mouth it's sour and fruity but not sharp. A bit on the thin side, body-wise. Some definite soy and light oxidation. Gaining some balsamic vinegar on the finish. Yeah, like Phillybeer rates, it's not fantastic by any means. Just too thin and tart without enough body. Interesting sherry-like notes but ultimately just too thin/acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 02:02
Tried
on 04 Jun 2022
at 17:34
Tried
on 04 Jun 2022
at 17:32
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2022
at 17:27
Tried
from Growler
on 04 Jun 2022
at 17:15
Not for you Justin T. Or Bob H. !
Tried
on 04 Jun 2022
at 17:12
Tried
from Growler
on 04 Jun 2022
at 17:09
Tried
from Crowler
on 04 Jun 2022
at 17:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottled 8/29/21, drunk 4/17/22. Clear, brassy-gold. Small, white head sits at cover briefly. Less stark/austere than the purple version, with a hint of juicy hop and more round fruitiness from the yeast. Lactic character seems softer/better developed. Lightly hoppy, gaining a bit of sweet maltiness, with pleasant lactic tartness and mild citrus bitterness from hop. Biscuit and cracker malt texture. Still pushing the overly dry and sour aspect (too much citrus rind character), but it's much more welcoming than the purple version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2022
at 20:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750mL bottled 8/29/21, drunk 4/9/22. Good clarity in this pale, white-golden beer. White head is large, fully falling steadily. Austere hops and strong lactic acidity in the nose are both front and center, with malt coming in a bit sparsely in the form of hard cracker. Touch of citrus on the finish with mostly lemon and white grapefruit. Clean and no alcohol or flaw. Gaining a bit of oakiness with warming. In the mouth it's moderately soft in the texture but extremely, extremely dry, exacerbated by the acid from the hops and big bursts of lactic character. Not quite the roundness and depth, or age/lagering-induced mildness of my favorite sours. Pretty puninshingly bitter, acidic and cracker-forward.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2022
at 22:27