2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
You can smell the sour off this beer. Color is hazy brown. Wicked sour taste. Hard to take anything but tiny sips. Too punishing for my taste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Stone Sour Fest 2009
Poured orange with a hint of brown.
Nose was slightly woody with lots of horse blanket.
Tasted like a woody, bretty, earhty, astringent IPA.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Beachwood. Pours pretty light, sort of gold-amber. Not much head to this one. Aroma is quite tart and horsey, more vinegary. Flavor starts with a bit of hop-citrus fruit, which slowly layers with brett (interesting transition!). The problem with this beer is the finish. Instead of moving gracefully towards a sour finish, this one jumps ship and lands smack dab in some red white vinegar (acetate) and alcohol.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
On tap at 2009 Stone Sour Fest. Huge head. Cloudy amber color. Tons of ethyl acetate. Low acidity. Very hard to drink. Floor cleaner. yuk.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the sour ale fest. Pours a golden orange color. NI really enjoyed this one, it was a nice easy drinking sour, but still complex. Citrus, lemon, light vinegar, caramel, funky earth flavor, apple, and and some herbal hops.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught) Pours a murky amber-brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus, vinegar, caramel, and light herbal notes. Flavor of green apple, vinegar, white grapes, and mild hops (herbal, earthy) with a dry finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Stone Sour Fest, San Diego 2009.
Many complex flavors in this one. Enjoyable bitter hop twist to a sour. Vitaminy sour and lightly chalk finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the Stone Sourfest. This page of notes got spilled on, but I am trying to piece it together. Pours deep orange to bronze, with a [unreadable ] head. Aroma of vinegar, funk, [unreadable] brett and caramel. Taste is acidic like all the other Deschutes beers that day, lightly hoppy, vinegar [more unreadble stuff]. Medium carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at the 2009 Stone Sour Fest. Very decent sour. I enjoyed the tartness with a balancing hop profile. Interesting.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at Stone Sour Fest 09. Pours very cloudy brown with a frothy tan head. Aroma has some vinegar and sugar, a good deal of oak and some barnyard funk. Flavor has plenty of stinging tart vinegar, some bready wheat, and floral notes in the finish. Medium bodied with medium carbonation.
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