 b33r (332), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Feb 1, 2008
2006 Bottle: Dark brown color with medium diminishing cream head and some lacing. Strong fruity, vinous aroma. Flavor is extremely tart and sour which is entirely too dominant. I don’t see the complexity- all sour cherries and not much else, no malts, no hops. More of a sour ale than anything. High abv made this slightly tolerable towards the end. Alcohol was well hidden, but only because the sourness was is in your face.
Overrated.
plovmand (415), Helsinge, Denmark
Jul 22, 2008 2007 bottle at Kulminator.
Its a beauty! A reddish brown beer with a creamy long lasting beige head.
Aroma is pretty sour with dark fruits and cherries.
Flavour is the same with caramel and some berries.
Great mouthfeel.
Ibrew2or3 (1613), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Two bottles courtesy of fishingnet and tpd975. Pours brownish amber copper with tan head. The aroma is full with loads of wild yeast fighting it out creating tartness and sour rotting lemons, notes of wood and faint vanilla. I also get some grapes and cherries too. The taste has a quick pulse of sweetness that quickly fades away leaving behind tartness and mild sourness. It seems the sour rotting fruit grows momentarily before extreme tartness takes over. The tartness finally lets up a bit in the finish as I can get vague fruitiness around the edges. Zero sense of the ABV (was this an NA brew?).
pepsican (645), the beer wastelands of, Iowa, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Hazy brown pour with a small tan head. Aroma was vinegar and heavy oak. Flavor was up front cobwebs and dust, plenty of oak and vanilla and a pronounced candy flavor that really stood out and made this unique from other sour style beers. Finished with a mild to medium acidity, very complex. I really liked this one.
JohnQPublic (92), Brooklyn, New York, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Bottle, 2006 vintage. Pours a cloudy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is banana, yeast, bit of molasses, hint of wood and vanilla. Taste starts a bit sour, with some dark malt in there as well, moving to a more pronounced, biting acidity and tartness on the finish, with a lingering dark vinous quality. Mouthfeel is just enough crispness to complement the acidity, while maintaining a nice creaminess. Very interesting beer from a fearlessly inventive brewery.
OSLO (590), Minnesota, USA
Jul 16, 2008 [’06 Bottle] Pours murky dark amber-brown with a small light tan head. Aroma is cherry, banana, yeast, vinous red wine character, wood, a bit of brown sugar and a hint of alcohol. Taste is lightly sour up front with very subdued bitterness, more red wine and barrel very present and some yeast. Not nearly as fruity as the aroma. Medium mouthfeel, smooth, with a long dry red wine finish. A very nice beer--although I am partial to wine barrel aging.
|
