Catawba Valley Momotaro

Brewed by Catawba Valley Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Morganton, North Carolina USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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On tap downstairs at Thirsty Monk the night before Brewgrass. Pours yellow orange with plenty of funk on the nose. Taste is far more mellow but you get some yeast, and peaches, and bubblegum. fairly light and easy drinking

Date: September 15, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Thirsty Monk, Asheville
Appearance: hazy gold, pillowy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: musty aroma, sweet fruityness, light spicyness
Flavor: sweet fruity flavor, wild funk, light spicyness, nice peach character, just a touch of tartness in the finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Sample at Knoxville Brewers’ Jam. Pours cloudy orange gold with small offwhite head. The aroma is peach, light toast, faint maple, and a little bit of oak and funk. The flavor is woody with some lactic notes, some oak, nice dry fruity flavor. The peach is quite subtle. Tasty.

Cloudy yellow gold. Smells peachy and funky - really nice aroma, actually. Tastes like peach, then some barnyard notes, then some grassy notes, then a toasty finish. Very impressive - I could’ve drank this all night. 2011 Knoxville Brewer’s Jam.