Captain Lawrence Flaming Fury

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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Thanks Denise! Bright and peachy right off the bat as fresh fruit overwhelms my olfactory senses. Yeasty component smells & tastes "sparkling" if that makes sense. Flavor profile is bold, yet delicate. Refined, yet wild. Strikingly similar to a fresh bottle of Fantasia and definitely better all around, but honestly not by that much. Damn, this was tasty.

Bottle shared by bmanning. Thanks Ben. The beer is hazy and yellow with a fleeting white head. The aroma is very nice, offering peaches, stone fruits, and a prominent sour/tart character. Fruity, complex, acetic, wonderful. The finish is bold, offering a bit of a vinegary sting. Really tasty beer. Glad I got to try it. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-30-2012

375mL bottle for my 2000th beer. Big thanks to Doodler for this big time want. A: Fizzy clear gold. No head at all, though. Great color, pretty much still in every other aspect, like wine. N: Super sour lactic acid. Apricots and peaches. Vinegar. Some residual sugar. Raspberry and acetone. Oak. Quite nice if not overly complex. T: Really shines here, unlike the nose. Lots of peaches still. Apricots and lemons. A good balancing sweetness which seems to be a hallmark of American Wilds. Oak is adding a nice balance. Unlike the sharp nose, this has a pleasant sour quality to it. M: Crisp and light on the tongue. This is exactly what I want from American Wilds. Not the heavy dense liquid I’m so often getting. O: A shining example of the style, though I wish the nose had held up like the body. I’m still thrilled to have tried this.

Bottle (375 ml), courtesy of rlgk. Hazy golden, low white head. Strong grapefruit aroma with some peaches, vanilla, and vinegar. Light to medium body, medium carbonation. Dry with a bit agressive acetic acidity.

Bottle at USA comes to Skövde. Hazy pale yellow with a small white head. Woody fruity aroma, grapefruit, oak, citrus, orange, peach, acidic, funky, earthy, apples, rubber, leather notes. Fruity flavor, oaky, gooseberries, orange, funky, leather notes, floral, some dandelions, peach, brett, dry woody, hay, lemongrass, earthy, rhubarb. Floral citrus finish with grapefruit, rubber and orange.

375 ml bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours Hazy orangish golden with a thin white head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is sour, funky and fruity with pink grapefruit juice, peaches, brett, dry soil, soap, wood, grapes, rhubarb, apple cider vinegar, rubber and hints of sulphur. Taste is very sour and fruity with peaches, apricots, dry soil, moist wood, overripe gooseberries, dark grapes, sulphur, orange zest, rhubarb, rubber, white wine vinegar and red currants. Mouthfeel is mouth puckering, dry, tart and medium bodied. Finish is very sour and tart with peaches, rhubarb, unripe currants, wood, hay, brett and dry soil. A bit over the top on the tartness.

Sampled at UCTS testing. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Smells sour, fruity abit oranges. Tastes elders fruity and sour with a clear sour elders, very well balanced.

(Bottle) Pours cloudy yellow to pale golden: The aroma holds barnyardy brett, crackers, some buttery/vanilla-ish wood, citrus, light cheese, touch of gooseberries, rhubarb, apricot candy and hints of peaches. The flavor is dry, heavily acidic and tiny bitter with notes of citrus, lacto, brett, wood, crackers and hints apricots. The mouthfeel is tart with a light carbonation. Acidic finish with a touch of apricot candy. Near medium bodied.

Sampled at USSkovde Hazy orange. White head. Sour aroma; grapefruit, rhubarb, gooseberries and some tropical fruits. Oranges in the flavour. Pretty sour with some sweetish, sugary notes.

Bottle 37,5 cl, rlgk’s tasting. Pours cloudy orange golden alber with aa small off white head. Aroma is sweet sour acidy tart stable fruity honeyish. Flavor is tart lemony acetone sour in front fruityness grows inthe middle with sustained tartness with oranges and berries. Finishes sour fruity.