3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home, out of my Hennepin glass. Pours cloudy russet-tawny, thin off-white head, spotty lacing. Nose is cranberry, sweat, funk, oak, vinous notes, some light spice. Flavours are leathery, with dried berries, oak tannin, and stale red wine. A very well-balanced sour that left me wanting just a bit more...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
750 ml green bottle poured a clear reddish brown with a small lingering tan head. Aromas of alcohol, plum, oak, pepper and light apple. Palate was medium bodied and crisp with a dry tart finish. Flavors of oak, red wine, spice, barnyard and plum with a crisp dry tart lingering fruity finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ ratman’s, courtesy of ratman. Huge thanks! Cloudy, reddish orange appearance with an off white head and some sediment. Tangy, tart, red vinous, dark berry, acetic aroma. Vinous, tart berry, cherry, acetic, funky flavor. Moderate warmth. Fun sour. Thanks Ratman!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared by Ratman. Pours clear tawny with a small, fizzy off-white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is caramel and cookie malt, alcohol, dark fruity esters, lactic and acetic with oak notes. Flavor is malt, lactic and acetic, fruity esters, low hops with a dry finish. Medium body, warmth and carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
2011-12-16. Ruby red brown body with a small beige head. 3+ quite fruity flavour, sour cherry with mild wood character, pleasant modest sourness throughout, light cherry pit like touches. Modest aroma of cherry pits, light wood and alcohol that grows as you go, muted cherry. Smooth average plus palate. is lightly carbonated. Rather good, and less boozy than other vintages I have had - the alcohol is barely noticeable on the palate. 2007 Vintage Bottle From Premier Gourmet, Buffalo
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
750 ml. bottle, thanks Poisoneddwarf-Pours cloudy dark orange to red with an off white head. Aroma is funky brett and very tart, dark fruits and wood. The flavor is sour and funky, yeasty. This is the second pour, so the yeast is there, wood, very complex. It leaves a dryness in my mouth, carbonation is medium to high. Great beer, I love this stuff.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Rating # 800. 750 ml bottle. 4 years old. "Blended in October 2007." Series of Sours beer #3. I’ve been eyeing this beer on the shelf at Enoteca for a couple years now. I’ve always been discouraged by the price, but now is the time, dammit. Pours a muddy orange-brown with a medium beige head that collapses into a skiff and resilient ring of foam after a couple minutes. Aroma is a bit funky with the wood showing itself along with dark fruits and a nutty character. Taste is tart and dries the mouth. I taste tart fall apples, alcohol. Has an awesome mouth-filling aftertaste that I can’t really describe. Full bodied and average carbonation. A lot of flavor here.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle... dark blood red, almost purple, dark copper shows in the middle, faint pink tan head, only leaves a ring... really wonderful and balanced nose that reminds me of RR TION, tons of red wine notes, oak with a bit of tannins, grape skins, blackberries and some sour oak bit the berries add a bit of sweetness... the taste is pretty outstanding but a notch below the nose as it loses some complexity and the finish is a bit dead, the front has a really nice berry note sweet but a touch tart, then mostly a sour red wine finish, super drinkable, really smooth oak... dare I say almost as good as supplication? Drink this.
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