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Destihl Saint Dekkera Barrel Reserve Belgian Sour: Strawberry Blonde

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9782
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Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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RATINGS: 32   MEAN: 3.85/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.67   SEASONAL: Special   ABV: -
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Our complex, Belgian-style ‘wild beers’ are aged for several months or even years in our oak barrels. Each barrel contains a different base beer (with distinct color, flavor, body, alcohol, malt and hop character) which undergoes spontaneous and prolonged fermentation with wild critters including Brettanomyces, which is a non-spore forming genus of yeast which lives on the skins of fruit in the wild. The genus name Dekkera is used interchangeably with Brettanomyces and was discovered at the Carlsberg brewery in 1904 by N. Hjelte Claussen, who was investigating it as a cause of spoilage in English ales but which is appreciated and encouraged in certain traditional Belgian-style ales.

BARREL #6: Strawberry Blonde


most recent ratings

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
queenholly (1851) - South Whitley, Indiana, USA - MAY 13, 2013
Tap sample @ Midwest SourWildFunkFest. Tart fruity (but not strawberry) lacto aroma, as well as a little nail polish remover - but not in a bad way. Hazy straw gold with a small white head. Earthy sweet-tart strawberry, light funky lacto flavor. Light creamy body, moderate carbonation.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
crossovert (4561) - Wisconsin, USA - MAY 12, 2013
Strawberries always blend nicely with the funk, seemed a bit oxidized but i worked with the berry flavor.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Strykzone (3813) - Wood River, Illinois, USA - APR 26, 2013
Samled at the Hampton. Hazy white gold. Tart sour aroma with strawberries. Thevstrawberry comes out nicely. This really is good. The wild yeast is nice. Tasty stuff!

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
CanIHave4Beers (2495) - Des Moines, Iowa, USA - DEC 6, 2012
Fobab #10
Pours a hazy blonde color with a small (almost non existent) head.

The aroma is earthy and funky in a barnyard/sweaty kind of way. The beer displays some nice tart fruit character and a little bit of vinegar in the nose.

The flavor is sour but also very fruity. Dry with lots of seedy fruit, lightly woody, with just the right level of sourness. Delicious.


4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
daknole (7204) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - OCT 22, 2012
Mostly yellow pour, white head. Aroma of strawberries, cranberry, cherry. Flavor is sour, vinegar, oak, strawberries. Not overly sour, but really delicious. From what I was told, much better than last years version.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
fonefan (29292) - VestJylland, DENMARK - SEP 18, 2012

Bottle 750ml. corked.

Hazy matt medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy, tart, sour strawberry, strawberry, wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, strawberry, baking yeast notes. Lovely beer ;-) Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120812]

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 12, 2012
Bottled@chriso. Hazy golden colour, small white head. Aroma is sour wood, some tartness and mild fruity notes. Flavour is sour/tart wood, mild strawberries and quite mouthdrying. Very pleasant and tart notes.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
MrChopin (2527) - Baltimore, Maryland, USA - NOV 22, 2011
FoBAB 9. Hazy gold, thin white ring with star-pattern bubbles at surface. Nose is very muted, watery, light wood and melon, bit of strawberry but almost nothing. Flavor similarly muted, lightly bright with seedy fruit but very plain, low acid, very sticky, carbonation keeps it alive through the lightly refreshing melon-finish where there’s a bit of elmer’s glue and acetic acid. Totally missed the malt aspects of a blond, acidity of a sour, comes off as a train wreck.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
BMan1113VR (7379) - Los Angeles, California, USA - NOV 21, 2011
On tap at GABF. Pours with a hazed golden hue and a white head that lasts. Aromas are fruity, estery, jammy, sour, funk, toasty, some acid, brett, floral. Flavors are slightly sweet strawberry, fruity, funk, and acidic. Lively bubbles dry. Very nice.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
craftbeerdesign (2123) - Alpharetta, Georgia, USA - OCT 7, 2011
sample at GABF on 9/20/11. cloudy yellow pour with a small white head. light sour nose - not picking up any strawberry. medium body with lactic acid - light strawberry notes. dry lactic tart finish.


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