Herslev Stjerne Bryg Fadlagret med Brett

Brewed by Herslev Bryghus
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Herslev, Roskilde, Denmark

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Draft. Dark brown/red pour with frothy off-white head. Aroma is roasted and malty with oak, anis and brett. Tastes medium sweet, light brett-sourness, woody notes. Delicate complexity, a well-integrated and balanced beer.

Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a dark reddish amber color with a small off-white head head. Has a fruity malty spicy weak sour bretty aroma. Fruity malty woody spicy bretty flavor. Has a fruity malty woody caramal finish with sour bretty hints.

On tap. Pours reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is huge brett, hay, balsamic, some sweet malty notes behind, rural and vinegar. Taste is brett, light tartness, woody, vinegar, balsamic, some sweet nutty caramel notes behind which seem a bit messy, cherry and light vanilla.

tap @ Mikkeller keg from 2008. reddish with a off white head .Aroma: grapes, winous, green strawberries, vanilla, oak, dusty, fruity sweetnes, cheesy, fart, barnyard, red berries, medium mouthfeel, taste: saftevand, red berries, vanilla, light bitterness, oak, nice acidity, brett, dryness, red wine, dusty, grapes, fizzy,

03-NOV-2011, draft @Mikkeller on ØJ-dag. Dark brown with a red hue and almost no head. Tart red wine nose. Taste is sweet redwine ending long, bretty and just a tad tart. Even the rest of the Ulkløbbers accept this slightly tart brew as a beer. Faint nail polish remover. Really a surprise. The most positive surprise of the evening. The underlying Stjernebryg has gone but something more complex has shown up in stead. Could have rated it higher? Fine and complex brew.

Nose Is soap, heavy wood, some vanilla, decent late malt, weak cake, feel is mediumbroad, carb Is mediumheavy. Taste is lemon, vanilla, champagne, later little hops bite

tap at nelson, hazy brown, smooth white head.clearly bretty, roasted malts, caramel, tart. Pretty cool aroma. Flavor is caramel, sourness, tartness, faint spices, malts. Some malty bitterness. Nice complex bretty variation on a theme

Medium amber. White head, medium duration. Aroma of acid, apple, tobacco. Flavor is moderate acidic, finish moderate sweet and bitter. Dry, creamy texture. Soft carbonation.

Bottle. Low fluffy white lasting head. Very dark red brown body,. Sweet fruity plum prune brett aroma. Heaviliý carbonated plum prune raisin flavor with bitterness and just a hint of brett. Long aftertaste.

Sampled @ Copenhagen Beer Festival 2010. Dark, reddish body with a thin beige head. Aroma has anise, ripe fruit, spices and just a faint hint of acidic brett. Flavor is slightly acidic, spicy, sweet malt and fruity. Not sure if I had recognized the brett if I wasn’t aware of it.