3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Old bottle, no bourbon, 12 oz, says oak barrel aged on neck. Clearer reddish brown with a thin white head. Big fruity oak. A little sour, but not much. Really surprisingly little depth. Thin body, low carbonation. Thin nose, but fuller flavor. Sour, but not crazy. Oaky astringency, no vanilla. Lingering tannins. Fruit really lingers. 2007 standard release side by side was more sour, less oaky, but a hell of a lot fuller, and it was thinning out quite a bit too. The moral: drink sours sooner!
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle shared by tom10101, HUGE thanks! I owe you some! Pours a clear dark orange with no head and so no lacing. Aroma is sour cherries and wood, and by "sour cherries" I mean a full lactic acid shot to the nose. This one also felt a little more alcoholic than the regular but I must be imagining things. Taste is dry and not bracingly sour but a lot more acetic than the regular La Roja... Still mighty drinkable and refreshing! Carbonation was soft and not distracting. Overall a really nice product but not one that I’d consider vastly superior to the regular offering!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle (12 oz). 2011 vintage. Thanks Mark! Slightly hazy reddish amber with a small off-white head and little lacing. Aroma is of oak, acetic, red fruits (mainly cherries), light vanilla and some lemony notes. Taste is slightly sweet and moderately to heavily acetic with oak, red fruits, light vanilla and light earthy notes. Medium body. Moderately dry. Mouth puckering. Quite complex and the balance isn’t bad at all considering how acetic the beer is. Really enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Reddish amber pour with a small off white head. Aroma of sour caramels, cherries, musty oak, some basement, yeah. Jesus. This one is tart, musty, funky, tannic, and just....jolly pumpkin to the core turned up to 11. My buddy says 12 or 13 even. Sour on the finish, bit of oxidation, bit of sweetness. Not bone dry, not too tannic, not too sour. Just overall, yeah, so good. So interesting.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Great brew, vinegar, fruitness, tropical fruits, oak, fantastic, fantastic brew.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Good god what a beer... Had a regular la roja just prior and it made it taste like water... Aroma is not very sour, but as soon as it touches your lips, you are blown away by the tartness and sour finish... Like a duchesse de Bourgogne but more malts, less vinegar and better balance... Amazing
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5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
OMG! My rating system is as follows: bad, meh, good, great, grand, OMG!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Killer beer here! Nose is great sweet and smooth sour, nice cherry and raspberry. Great sour smooth flavor with plenty of sour cherry and some dark fruit. Nice funk and tartness. Nice smooth light body. Definitely drinkable.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle shared with Adam in NH - thanks amigo! Pours hazy red with a frothy, white head. Big tart, hammy fruit nose. Medium sweet flavor, quite acetic, with candy fruit suckers, cherries - pretty sour stuff. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Good tartness on the finish with acetic burn, raspberries and cherries. Tart, solid. Nice.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
deep amber .. medium head, lacing was good .. . slick depth .. . aftertaste is awesome .. thats the way to to do it, very nice beer
.. . . i was born to lick your face..
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber net with a nice, of white head. Aroma had oak, apple and some wine or port notes. Flavor is quite sour, pal does not return in the flavor. Quite sour, fresh and nice.
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