 footbalm (1210), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Apr 20, 2008
Bottle from Chris Styles, who is a serious cool mutha. Enjoyed with hellomynameis in my friends backyard.
As much as it sometimes bothers me to use the term "funk" as a catch-all for sours, it is the best I can come up with at this time. Old gym socks, wet wool blankets all sound very delicious as well.
I hated these beers before I learned to appreciate the beauty of what has been done.
BlackForestCO (489), Fort Collins and Black Forest, Colorado, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Bottle shared by mentor, thanks Paul! Poured a clear golden-amber color with a thin off-white head that faded to a ring. Lightly tart aroma with some fruitiness (berry and light citrus) and some yeast and oak peaking through. Tart, funky entry leads into an overpowering lacto, almost sour milk flavor with some light brett and a moderate fruitiness. Smooth, but not really sour, unless you take the sour milk flavor into consideration. I liked regular La Roja better, and I was pretty let down by this.
Crosling (1628), Loveland, Colorado, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Orange color with a small, white head that leaves a light ring. Aroma shows a lot of the barrel with coconut, wild yeast and mountain fruit notes. Flavor has a lot of wildness, red fruit character, funk and a lot of barrel contributions. It’s a funked out sour ale with a lot of complexity. It’s a nice ale.
eaglefan538 (2039), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Bottle from Styles. Pour was beautiful for an aged brew, nice off-white head over a fully amber body with some deeper reddish hues. Aroma was bretty funk, citrus, caramel, tart fruits. The flavor followed, everything coming together wonderfully from the aroma along with spicey oaky (cedar even) barrel elements, tart apples, and vanilla. This is up there with some of my highly liked Russian River products, and I’m incredibly glad to have had the opportunity on this one. Thanks, Chris, a generous bottle to have sent me!
Goodgrief (1013), Middletown, Delaware, USA
Jul 2, 2008 Cherry brown color with ok lacing even in my small sample (thanks to eaglefan438). Huge aroma of brett. The flavor was a wonderful brent of brett, sour and tart fruit and heavy wood and ash notes. Nice.
after4ever (1698), Brier, Washington, USA
Jun 13, 2008 12-oz. Opaque dark brown with slim off-white rim, not much lace. Enormous tart funky green apple nose. Mild, somewhat thin and still body. Big oaky flavors up front followed by light apple and dry leaves. Mild green apple tartness kicks up at the end. Soft, mellow, and beautiful.
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