UPDATED: FEB 15, 2024 750mL bottle blend #2, at the Cellar on 2/14/24. Bright cassis-amber. Thin, pinkish head. Clear. Rich, chalky, tannic currant somewhat softened by the beer. Bright and tart, clean and aromatic. Fruity, juicy. Juicy, soft as hell for cassis, wow. Bright and peppery. Malty, dry, rich and juicy. Wow, I frickin love the fruited fermiers and this one is a standout. So mellow for such a difficult fruit. Earthy, mineralesque, chalky, delicious.

UPDATED: NOV 23, 2021 Blend #3 bottle enjoyed with friends on 11/20/21. Clear purple pour with a thin pink head. Aroma of malt, currant and funk. Malt and black currant flavor with a sour and dry finish.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2020 Draft at City Beer. Hazy crimson with a small head. Aroma is big cassis, earth, leather, vinous. Flavor is very fruity and tart, big big cassis. Medium body and sharp feel with good carbonation. Very nice offering.

UPDATED: DEC 14, 2019 Turbid/opaque red/purple beer with a slight pink head. Heavy aroma; taste starts medium/heavy sweet and ends slightly bitter and dry. Wood, red wine, vanilla, Saison, blackcurrant, tart and citrus. 9/5/9/4

UPDATED: AUG 4, 2019 Shared bottle. Pours a murky dark purple with a small pinkish head. Aroma of fruit, berries, and funk. Taste is blackcurrants, berries, grapes, barrel, and funk. Nice.

Bottle at Side Project Fermier. Pours a cloudy purple with medium pink head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is strong currant, grape skin, oak, funk. Medium body, jammy, currant, oak, vinous, light acidity, enjoyed this.

Fermier Day 2018... Deep purple hue, light pinkish white head... Aroma of light dill, dark currants, red wine grapes, oak, funk... Flavor is light dill, black currants, dark berries, lime juice, red wine barrel, funk... hint of dill on finish, light spicy oak, funk... Delicious ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Purple. Black stone fruits. Black cherries. Sour. Blackberries. Thx carter.

750 ml bottle at the brewery. Pours a deep, intense shade of reddish violet, with an initial finger of violet-tinted head that eventually settles into a thick ring and a little bit of film atop the liquid. Fun to look at, really. The currants are really intense here, more than the fruit in the other Fermiers, in that it shoves the base beer down more. They almost suggest a rye spice to me, and that really threw me off. Layers of dark currants, with some blackberry and cranberry notes, oak, funk, and some sweet and doughy malts. Milder acidity than expected. Medium-plus bodied, with moderate to medium carbonation and a fruity, funky, vinous, spicy mouthfeel. Really unusual beer. Fun to try, and glad I got to share it four ways instead of trying to take it down solo. Although maybe I did need more time to ponder this one.

Bottle opened at Funk Factory shared by a very generous person at the bar, pours a crazy purple with a pink head and some lacing, aroma is crazy, tons of oak mixed in with tannin and berry, flavor has a very subtle sourness at first with a fruity finish that lingers, very, very nice