3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
2009 Bottle. It pours a very dark red with a small khaki head. The aroma has lots of cherries, grape skin tannins, oak and leather. The flavor is very very sour with more grape skin and tannins with some oak and leather in the finish. This is one of the sourest beers I’ve had. Mouth puckering lemony lactic acid abounds. Kind of oppressive on the palate really. I couldn’t finish the bottle. I wonder what a fresher batch would be like.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
’10 vintage. Cloudy red brown with no lacing. Sweaty feet and rancid butter on the nose, but in an oddly compelling way. Very sour, pulling a tight pucker. Fruit cherry elements have mellowed and are just known by the sourness. This was nice with some creamy soft cheese. A very unique beer and true to the style. Great food beer-would be awesome with a roasted pork shoulder braised in sauerkraut and apples. Not something I would want to just sit around and drink.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
This poured a very murky dark red color with a small pinkish head. Aroma was lots and lots of sour cherries, light oak, and some lactic acid. Flaovr was very tart as well, not much funk, some barrel notes and some band-aid asringency that took away just a little bit. Nice stuff.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
You can call me an uncouth swine, but I really enjoy these high end american wilds more then any of the Belgian sours. 2008 bottle that I thought would be subdued in the fruit department was not. Great cherry presence that really added a nice fruity sweetness to the mild tartness. Oak is very minimally present and theres actually a nice dry finish that makes it even more refreshing.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a murky brownish red. Light carbonation. Aroma is definite cherries and wood with a sweet Belgian sugar character. Flavor is sweet fruit, light tartness and wood. Not bad and easy to drink.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
2008 750ml, alright I’m not gonna dick it and hook this beer up. This really kicks ass. Perfect sourness and cherry flavOrs. It’s got the nice rack, face and ass.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours hazy pink/red with a light pink head, some retention, little lace. Aroma of cherries, funk, balsamic vingegar, oak, earth, light acetone. Taste is sharply acidic/lactic, lots of acetone, cherry, oak. Palate is lively carbonation, big lactic finish. This stuff could peel the enamel off your teeth.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(2010 release) On tap at Cascade Tasting Room with mcberko. Pours a murky brown with a red tint, and a foamy ring of head. Aroma of sour cherries, and dark fruits. Flavour of sour dark fruits, currants, spice and worcestershire sauce. Sour, bitter and leaves a mouth watering sensation.
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