Captain Lawrence Rosso e Marrone

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale
Pleasantville, New York USA

375ml from riverpimp. I could say this is cool and tart and I liked drinking it, but what the fuck good is that? At any rate, it was a murky light amber color with a bit ’o’ head. The nose was really big on tart oak and red wine...also a bit of medicinal band aid going on. Tart red grape, oaky, medicinal, chalk, earthy peat, dry funky horse blanket. Really it is tart and chemical laden with red grapes and oak. Drinkable and by no means a ’drain pour’ but this isn’t a ’100’ percentile beer imho.

374 ml bottle - thanks riverside!! Muddy copper with thin off- white head; poopy, sour cherry nose; mild barnyard, fizzy texture; peaches, cherries; not that interesting; stale grapes; kind of tart, but pretty boring overall

Nose is sour vinous and fruity. Very winey. Reddish pour, no head. Lots os red wine grapes. Tart fruity and dry. Lingering wine. Earthy red grapes woth so€e tartness. Sort of interesting, dry earthy eh. At least I am more helpful than weeheavy and I’m smashed!

Bottle 375ml. batch #1 @ home.
[ Trade by Bobby91w ]. Unclear medium orange amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy sour, viegar, grape, red wine, wood, caramel. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidic and vinegar with a long duration, dry dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090828]

375mL bottle, batch 1, courtesy of an extremely generous BA, poured into a tulip. Pours a very murky reddish brown with a smattering of fizzy off-white bubbles that recedes immediately leaving nothing at all on top. Needless to say, no lacing on this one. The aroma is massive with tons of tart cherries, red grapes and plenty of brown sugar sweetness. There is also hints of vanilla and maybe even some chocolate. The brett is present but not a dominant aroma. The taste is a bit more tart and funky that the aroma and the sweetness of the sugar and vanilla is less prevalent. The brett starts to come out much more in the finish and it definitely has a dry, earthy funk in the aftertaste with some dry wine-like character as well. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and dry on the palate with very little carbonation. This is a very good beer and an excellent example of the style. It goes down very easily and I think the funk will develop even more over time. Nice.

Never a preferred style. Reddish wine appearance. Grape and black cherry aroma. Flavor is pretty much the same as the aroma. Very sour. Probably as good as this style gets, but again . . .

Bottle thanks to Mudpuppet (BA)!
I’ve been chasing this one since NYBeer joked about the unwashed beer nerds, piled up high in the back seats of each others’ cars, rubbing their hands greedily and, with an evil grin, successfully growling "Rosso!" to themselves as they sped off together from the release with their allotments. This was of course mentioned while we drank and hoarded all the rarities we could muster at the Southampton release on the very same day.

Slightly opaque mahogany, tan bubbles become a thin white film. The nose has supreme balance and reminds of a tart Sinner’s ’08: strong citrus, grape, cherry and wood, light vanilla and brown sugar. Flavor begins slightly astringent with the heavy sour cherry notes (this doesn’t bring in the fresh grape and lemon or faint malt as well as Castleton), more wood than the flavor, light balsamic and citrus. Then comes the awe inspiring fresh grape and more red wine, strong towards the finish and the two combining to impart a juicy note that blasts the mouth right before it goes all dry and puckering. Long-lasting grape notes that dance on the wine barrel. I tried to be objective here, even said I’d keep it low just because it was rare and a sour, but in the end I’m just another nerd that loves rare beer and gets nerdy in its presence. Rosso!

12.7 oz bottle. Cloudy brown with a touch of garnet. Nose is funky cherry, white grape, oak and vanilla. Juicy medium light with a mild sparkle. Taste is red grapes and sour cherry; still retaining some sweetness. Gets dry and earthy with a lovely bitter grape skin and seed finish. Wonderful progression from fruit to barrel to vinous.