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Hornbeer Biting Horse

Score
282
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Brewed by Hornbeer
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Kirke Hyllinge, Denmark
Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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RATINGS: 53   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.76   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 195   ABV: 6.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Danish: En egefadlagret syrlig øl med karakter fra brettanomyces. Det er en speciel øl. For mange en øl man skal vænne sig til. Den har smag fra brettanomyces - nogle siger smag af hest! - og bidrag fra syrligheden og egetræet. Giv den chanchen og tro os: man kan komme til at synes, at det er noget af det bedste, man kan få! Øltypen er Flamsk Red Ale, dvs en godt maltet øltype uden megen bitterhed. Efter gæringen er øllet fyldt på egetræsfade og lagret i nogle måneder sammen med kultur af lactobacillus og brettanomyces.
Indeholder: Bygmalte, humle, gær og vand.

English: A sour beer with character from brettanomyces. It is a special beer. For many a beer you have to get used to. It tastes from brettanomyces - some say the taste of horse! - And contributions from acid unit and oak. Give the chan chen and believe us: you may come to believe that it is one of the best you can get! Beers is Flemish Redale, ie a good malty beer without much bitterness. After fermentation the beer is packed in oak barrels and matured for some months with the culture of Lactobacillus and brettanomyces.


2.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Martinus (873) - Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS - MAY 9, 2012
Reddish brown amber colour, no head. Aroma reminding of geuze, lemon, lemon esters, quite sour, citrus, some silage. Flavour light sour, light sweet and wet dog. Light carbonation, short quite light finish, light malts.
Quite nice aroma, but strangely enough this beer tastes like wet dog. I mean, really, as if you would actually lick a wet dog. I have never done that personally, and this beer came way to close to that experience for my personal comfort.
(From 33cL bottle @ 2nd Tuesday tasting, De Molen, Bodegraven. BB 20-04-202(?))

2.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Vaiz (2037) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - MAY 8, 2012
Bottle at monthly tasting @ de Molen, hosted by dEnk. Gusher, murky orange pour, thick, instantly gone head. Aroma is basement, blue cheese, sweaty socks and toilet freshner. Flavor is sour, quite mild after the intense assault by the aroma. Artificial citrus, which reminds me of urinoir clean-air tablets. Weird.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
dEnk (1841) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - MAY 8, 2012
Bottle @ 2nd tuesday tasting @ De Molen. Aroma is funky sourness, some barn. Flavour is mild sourness, a bit murky, some spicy notes, red fruit, slight sweet red fruit note. Okay.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
anders37 (9919) - Malmö, SWEDEN - APR 24, 2012
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity funky acidic vinegar aroma. Fruity sour funky bretty caramel flavor. Has a fruity sour acidic caramel finish.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
beervikingcrew (34) - East Sussex, ENGLAND - OCT 17, 2011
Yes this is wild beer and probably from a wild horse. Or maybe it has some horse hair added in at brew time. This would be a good one to drink right before you head into battle! Pillage time-o-rama. Don’t let this put you off, Hornbeer do some amazing brews. Skol.

1.3
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
fiulijn (10421) - Como, ITALY - AUG 28, 2011
Bottle at The Green Lion Inn, Malmö
Muddy light brown color. Aroma of cookies, sour, public toilet, mild urine. Correct body strength, sweetish cookie maltiness, dirty water, correct bitterness, yeast, light purposeless acidity. Totally wrong.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
larsga (4675) - Oslo, NORWAY - JUL 22, 2011
Gusher. Small beige head. Muddy brown body. Funky barnyard taste with wooden wild berry notes. Mid-bodied. Mild fizzy mouthfeel. Dryish vinegary earthy aftertaste with wooden metallic barnyard notes. A bit messy, but not bad. (0.33l bottle, Salling, Århus.)

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Vignale (913) - Malmö, SWEDEN - JUN 8, 2011
Dimmig, ja närmast simmig, rödbrun vätska. Stiltypisk doft av ekfat och äppelcidervinäger. Smaken är lite dammig, röda vinbär, ek ,pollen. Någonstans mellan flamländsk rödöl och en geuze.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Rasmus40 (4142) - Beder, Aarhus, DENMARK - MAR 18, 2011
Clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, yeasty and moderate sour - vinegar. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. Not bad at all. 150910

2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
Hansen (4635) - Assentoft, DENMARK - JAN 24, 2011
Medium brown and murky. Has an off-white head, mostly diminishing. Aroma of acid. Flavor is unpleasent, reveals notes of cornflakes, cerials, butter. Dry, acid texture. Lively carbonation.


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