Alpine Beer Company Ned

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Alpine, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours an amber brown, with a paperthin head. Aroma of Brett, red wine and funk. Taste is dry red wine, sour and delicious. Tart yet not over the top. Really nice Flanders red. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity sour tart aroma. Fruity sour tart citrus flavor. Has a fruity sour tart finish.

Bottle on the RBSG 2012 bus. Murky brown with ruddy accents. Nice sour cherry/vinegar notes, red wine, dark malty. So many American attempts at the style are terrible - either too acetic or too sweet usually - but this stuff nails it.

651mL shared on the RBSG bus. Poured muddy brune. Low carbonation. Nose is caramel, cherry, red wine, light balsamic/acetic. Taste is similar- acetic, balsamic, red wine, chocolate. Rich and tangy with no overpowering acetic. Pretty nice attempt here from Alpine. I really enjoyed it.

Bottled on the RBSG bus. dirty brown color. Nose of chocolate, acid, cherry. Moldy cherry and chocolate flavor, quite sour but a bit plain overall. Not a very impressive Flanders Red.

Skyview V, 11/11/11. Red. Some balsamic and a little sweet, but light palate and light flavors. Minimally sour, but good.

I used to think that flanders red had to melt my teeth but this is so well-balanced. A nice malty balance and I could drink this all day

Skyview V, 11/11/11. Courtesy of Footbalm. Brown color with no head. Sour cherry and malty aroma. Sour malt flavor. Very thick body. Light tartness. Hints of fruit.

Bottle from South Bay Drugs: Created a small a dense black tea colored liquid while there was a small development of foam head for a topping. My nose can detect that this will be a bit sour from the initial aroma, and that there is a bold presence of authentic Belgian yeast with dashes of spice. The flavor was sour and tart with an undertone of the Belgian yeast that gave off tastes of nutmeg or cinnamon and other spices too. The sourness is similar to squeezed lime juice and while the sourness is light, it doesn’t really taste as strong as other sour ales on the shelves. Not disappointed, but at the same time not exactly impressed.

Date: November 11, 2011 Mode: Bottle Source: MN Gathering @ Skyview V Brown pour, sour aroma and tart taste.