3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
En fût. Verre de 12 oz dégustée directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Odeur de cerises et de caramel avec une pointe de raisins. Apparence: La couleur est rouge ambrée. Saveur: Goût de cerises légèrement sûrettes avec une pointe de caramel. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement sûrette. (Rating #2537)
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
In short: An intense Flemish Sour that measures up to the best classic Belgian examples of the style
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Clear ruby body topped by a beige ring of foam
In long: Intense oaky fruity sour nose. This is a commanding sipper, one cannot take big sips of an intense beer such as this one. Pukeringly (is that a word?) tannic, big fruity flavours wrapped in caramel, a lot of oak, cherries and red grapes sourness. This beer tastes somewhere between a Duchess de Bourgogne on steroids and a Rodenbach Grand Cru (yeah, it is that good) although maybe a little more vinous than both of these classics. It does not reinvent anything but I don’t think I’ve ever had such a convincing made-in-usa classic Flemish sour. I had a sip from my friend’s regular Wild Child and the oak aged was a totally different beast. Awesome, simply awesome. So they put a wild child in oak barrels and let it mature for a while and it comes out classy and sophisticated. For their wild child my parents tried to do the same but with a closet instead of a barrel. No success there.
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