4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20On tap at Avery on 8/25. Red pour with small white head. Sour lactic nose with light vinegar and deep oak. Med body with big round tartness, light acetobacter, dark fruits and lingering oak. Acidic finish with vanilla, lacto and more aceto.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at Avery Tap Room. Pours a hazy red-brown with a white head. Nose is light citrus, tart fruit, tropical fruit, some light vinous tartness, and mild wood. Flavor is similar- tart fruit, light malt, some citrus, and vinous tartness. Interesting sour overall.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cloudy amber pour at Avery. Aroma is funky, barnyard, caramel, oak. Flavor is tart, fruity and quite funked up!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Decent sour. Nice red wine characteristics (presumably from barrels) and oak. Fairly one dimensional though. Moderate sourness. Fred’s Mom is better.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pour on tap at Avery Sourfest 2012, dark red pour with thin off white head, aroma brought sweet cherries, caramel, with some sour lemon, hints of funk, dark berries, slight oak in there as well. Taste is simple, with a bit less berry, some sweet caramel and biscuit/bread with yeast, some oak, spice, hints of lemon, finishing fairly oaky and funky, slightly tart.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Draught) Pours a hazy burnt orange body with a thin rim of bubbles. Aroma of wood, barnyard, toasted bread, and caramel. Flavor of lemon, lacto, pedio, and mango with a dry, wood finish. Pucker up Ross’s Mom.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
@ Avery Sourfest 2012. Slightly hazy rustic ruby, thin bubbly head. Smells like funky maple and dry oak with this dry, earthy rustic toffee tone. Flavor is neat and complex with a nice strong sour tone that refrains from being puckering. Nice and earthy with some nice rustic sweet tones of toffee and fig, but with the sourness of some citrus and funky sour yeast.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap at Avery Sour Fest 3. Pours clear brown with a medium, fizzy off-white head, medium to short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is figs, cherry, caramel and toast malt, lactic sourness and oak notes. Flavor is tart dark fruit, oak, malt sweetness, light bitterness and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Avery Sour Fest poured a hazy reddish amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of carmel, horseblanket and light fruittiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry tart finish. Flavors of carmel, horseblanket and light fruittiness wit a crisp dry tart finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at 3rd Annual Boulder SourFest (06-02-2012). Poured a hazy amber with no head. Smell is wood, sour tannin, funk, and muscat. Taste is light sour, wood, mango, some esters, lemon peel, and lacto. Mouthfeel and carbonation are medium. Alcohol presence was non-apparent. Overall, not bad.
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