Destihl Saint Dekkera Barrel Reserve Belgian Sour: Hawaii Five-Ale

Brewed by Destihl Restaurant and Brew Works
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Normal, Illinois USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Fobab #1

Pours a hazy golden colro with a small almost non existent head.

The aroma is earthy with some light solvent notes, the beer is funky smelling and has some nice sour cherry character and some tropical fruit.

The flavor is tart and fruity, plenty of tart cherries, plenty earthy... lightly vinegary.

GABF, and what a cool damn beer! Pours a mostly yellow, a bit hazy. Aroma is loaded with all kind of tropical fruits, light sourness, yeast. Flavor is has tons of mango, pineapple, guava, yeast, lactic tartness, hay. Wow, fun brew.

Sample at GABF 10/11/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. The beer is a hazy golden color with a medium white head and a top ring of lace. Aroma of tropical fruits and malt. Medium-bodied and moderately sour with flavors of pineapple and grainy malt. The finish is fruity with a citrus and tropical fruit aftertaste. Decent overall.

On tap at Brasserie V - Pours clear amber with a ring of white head. Nose is pineapple and sugary peach, with a little baking spice. Taste is the same, lots of tropical fruit with pineapple, mango, and not much sourness at all. Thin, but slick.

Pours hazed gold wh head n soured honey pine grapeuit flavors of grapefruit citrus pine sour goodness vinegar

(Draught) Pours a hazy golden body with a small white head. Aroma of caramel popcorn, powdered sugar, pineapple, and musty forest. Flavor of brett, herb, grass, pineapple, and sourness with a dry finish.

tap at fobab. oaky pears, lemons, earthy fruit. tart lemons, and some light dusty fall leaf funk. peculiar vegetal note that was slightly offputting. not as good as a couple other destihl beers i had at fobab, but not bad either.

On tap at GABF. Pours with a hazed golden hued body and a white head. Aroma of pineapple, acidity, funk, and wet leaves. Flavors are of blue cheese like funk, strong acidity, brett, pineapple. Dry with lively carbonation. A bit of leather towards the finish. Bright.

On tap at Fobab 9. Pours hazy golden with white head. Aromas of some fruits and light tartness. Flavor was musky and had some light fruit and tart flavors. Not a whole lot going on here.

draft... I expected a ton out of this beer and just wasn’t there... murky gold not much of note... I get a bunch of rotten mangos which should be good in a sour but they just aren’t right, too light in flavor and tartness overall... average