Cisco Dark Woods

Brewed by Cisco Brewers
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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25 oz bottle. Pours a clear dark brown body with a touch of ruby under a one finger frothy beige head that had excellent retention. The nose is full of dark fruits and a nice lush tartness over a good amount of sweetness. Some nice vinous and woody accents as well that really make for a well rounded and complex aroma. The flavor is not sweet at all, which really surprises me because it smells rather sweet. This is just full on funked up and dry as all get out. No real tartness or sourness, just all kinds of bretty funk. There’s a nice dry cranberry note on the finish that’s quite unique along with a touch of dry red wine and oak. Lighter bodied with nice pinpoint fizzy carbonation. Long lingering funky and barnyard notes. Pretty good beer, I like the cranberry flavor. I wonder why there aren’t more cranberry sours, seems like a natural pairing.

Bottle ? ml
Aroma soft, light alcoholic warmth with brown sugars, oak, vanilla and roast. 7+
Appearance brownish black with medium top. Rings of lace.
Flavor and Palate : medium light bodied. Chocolate, rye with slight tartness. Mid mellow. Finish with heat, hop blende with cocoa. Interesting.

tom’s bottle, thanks for sharing. Dark coloured with a dark lacing. Complex aroma with a fruity edge. Taste like a shiraz wine, and also fruity, edgy, rum and coke, edge from the cranberries, other dark fruit. everything adds to the complex taste, yet smooth and drinkable.

Date: November 19, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: muddy brown. fine tan head
Aroma: dry chocolate aroma
Flavor: rich dry chocolate flavor, hint of vanila sweetness, touch of tartness

Date: September 16, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.2
Aroma: tart fruity aroma, dry chocolate
Flavor: dry chocolate and caramel flavor, lots of fruity tartness, wild musty character, touch of sweetness comes in to balance the sourness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Chestnut pour with a small eggshell head. Aroma of tart cranberry, oak, vanilla, Brett, and cheese. Lots of dark fruit, dusty wood, burnt caramel, clove, nutmeg perhaps. Just didn’t mesh well for me...seemed messy and disjointed.

Bottle, from Luke’s Liquors. Good aroma, tart. Cranberry, minor funk. Dark orange, brown color. Ok head, little to no lace. Sour flavor. Medium body Creamy mouthfeel, tart dry finish. Good, cranberry leads the way. Decent sourness, quite tart.

22 ounce bottle that poured a light brown color with aromas of cherries, oak, and some funky tartness. Taste is tart cherries, wood, and some toffee flavors. Thanks for PaulUnwin for the share.

750ml bottle from Julio’s.
Aroma : Great cherries with light sourness. Nice brett and barnyard. Some horse blanket too. Really nice fruits.
Taste : Nice brett, quite funky. Rather woody with a bit of oak sourness. Finish has lots of brett with nice fruits. Light acidity and sourness.
Overall : Very interesting. Sourness is rather soft and is balanced out by the fruity notes. Nice brett with great funky notes. Nothing special for a sour but a rather well balanced one that is not extremely sour thus a bit more drinkable.

Thanks to PaulUnwin for sharing this one. Pours a light brown with an off-white head. Nose is wood, malt, vinegar, tartness, and some sour cherries. Flavor is a bit of caramel with some sour cherries, oak, and vinegar. Interesting fruity tart sour. Light to medium in body and a finish like cherry and oak.

750ml bottle. Pours a very deep opaque brick with beige head that leaves a ring and pool of lace. Very different nose. There’s a big mint chocolate feel to it with some sour and woody notes. Lightly sour of the palate with that mint chocolate feel following through. There’s a fairly faint taste of cranberries and rum. Finishes with a long light sourness.

Dave got this for me thru a trade, thanks! Definite Brett and fresh wood nose with some smokeyness. Bitter and wood taste with some leather and dark fruits. Dry and wine like. Good job Cisco.