Pen Druid Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Sperryville,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Pen Druid Brewing
Established in 2015
Contact
3863 Sperryville Pike, Sperryville, VA, 22740, United States
Description
Wood-fired, Spontaneous, Barrel-fermented & Coolshipped Native Beer, Natural Cider and Wine.
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gusher. Pours unclear amberbrown. Smell is funky, oaky almost. Taste is extremely carbonated. Dry, tart, oaky. Bit of red fruits. Similar to a flemish red. Too bad it's so overcarbonated.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2019
at 08:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hay and some light honey. Golden pour with good head and lacing. Bitter end. Decent showing for style. Tap at Partisan.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2019
at 22:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(tap) hazy, bright yellow colour with a small white head; aroma of dough, jam; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2019
at 16:38
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
A mild mild, to get philosophical. Some raw grain. Pours dark brown with substantial head. Clean finish. A little touch of wood and root. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2019
at 00:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dubbed a ‘hoppy table beer’, this interesting little brew from Virginia turned out more like a sour ale than anything else… Thanks Mike for sharing at Bar Beenhouwer! No head at all, hazy ‘dirty’ orangey peach blonde robe. Aroma of green gooseberries, kefir, raspberry vinegar, orange zest, sourdough, rhubarb, redcurrant, green plums, wild apples. Fruity, estery onset, some apricot sweetishness but mostly gooseberry-, redcurrant- and rhubarb-like tartness, softly carbonated, supple body feeling fuller than expected at this ABV; cereally, very lightly bread-crusty maltiness underneath drying sourness of a very fruity, somewhat astringent, colourful nature, a bit ‘dusty’ in the end with some lingering peachy sweetishness and an earthy hop bitter note as well. Sour ale at ‘session’ level, if any hoppiness was ever present, it has by now been absorbed in the sourness – but how this brewery came to call it a ‘table beer’ is something of an understatement and does not reveal anything about what the taster can expect, apart from low ABV… Feels almost like the non-spontaneous equivalent of meerts. Interesting!
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2019
at 14:41
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2019
at 21:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Pen Druid Hermes (by Pen Druid Brewing):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
9/VIII/19 - on tap @ Bar Beenhouwer (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-1160)
Clear orange beer, big fuzzy aery off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: funky, fruity, apples, brett notes, very enjoyable. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, fruity, bit yeasty, funky, nice and interesting, very dry. Aftertaste: dry, some citrus, fruity touch, soft bitterness, hoppy, nice!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
9/VIII/19 - on tap @ Bar Beenhouwer (Gent), BB: n/a - (2019-1160)
Clear orange beer, big fuzzy aery off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: funky, fruity, apples, brett notes, very enjoyable. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, fruity, bit yeasty, funky, nice and interesting, very dry. Aftertaste: dry, some citrus, fruity touch, soft bitterness, hoppy, nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2019
at 22:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
5-17-19
Tried
on 26 May 2019
at 01:45
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Union Market Red Apron, pours a dark brown with some ecru head. Nose is very acetic pomegranate vinager, balsamic, some stale bread. Flavor has all that vinegar, some raspberry, caramel. Tart finish with some burn that's maybe acid or alcohol or worse, both. Overdone.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2019
at 21:22
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. 40th b'day share. Pours gold white head - nose/taste of plum, sour oak, funk. med body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2019
at 00:42