3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Thanks to foofaa for sharing this one at our Gueuze tasting.
A - Pours murky amber orange with a fingers worth of white foam leaving light lace down the glass.
S - Smells of tart funkiness, horse blanket, apples, citric fruit, oak and a muted caramel malt backbone. A ton of lactic funkiness throughout the nose.
T - Starts off with a touch of caramel sweetness quickly being enveloped by the decent sized lactic sourness kick. Once the sourness dies down a bit you get hints of apples, pears, lemons and some dry oak that lingers on the pallet for some time.
M - Medium body and flavor with moderate carbonation. Lots of lactic tartness initially leaving the pallet dry at the finish.
O - Compared to most of the other sours we drank this one was nothing special but I still enjoyed it none the less. It had plenty of flavor to keep me coming back for more. Thanks again Dan!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
In short: A very oaky, tannic and dry funky/farmhouse golden ale.
How: Bottle 12oz. Consumed when over 1 year of age, bottle sent to me by tyler_mn, thanks a lot Tyler.
The look: Clear deep golden body topped by a small beige head leaving lots of lacings on the glass.
In long: Nose is full of oak, a nice farmhouse funk, horse blanket. Taste is surprisingly not too intense, dry biscuits, lots of dry oak, fresh red apple skin, dried grapes, tannins, funk, light cheesy notes, minerals sensation. Attack is juicy and the finish is bone dry. Sourness level is in the low-medium range relative to the style. It is the intense tannic dryness that makes this Sour Ale intense and not its sourness. Yes despite the intense oaky-tannic dryness I found the beer very easy to drink, but you need a glass of water to go along with the saliva-sucking beer. Quite happy to add another rating for one of my favourite breweries, but rating all Jolly Pumpkin beers I can find is not an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, because between ordering my entire beer cellar in alphabetic order on weekdays and reordering it by style on week-ends, I really don’t have time for this OCD thing.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 12fl.oz.
[ Courtesy of Secret Summer Santa ]. Clear medium amber orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to heavy, tart, sour, funky, wood, light horse blanket. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a average to long duration, tart, berry - apple, wood, fruity sweet, light acetone. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121116]
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Opened this at a random Sunday tasting. 12 oz. poured into a Stone IRS tulip. Pours a relatively flat murky, dirty brown in color. Nose is heavy on the la Roja GR and bam. It’s slightly medicinal, a little vinegar, earthy, and some malt. Flavor is an amalgam of malt and cherry, some light vinegar, and a little band aid. Mouthfeel is light, carbonation is obsolete, acidity is moderate, and it’s a short to medium finish. I think this it’s slightly past it’s prime, seems slightly oxidized. It’s still relatively tasty, but it should be consumed pretty quickly as I don’t see it getting better.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours dark amber with thin off white ring of a head. Nose and taste of white grapes, oak, light lemon, light caramel and light watered down cherry vinegar. Moderate sourness - hint of vinegar. Body is on the lighter side.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From notes. Hazy amber-orange body, moderate sized off-white head, soapy lacing. Vinegar, green apples, white grapes, oak, must, and lemon zest. Medium bodied, assertive carbonation, moderately acidity finish.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
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Bitter lidt sur modrat
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16/11-12@ F1
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ FOneFan. Amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, acetone, sour, apple and oak. Flavour is malt, oak, apple, sour, wood, little acetone, little lemon and funky.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ "Det er meget mørkt i Ulfborg", November 2012. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Nose is funk, brett, wine and manuer. Really dry flavor with notes of grapefruit peel, funk, brett and wine. Not their most complex but dammn sure tasty!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
some apricot in aroma & flavor. Bitter aftertaste, heavy mouthfeel, moderate sour notes, low acidity.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle split with keith. Pours a murky copper color with small white head, light sporadic lacing. Aromas are very acidic and barny with apple, oak, and brett also coming through. Taste is vanilla, oak, cherries, red berries, including strawberry, raspberry puree, earthy, cinnamon, green grapes, brett, lemon tartness. This sour was tart up front with the berries and yeast but faded into smooth jp oaky flavor. Soft medium to full bodied sour ale and a nice hybrid brew between the firefly and la roja, both of their delicious characteristics came through exceptionally well on this beer.
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