4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap for the GABF Tappings at the Avery Tap Room on September 28, 2011. Dark orange pour with a slight off-white head. Tart, slightly funky aroma. Beautiful sour flavor with notes of zinfandel and lemon. Finishes clean with no evidence of alcohol. Just a touch of vanilla on the finish. A wonderful sour from Avery.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Avery taproom (GABF 2011). Pours a deep hazy copper color with a creamy two finger whitish head that has excellent retention and slowly fades to a cap. Tart on the nose, with aromas of barnyard funk, oak and caramel. Initial tart flavor that is not overly sour, followed by toasted oak, vanilla and vinous dark fruit. Hints of grape, sour dark cherry and a lingering light vinegary finish. Full bodied with a slight creamy texture.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Avery. Pours with a hazed deep mahogany hue with a lasting off-white head. Aromas are big and boozy, vinous, sour, cherry, unripe plums, lots of red wine and light pepper. Flavors are a bit sweet, some bretty funk, nectarine, tropical fruit, cherry, pear, red wine, vinous. Lively bubbles. A bit of acetic. Very nice.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
taster at the Avery taproom on 10/2/11. deep orange pour with a small off white head. red wine / sour nose with oak and light funk. full body with a big sour front. vinous, oak, dark fruit, cherry notes and lactic acid. tart finish with lactic acid, oak, wine and dark fruits. perfect sourness.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Draught) Pours a cloudy amber-brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of florals, mustiness, white grapes, vinous, and oak. Flavor of vinous, caramel, brett, earthy berries, and some balsamic with a dry finish.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Incredible funk-fruit-winey-woody aroma. Amber in color with nice white head. Winey-woody with a tart funk...super complex.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ taproom. Hazy burgundy. Nice cap. Vineous character is sherry-like. Nice sweet, juicy body. Maybe it’s too sweet but it’s mellow. Higher level of acetic acid than expected. Balsamic. Has a wine vinegar character that is not altogether inoffensive, but is too simple to be yummy.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Muddy bronze. Accents of brett, wood and some light fruitiness on the nose. Quite sour with light fruitiness on the palate. A little bit of bitterness late. Interesting beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
draft. medium acid, lightly fruity and phenolic and waxy. bit fatty across the middle with spritzy and effervescent acid and carbonation. pretty similar to most other avery sour blends: fruity, waxy, oak-heavy with moderately dirty phenols.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy amber - nose is of moderate oak and quite a bit of the wine character - lightly tart lacto and a hint of background acetic notes - round and full in the mouth - quite a bit of wine here too, a bit more of the zin than the cab - alcohol completely masked - more acidic than funky, with a bit too much acetic character for me, especially in the finish - a bit vinegary on the tail end - a decent sour.
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