Captain Lawrence Barrel Select (bottle)

Formerly brewed at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Elmsford, New York USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle, Barrel No. F0/BB, Bottled 2/10: Pours a dark wood color with hints of a reddish-hued brown but settles kind of murky together with swamp scum-like lace. Head settles along the edges of the glass, but mostly barren in the middle. Nose was woody and tannic with a touch of fig, reminds me a bit of la folie with a sharp acetic edge and some malty hints in the background. Flavors are tart and clean with notes of wood and grape sweetness. A nicely aggressive and acidic flanders red that reminds me of a bit of La Folie, but less complex and less satisfying for some reason.

Shared by Allen, a real treat. The beer pours a medium brown. Smells sour and sweet, there are some barrel notes in here as well. This one tastes like sour candy to me and I think it is one of the best sours I’ve had. Slightly acidic but just enough to make it over the top. Really enjoyed it.

1/21/12. 750mL bottle courtesy MaxxDaddy! Nice red pour with a solid khaki head. Wonderful tart aroma with wood, vanilla, sweet tarts, and tart cherries. Nice sour, tart flavor as well that parallels the aroma. Nice!

bottle thanks to Chris... a really nice easy to drink dark sour, well worth trying but let it age a bit

Name: Barrel Select, Brett and Oak
Date: August 11, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: muddy dark amber, creamy beige head
Aroma: spicy funky aroma, touch of caramel sweetness, light chocolate
Flavor: sweet and tart flavor, sweet malt, big fruity tartness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

25oz bottle. Tasted just after the release last year. Looks fantastic red/brown darker hue, white head, great lacing. Aromas are potent, funk/tart/sour notes, cherry, ripe plum, woody, earthy. Amazing palate, sour fruit, with an acidic finish. This will get better over time, I’m happy to have 5 more where that came from.

750mL shared by Bill, the geekest beer geek in KC. I got the bottom of the bottle. Aroma is lots of acetic and acidic berry fruitiness but not over the top. The flavor is thinner that I would like but not too thin. The thinness that usually comes from bad acetic beer. A little low on the carbonation. The beer is tart-sour, acetic mainly but not too much. I like the berries that come out of the flavor. A little thin and just a bit of a novice sour beer. I like it but it needs to be better.

Hazy copper color/ lingering beige head. Big dry wood, tart cherry, lemon, musty earthy aromas. Medium bodied with soft co2. Nicely tart lemon, cherry, wet wood bug flavors with some toasted caramel sweetness--bottle FC/BB Feb2010

Bottle. Pours brown red with a yellowish head. Nice tart taste of strawberries. This is a well made beer but not my favourite style...

Bottle. Pours red-brown, small head. The aroma is sweeter than the taste. Both the aroma and the taste has some strong strawberry notes. The taste has also got a touch of wood. Fruity. High drinkability.

750ml shared at a small CL themed tasting. Pours a dark hazy light brown. Vinous notes, some caramel sweetness and toastiness on the smell. In taste, I get sour notes, some tartness, and sweet dark fruit with lots of depth. Dark red grapes and light oakiness dominate the tongue, but it’s extremely well balanced. One of my favorite CL sours alongside Castleton, Barrel Select has continued to impress me the last 3 times I’ve had it.