7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft - Light soured malts and malty sweetness. Jet black with a light brown head. Dark malty notes, roast and some soured malts. Nice and malty, not too sour,
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2016
at 15:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Yellow. Funk, fruits. Sour. Very good and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 18:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[1/28/16] Draught at Almanac & Friends Sourfest at MaSo at Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. Cloudy golden. Aroma of wine, oak, funk, fruitiness. Tart flavor, funky, oak, wine. Medium-bodied. Very good and refreshing.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2016
at 07:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 capped and corked from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours very hazy, dirty gold with a significant foamy off-white head. Aroma is funky, sort of bretty, but coming across a bit like a spicy soda. Full bodied, thanks to heavy carbonation. Flavor starts sort of bretty, moves on to a floral/lacto/pedio type of thing. Lots of flavor. It’s well towards dry. It’s bitter/funky. Hop? Probably, but not the harsh, bitter kind of thing. Fruit? No. Floral? Probably. A very different drink; yet it’s extremely satisfyingly tasty. Wowser? Almost.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2016
at 21:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at lupulo tap house Santa Cruz. Aroma is burnt toffee cake, treacle, apple, dusty, semi sweet, lactose sugars, condensed milk. Dark mahogany brown/ black coloured pour with a thin light ran head. Flavour is composed of tangy tart apple cake, toffee, charred wood, bitter roast. Palate is slightly thin, slightly sour, tangy, moderate carbonation. Little green apple. Interesting beer. Not to my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Feb 2016
at 00:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Capped and corked 750 from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours hazy gold with a foamy/fizzy white head. Aroma of brett, maybe lacto, and maybe citrus. Has to be something like that. Full bodied from lots of carbonation. It’s peppery/spicy, earthy, bretty, funky, maybe citrus. Flavors mass to produce a strong effect. The sour is fairly strong, but it’s very "smooth". Really quite a delicious thing. I am impressed.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2016
at 20:33
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle shared by Matt - thanks for the Gose tick! Pours clear coca-cola, very small off-white head, dissipates quickly leaving minimal lacing. Aroma is oaky, light vanilla, roasted malts, cocoa powder, acetone. Flavor is medium tart, quite salty actually, coming through most strongly on the finish. Light body, watery mouthfeel that just kind of gives up on the whole beer. Low carbonation. Well, it wasnt a total loss.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 00:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Capped 750 from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours black with a fizzy/foamy tan head. Aroma of orange/sour/mild Brett. Med + body. Flavor is tart/chocolate/zest/Brett and maybe some other flavors. It definitely has some Xmas spice notes. I think it’s towards dry, and a bit astringent. Bitter or zest or both? Interesting and tasty. Mildly Brett.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2016
at 20:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Capped 750 from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours hazy light gold with a white fizzy head. Tart lemonish aroma. Med body or so. Flavor is tartly lemon with some salt. First blush is Berliner Weiss, but when the salt arrives it’s not that. Really salty IMO. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2016
at 19:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Juliter. Pours clear dark brown with a creamy tan head. Funky aroma, some dark fruits, burnt wood, prunes. Light sweet flavor with mellow acetic bite, light roast, dried dark fruits, berries, subtle lemony tang. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Tart finish, more soft roast, light lemon, berries. Not bad overall.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2016
at 17:50