3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
1 Pint 9.4 fl oz bottle. Cloudy dark brown, non-transparent, with nice off white head that sticks. Aroma has obvious brett funk, lots of barn/hay, light basement molds, some raisins and darker dried fruits. Taste starts sour funky with dark dried fruit tinge, more malty depth than many sours. Not extremely sour, definitely a blend. Cranberries come out as beer warms. Hints of chocolate and plum. Bitter astringent finish, probably the weakest aspect of this beer. Overall very enjoyable and well done.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Draft @ Publick House in Brookline, MA. Dark ruby color with tan head served in a tulip glass. Initial flavors of spiced rum and apples. Champagne, cola, cocoa and vanilla bean notes. Intricate, original and very wonderful beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at EBF. Pour s a black body with a tan head. Brett and dry leather tones radiate from the glass. Vinous with notes of berries and bourbon warming with some rummy etoh latent fruit tones. A roast y mineral tone and more warming. An odd strong ale.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
In short: A highly roasted, very wild and very tart beer of some kind. Wickedly unusual.
How: Tap at Boston Extreme Beer Fest 2010. Night Of The Barrel session.
The look: Black body topped by a medium tan head with medium retention
In long: Intriguing nose that is bold wild and roasted. Taste is a strange mix of highly roasted malts and wild funk that develops a some kind raspberry-like tartness. Some leafy hops, some wood. Finish is dry, roasted and tart. Love it or hate it. For a friend of mine (and brewer of a Montreal brewpub) this was the beer of the night. For others it was an fucked-up mess. To me it was a bit of both, an excellent fucked-up mess. I don’t think any description can do it justice. You need to try it. At Extreme Beer Fest where styles are pushed to the limits and genres and bended and twisted this beer stood out as totally bizarre. This is like going to a sadomasochist Satanist fundamentalist get-together where everybody likes to dress as cartoon characters while having sex with farm animals. And at that get-together there is a dude who is so weird that he makes everybody feel uncomfortable.
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