Captain Lawrence Rosso e Marrone

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Elmsford, New York USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle, 37,5 cl, big thx to Kan. Pours cloudy ruby mahogany with a small off white shortlived head. Aroma is intense vinous, sweet, caramel, toffee, malty, barrel, fruity and sour vinegar. Flavor is sweet sour in front with acetonic fruity touch, a bit shocking to my mouth on the first sip, what an intensity. Second sip reveals fruits, barrel harshness, more pleasant sourness, grapes and some sweetness. Towards the end a nice tingling pungent peppery feeling over my tounge together with the remaining sour and fruity flavors and some bitterness creeping out while the other flavors dissapear. Finishes with pleasant fruity and sour, mouth watering aftertaste.

Courtesy of Tooch4321 via trade

Bottle: The aroma consists of huge sour grapes, lemon, and grape bubblegum. It’s pours a muddy orangish-brown with a minimal off-white head. The flavor starts with a a quick does of a quick dose of lemon. There’s a fruitiness in the background. The finish has sour grapes, lemon, a hint of acetone, and and a touch of oak. It’s medium bodied with mild carbonation.

Sample courtesy of Mike at Capones. Huge thanks for letting me try the other rare sour ale from the Captain. Pours a red tinted brown color. Murky in appearence. Head was very small, lacing was as well but was lasting. Incredible sour aromas punch you in the face when swirled around. Notes of sour cherry, ripe red grapes, oaky butter, chocolate bar, red wine, and raisin. Taste is juicy grapes with heavy brett, belgian spices, soft wood from the barreling, and a cinnamon apple wash at the finish. Amazing beer that reminds me somewhat of Amazing Grace from Lost Abbey. Excellent wild ale. Cheers

From notes. First reviewed 9/23/2011. Batch 2. Poured from a 375 mL bottle into a tulip. Rosso E Marrone pours a raspberry color with caramel brown edges. A tiny off-white head lingers for a bit but eventually fades. The aroma is of slowly decaying raspberry and grape. Lots of barnyard funk. Tart lactic cherries as well. This is very interesting and really excites my olfactory system. The flavor is quite tart, with decomposing red grape and raspberry flavors. Lots of raunchy funk toward the end of the sip. Nice full cherry tannins and oak add some depth to the sour flavor. This has a light to medium carbonation and a medium body. I am surprised that it is not fuller, given the 10% ABV. The tartness creates some salivation and it fairly acidic. Overall, this is simply delicious.

Batch 2. I’ve been staring at this beer in my fridge waiting 2 weeks for a night where my allergies weren’t making me want to die. A - reddish brown with finger of off white head, recedes to a few small bubbles around the rim. S - I could smell the grapes the second I opened the bottle. Also brett, vinegar, and oak. T - Initial acetic sourness with a nice grape character. A decent amount of malts makes this a little sweeter than I’d like. M/D - very tannic and dry when it was straight from the fridge. Body really develops once it’s warmed, carbonation is barely noticeable. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-07-2010

Bottle to snifter batch 2. Pours blood orange and cloudy with little to no head. Aroma is funky cheese and fruit with wet leather and sour. Taste is all of the above with the sourness strong and acidic (awesome). Palate is medium and dry and acidic. Really nice brew that I will try to get again!

Batch 3. Murky brown pour; hazy, golden hues. Strong oak barrel presence in the nose. Tart fruit, grapes, yeast, and cherries too. Interesting and complex taste: opens fruity and sour, strong barrel flavors in the middle, really nice blend. Mouth-puckering sourness. This is an intensely flavored sour, and it really grew on me as I sipped. Between this and CDC, I’ve become a full convert to the glory of Capt Lawrence. Not missing another release, that’s for sure.

Bottle. Aroma has notes of barnyard funk, horseblanket, urine, bretty funk, cereal malts, sweat and wonderful citrus sourness. Medium rusty brown hazy hue with a medium off-white head that mostly diminished and left no lace. Flavor is medium sweet and bitter and very sour. Palate is medium bodied and vinegary. Overall a wonderfall sour brew that rivals the best Europe has to offer. Tar, sour and citrus with a very well developed funkiness. Wonderful in every regard and a great example of the style.

Side by side tasting of batch 2 and 3 thanks to Doodler and bauermj. Thanks guys! Batch 2: It pours reddish amber/copper with a very small head that disappears. The aroma is intense of oak, berries, vinous grapes and lemony lactic acid. Very light hints of vinegar. The flavor is dry and very acidic with heavy accents of oak, lemon, tart grapes and toasty brett in the finish. Wow, this was really acidic. Throat burningly so, but not much acetic which is good. Overall, I give it a 4.0. I just love sours... Batch 3: Same pour as batch two with a slightly longer lasting head, yet it disappears within a minute as well. The aroma is also the same with surprisingly more depth to the toasty leathery funk. Interesting since this is a fresher batch. The vinous berry and grape aroma is more subdued taking a backseat to a stronger sharp lemony acid. Nice. The flavor is vinous and definitely less acidic than batch 2. More grapes and funkier in the finish with leather and horseblanket. Overall, less acid and more funk make this more drinkable than batch 2. I give it a 4.2 It was weird how the aroma was more acidic in batch 3, yet the flavor was more mellow. I split the difference between the two to give this an overall 4.1. Very well done.

375 ml bottle. Batch 2. Thanks for sharing Phyllis. Pours a cloudy brownish amber with no head. The aroma is big grape, some light brett, some caramel sweetness, and some lactic acid. The taste is sweet and quite sour. Big grape, some lactic and acetic acid, and a light brett funkiness. The finish is moderately dry with a bit of earthiness. Medium body. Low carbonation. It definitely could have used some more carbonation. Not bad, but nothing special.