Sizer from my brother for birthday. Clearish copper fizzy head. Nose is some citrus and wheat. Tastes of dry wheat, some grapefruit but not over powering, hard candy, some wood, lemon and iodine. Fizzy carbonation slight watery texture.

750mL bottle shared by AFH on 7/8/17.
Oddly a very hazy, peach-apricot with an off-white head atop showing low retention. Doesn't look much like a BdG but for the color.
Heavy melon derived from yeast and interplay of melanoidin and other specialty malts. Quite unrelenting on the lightly tart acidity with big bready interludes and caramel-covered apple notes lingering piquantly on the finish. Almost seems like there's light acetic character, but that may just be the fruity acidity mixing with vanilla and lightly toasted oak. Quite intense and dense in the nose.
Strong acidity up front, very melanoidin and yeast derived with tons of red fruit, light coconut and green raisin. Graham cracker and bready malts show through with light vanilla and strong wood suggestions. Soft, oily, viscous texture with moderate-to-low, fairly engaging carbonation that distributes the acidity throughout the palate nicely. Lots of bread and pepper lingering. Maybe a bit forceful/brutish, but definitely on the right track, stylistically.

Pours unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is old maltyness, taste is unfresh, stale malts. Not that good.

Poured from bottle 761 of 789 thanks Airforcehops hazy brown with a thin off white head. Aromas of light funk wood bourbon. No apples in the aroma. Taste follows aroma but again missing the apple note. Swing and an miss.

Poured from bottle 44 of 368 thanks Airforcehops reddish brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of funk floral notes oak and grain. Taste is good fruit floral oaky and not as vinegary as you would expect from a sour. --- Beer merged from original tick of Disco Pig #8: Oud Bruin on 18 Aug 2017 at 13:30 - Score: 7

500 ml bottle with a bottle number 76 of 789. Purchased at One Stop Market. The color is a dirty brown with bubbly ivory head. Aroma is mild funk, wood, and maybe aspirin. I can’t find any apple in the flavor or aroma. In the flavor I get buttery hints and very weak bourbon hint with wood. Very light funk finish. For $12.75 for a 500 ml, I was expecting something more.

500 ml bottle with a bottle number of 44 of 368. Purchased at One Stop Market, Haverhill, MA. Aroma is oak barrel, funk, and some type of herbal hint. The flavor is what the aroma suggests; herbal funk, mild oak with a mild sourness in the finish. Very approachable for a person who doesn’t like the style. I am happy with the fact that is doesn’t have any vinegar. Not to shabby.

Bottle purchased at One Stop Market nearly a year ago. (It sounded interesting) This is the non-barrel aged variant. Pours a murkey, dirty gold, thin head. The cucumber is light in both the aroma and flavor.

The mouthfeel is light and snappy but does end with a mild trace of grainy (rice) texture. It tastes more like a sake than a beer. Also shows a mild funk note which is very unlike a sake. For me this just doesn’t come together. Not awful but not pleasant either.

750 ml. Aroma is moderate amounts of oak, unripened fruit, orangey citrus. The flavor is balanced with fruit and Oak. Finish has a decent amount of lingering oak and just a hint of funk. Nice level of fruit hints. Nice job from the folks at Black Hog on this. I haven’t had the base but the barrel took really well to this brew. Tasty.