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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UPDATED: DEC 12, 2011 batch 3 bottle. initial aroma is red wine barrel, chocolate covered raspberries, and a pleasant brown sugar apple crisp character. taste is bright sour red grapes, neat, unique, almost juice like purple grape character. some pleasant smooth creamy leather. touch of balsamic and oak. moderate-heavy sourness. dry. overall, a quite drinkable, complex tasty redwine, juicy cider, purple grape sour beer.

Batch 3 bottle shared by my man Rasmusott. The color is lovely on this one - blood orange red, but only the slightest amount of head - quickly dissipating. Aroma is very brett forward, musty, a very clear vinegary component like balsamico, cherries, lacto, lots of oak, a dried grape component like an Amarone wine, musry red wine barrel, slight hint of raisins. Lots of vanilla and a hint of acetone. The taste is nicely sour, lactic acid, cherries, funky brett, wine barrel, some stinging sourness, mouth-drying brett, tart white grapes, lime bitterness. Some elements remind me of Duchesse de Bourgogne, but this is more funky and acidic. Very nice.

Trade with Arminjewell. Aroma is huge brett, chrerry, oud brun’ish, red and green apples, vinegar, balsamic, sweet oak, black grapes, a sweeter winey quality to it, alot of wild funkyness to it and weak vanilla. So nice balance in the aroma. Taste is sweet and sour cherries, brett, lacto acid, wild funkyness, balsamic, sweet oak, tart, barnyard, some sweeter ripe fruits and some black grapes here aswel.

38cl, Batch 1, no mention of ABV, exclusive American brew, with red grapes, thx to Wimenels!, complex sour brew, woody/fruity and slightly vinous, balanced, cloudy, nearly no head, good brew, yet very expensive!

Bottle batch 2 traded by MaxxDaddy, thanks man! Shared with Chris, Mikkel and Rune. Pours hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is sour and earthy, with notes of grapes, and apples. Tastes is sour sweet with notes of apples, grape, grapes and oak.

Bottle at GABF. I was really excited for this one, but alas. Pours a brownish red with some fizzy head that dissipates. There are notes of booze and plastic. Strong phenolic properties that really detract from the beer. Soft and tart with some funk. Just not right. Perhaps it was just this bottle, but not good.

Batch 1, 2, and 3 side-by-side tasting with bsuedekum and STLWill- thanks for the contributions, Will and Blake! Pours a red-tinted amber with a tiny beige ring for a head; batch 2 is virtually clear, with batch 3 the murkiest. The aroma has a lot of vanilla, caramel, coconut, and oak in batch 1 to go with grapes; 2 is almost all brett and red grapes; 3 is woody and earthy, with dirt and unripened fruit along with oak and some bretty funk. Batch 1 shows more brett and red grape juiciness and tartness, with caramel and oak taking a backseat; 2 has a ton of berries and grapes- red wine and oak; 3 is a lot of red wine and earth, with bretty funk, oak, and caramel. All three are tart and fruity with low carbonation and a light-medium mouthfeel that finishes tart. Batch 1: 9/4/8/5/17, Batch 2: 8/4/8/4/16, Batch 3: 7/4/8/4/15. I’m letting the nose on 1 drag it up a little bit because it’s so damn nice.

sample at GABF on 9/20/11. deep orange / red pour with a small white head. tart nose with funk, barnyard and wine qualities. medium body - vinous - lactic acid - raspberry notes. dry sour finish with more fruit. excellent!

Sampled at GABF 2011. Hazy orange pour. Incredible sour aroma of lemons, apples, and oak. Nice tart flavor with lemon and sour grape notably. In perfect balance. An incredible sour ale.

Gabf. Hazy, light burnt orange appearance with an off white head. Funky, light raspberry, moderately tart aroma. Very nice, funky, tart raspberry, fruity flavor.