Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
375mL bottle at Spinal Tap. Pours murky deep gold with a white head. Old wood and caramel malts on the nose. Flavour has dry caramel, plenty of barrels, old wood, raisins. It's not really what I would have expected from a barley wine, but it's got good body and complexity.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Spinal Tap. Pours murky gold with a white head. Dry Brett and earthy farmhouse funk on the nose. Flavour has dry Brett, earthy wild yeast, some farmhouse funk, and a fairly interesting sorghum character. Nice wild ale, interesting experiment.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Taster on tap at Uba ja Humal, Tallinn. Pours golden with a modest, but lasting, white head. Funky and fresh with fruity and hippy notes brett and mild malty notes. Delicious mixture of funky and hoppy. Tart, sourish and moderate bitter.
gave a cheers!
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Ale of Origin from Soul Barrel Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
[2019 vintage] 375mL bottle from the brewery. Pours cloudy gold with a white head. Oak, mildew, and some old furniture on the nose. Flavour is very oaky with lots of damp mildewy upholsery, some old wood. Great complexity and integration.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed East India Pale from Soul Barrel Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375mL bottle from the brewery. Pours hazy blonde with a large foamy white head. Tons of Brett, citrus, and floral hops on the nose. Flavour has dry Brett, floral hops, citrus peel, and crisp cracker malts. High carbonation. Very nice, the Brett works excellently and the beer is crisp and refreshing.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Bourbon Wood from Soul Barrel Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
375mL bottle from the brewery. Pours murky dark brown with a small white head, very foamy. Dry bready malts, dry caramel, dark fruits, bourbon barrels, and Brett on the nose. Flavour has bourbon barrels, dry Brett, bread crusts, dry dark fruits, moderately tannic with dry oak on the finish. Good Brett expression, great complexity. Fantastic.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Co-op Saison from Soul Barrel Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
375mL bottle from the brewery. Pours murky dull blonde with a white head. Rustic, spicy saison yeast and white wine grapes on the nose. Flavour has loads of spicy saison yeast, moderate amount of funk, and a really nice white wine character. Full-bodied and high carbonation. Very well-integrated, fantastic.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed SA Lager from Soul Barrel Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours clear light gold with a white head. Crisp biscuit malt with dry grassy hops. Flavour has chewy biscuit malts, some dry grass. It's an okay lager.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Mmm Soul! from Soul Barrel Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Lots of sorghum and some citrus on the nose. Flavour has a clean, subdued, but clear sorghum character along with some piney hops. This is fantastic.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Pale Farm from Soul Barrel Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
On tap at Soul Barrel. Pours hazy light gold with a white head. Wheaty malts with grassy floral hops and soft pine on the nose. Flavour has wheat malts, dry grassy hops, slightly floral. Very nice, balanced, hoppy wheat beer.