About
Picture yourself eating a handful of red raspberries, drinking a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade, or sipping on a glass of fine wine. Those sour, tart, and acidic flavors you are currently imagining are what makes sour beer taste quite different from traditional beers. These flavors, which are unique to sour beers, are the product of time and the right mix of microorganisms. While our sour beers age in oak barrels for an average of one year, a blend of microorganisms will shape the sour, tart, and acidic flavors that we’ve come to desire. Yes, sour beers take an exceptionally long time to develop, but we think that sour beers are well worth the wait.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, San Francisco
Pours golden orange with a smooth white head. Aroma of tart fruits, wood, bretta, citrus and hops. Taste is smooth, mildly sour with some mild bretta, tart citrusy fruits and hops. Finish is tart fruity, hoppy and mildly sourish with some wood, vinegar and yeast. Quite interesting and refreshing sour.
Pours golden orange with a smooth white head. Aroma of tart fruits, wood, bretta, citrus and hops. Taste is smooth, mildly sour with some mild bretta, tart citrusy fruits and hops. Finish is tart fruity, hoppy and mildly sourish with some wood, vinegar and yeast. Quite interesting and refreshing sour.
Tried
on 09 May 2014
at 12:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours hazy reddish chestnut, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma us tart cherry, oak tannin. Flavor is medium sweet, medium tart, cherries, oak, nutty, a bit of finishing funk.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2014
at 21:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours hazy golden, medium creamy white head, good lacing. Aroma is fruity, lemon, a bit peppery, floral, interesting spices. Flavor is light sweet, light tart, perhaps ginger and green peppercorn? Medium body, spritzy. Nice. Not really getting a lot of coriander, which is not a bad thing for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2014
at 20:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours hazy golden yellow, small white head, some lacing. Aroma is lemon, green tea, oak, somewhat herbal. Flavor is very tea and lemon forward, medium tart. Light body. Finishes like tea dregs and lemon juice. Interesting....
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2014
at 20:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Batch 2 . Pours clear chestnut, medium beige creamy head, nice lacing. Aroma is coffee, a bit of oak, tart cherry. Flavor is coffee forward initially, quickly giving way to tart cherries, oak tannins, a bit of ashtray. dry finish, medium body, puckeringly lingering tartness. Almost too much tartness.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2014
at 20:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours clear to hazy golden, small white head, great lacing. Aroma is sea air, light lemon, oak. Flavor is the same, light, fruity, oaky, refreshing. Touch of initial sweetness, dries out fast, light tart. Light body. Hugely drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2014
at 19:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours hazy butterscotch, small white head, kinda creamy, good lacing. Aroma is fruity, bit of funk, oak. Flavor is initially lightly sweet, peach, vanilla, cinnamon all come through, lightly tart with some oak and a bit of tannins. Minimal funk. Dry finish. Lightish body, good effervescence. Not all that complex
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2014
at 19:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On draught at City Beer Store. Pours a cloudy golden color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of tart fruit, malt and oak. Light to medium body with flavors of funky citrus, oak and malt. The finish is moderately tart with an oak and citrus aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2014
at 17:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Batch 2. Mahogany beer with a cream head. Big coffee aroma. Tart and sour flavor with coffee and light lemon. Medium bodied. Coffee and sourness lingers with light lemon.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2014
at 09:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft. Bronze beer with a cream head. Tart aroma. Tart and light sour flavor with light cocoa and light dark fruit. Medium bodied. Sour and light dark fruit lingers with light cocoa.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2014
at 09:53