daje (4909) - NORWAY - MAY 24, 2018Bottle at Cafe Sara, january 19th 2017. Light purple body with a pinkish head. Aroma of dark sour berries, grass, mild peachy hops. Taste is bitter, tart, with a funky edge. Grapefruit in finish. Light bitterness. Lasting berry aftertaste.
jgb9348 (10863) - Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA - MAY 16, 2018UPDATED: MAY 17, 2018 Finally, a beer from 'Stillwater' that doesn't seem to be rated high for reputation sake. Deep hazy funky purple colour (that holds up to the label) with a thin off-white head that fades quite quickly, but looks nice and odd - nothing like a 'typical' beer at all. Aroma of pure brett, funk, earth, grain, dry grasses, hay, alcohol and more funk - no hops at all, no sweetness or sugars and no real malts. Medium-bodied; Super bittered and assertive grassy, herbal and especially bretty funky flavours dominate with no real centre to build upon with only a touch of malts, no hops and just the centralised yeast character that is pure funk. Dry, grassy, herbal and lightly floral with brett, dry oak and funk and that's it...perhaps a bit of alcohol on the end. Aftertaste, dry and bretty with a lot of funk, actually - way too much funk with grass and herbs showing and that's it - no hops at all and no sweetness in the slightest bit, definitely NOT an IPA by any stretches - this isn't even a 'wild ale' it's just a dry purple saison, and not a good one at that. Overall, a pretty poor beer in every category with a dry grassy flavour being the only thing that's nice, but the brett keeps it funkier and there is no malt, no hops, no sweetness or any sort of complexity whatsoever to make this different from the nose to the flavour to the aftertaste at all. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 09-March-2018 for US$4,99 sampled at home in Washington on 15-May-2018.
Braudog (8847) - Yorktown, Virginia, USA - FEB 3, 2018Bottle. Pours like venous blood, ruby red and a bit thick. The head starts firm but dissipates quickly. The aroma is intriguing, with a berry field twist. This drinks with a funky note, the dark berry pulp the primary star. Lives up to their description. Nice one. (#6931, 2/2018)
Idiosynkrasie (16100) - Bielefeld, GERMANY - DEC 30, 2017330ml bottle. Murky brown colour with small to average, thick, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Slightly weak, fruity and cautiously funky aroma, hints of dark berries, blackcurrent for the most part, some unripe blueberry, a minimally sweaty, if not cheesy touch. Taste is dry, tart, tangy, fruity, notes of dark berries, blackcurrant, bramble, some unripe blueberry, citrusy fruity hints of grapefruit; a minimally papery interference. Still some finishing work to do.
melush (14737) - SPAIN - NOV 8, 201733cl Bottle @ Bier Kraft, Seville, Spain.
Reddish amber colour with a thin white head.
Aroma is hops, citrus, berries.
Taste is hops, ccitrus, berries, brett, resin, slightly sour.
Medium body, average carbonation.
rumore (4502) - Rimini, ITALY - OCT 28, 201733cl bottle from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours almost plum color with limited white-pinkish foam. Aroma is of plums and berries, also cherries. Body is light, with average carbonation. Taste is a mix of some bitterness and a good sour. Some sweetness as well in the background. Finish is average.
jredmond (10321) - New York, New York, USA - AUG 30, 2017Sampled at the Shelton Brothers Festival 2017 in Atlanta with Andrew. Pours a deep body with soft lace. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with notes of pine hop, spice, sweet malt and citrus fruits.
ehaak26 (837) - Rochester, New York, USA - AUG 29, 2017Bottle from OneStop Beer Shop. Aroma of spruce hops, fruit juice, and Brett.
Gerbeer (7277) - Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, CANADA - AUG 19, 2017330 ml bottle. Pours a hazy purple/brown with little head. Aromas of flat blueberries and dull sugar. Flavors of dull acidic blueberries and currents on a wheaty malt base. Does brett like these berries? Can’t detect any. Where did it go?
j12601 (14608) - Poughkeepsie, New York, USA - AUG 18, 2017Pouring at the Shelton Festival 2017. Pours a hazed brown copper with a medium sized white head. Earthy citrus, musk, pine. Medium bodied, soft spicy citrus and pine. Slow sweetness, toasty. Slow bitterness.