4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 6, 2011 Bottle. Golden orange in color with a medium sized white head. Maybe a touch cloudy with lively looking carbonation. Big brett presence in the aroma with a nice fruitiness. Slightly sweet flavor with a touch of pepper and spice towards the finish. The brett is also very apparent in the flavor. Very enjoyable dry finish. I had heard good things about this and it did not disappoint.
More floral and dry than I remember.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
22oz bottle pours a pretty shade of light yellow billowy head decent carbonation. smell is apple and peach with a lil black pepper dashed atop taste is a nice mix of barnyard funk and fruit with dashes of bret very yummy brew didnt care for it fresh to much but have revisited it two times and seems to be gettin better
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Huge bretty flavors without the sourness, lighty bitter on the finish, aroma is figgy and awesome
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Strong aroma of vinegar, cider, and green olives. It is actually quite nice. Clear yellow, with continuous streams of carbonation, medium white head. Very cidery, with a nice vinous grassiness. Weak traces of apple core and olive remain on the palate. A bit like a good dry cider. Quite refreshing and unique.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Total Wine. Pours a thumbnail of white head and a dark, murky golden color. The nose is quite intriguing and a precedent of the flavors to come with notes of fruits, fig, and funky Brettanomyces. Flavors include grapes, more fig, subtle sour yeast, shoebox, spices, and a bitter hops presence in the back. Medium/high carbonation and medium body. I enjoyed this brew thoroughly; it is interesting and complex. I always love when breweries experiment with wild yeast strains and unconventional ingredients. This beer is surely underrated and could possibly be one of my favorites from Avery so far.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Raspberry Kool-Aid soaked sourdough bread nose, some candied flower notes come through as well. Hazy translucent orange/yellow, frothy head, nice lacing. Spicy fruit syrup sweetness, with nice bitter notes, and a funky tartness that rounds out for a very complex and interesting taste. Full body, fizzy carbonation, and a long finish causing one to contemplate about what is happening on the palate. Never really had anything quite like this, it has familiar characteristics to other styles when thought about separately, but the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts on this brew. A very well put together beer, worth trying. Something tells me this will drink nicely in a few years...
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured a cloudy golden color with a minimal head. Aroma was huge on the brett yeast funk, but there were some nice herbal notes in the background. Smelled a bit sweet to which paired nicely with the brett yeast. Flavor was sour beer, but not SOUR beer. Really laid back with the bret flavor, but that may have been because there was such a nice interplay between the yeast, the floral aspects and a subtle yet noticeable spice. This was a really well balanced beer. If you want to give someone who is curious about sour beers a nice easy introduction, you wouldn’t go wrong with this one. Tasty.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 3, 2010 From Taco Mac in Atlanta. Amber pour. Tart aroma, vinegar, lemon, and some funk. Flavor is unique but not overly sour. Fruity and tart and funky. Interesting.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: AUG 30, 2008 I am surprised by the percentile rating. Anyway happily purchased the bomber. I think one of my favorite things about buying from craft brewers is reading a detailed description (also like stone’s). Pours a dark copper color with a small head. A yeasty, sourish aroma. Heavily carbonated with a citrusy, slightly sweet taste with a sour finish. This beer is for people who want to be of snob status and like sours but cannot fully appreciate the taste. Just enough sour to have pride in your highly evolved palate while be very drinkable beer with subtle and complex flavors.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Hazy golden body, with a medium white head. Aroma is sour, citrus, friut, dust, yeast. Flavor is fruit, yeast, sour, citrus, spices. I will absoulutely buy this beer again.
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