4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Heavy vinegar, cherry, grape and oak aromas. Above average sourness that lingers.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
RBAG 2012. Pours really nice brown with rich red hues blended in, slight haze. Smell is Tons of sour cherry, tart apple, oakiness, red wine, slight vinegar, slight fig richness too, some modly funk. Tast is so smooth and so tart. Perfect balance, morello cherries, brown sugar, woody depth, beautiful blend of flavours, some Kalamata olive funk and tartness. balsamic vinegar, but not syrupy. Medium to light mothfeel, amazingly velvetty mouthfeel thanks to its superb carbonation. A real delight, gonna have to find me some of this...
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle found at Spec’s, dated April 6, 2009. They said it has been in the attic...
Very wild aroma, soured raspberries and cranberries. A good head can be worked up, but it doesn’t last very long. Color is almost like Coca-Cola. Taste is very sour, even moreso than what I had on draft a week ago at the New Belgium tasting room. Maybe due to the age. Taste sensation almost like extremely dry cranberry/grapefruit juice, then it finally gets a little sweeter with hints of licorice. It is different with age, not better or worse. I really like!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap. Thin cap that vanishes quick with a small island of happy tiny bubbles getting to float on this clear, deep brown liquid awesome. Aroma is sour apple and cherry. Woody too. The taste. Lots going on. Sour cherries, tart apples, dark malty taste to it. At first tasted nutty, that ripped into the fruitiness mentioned. The nuttiness maybe what I get from the sour wood? Don’t know, but it was great. I really enjoyed this beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
RBAG. From bomber. Pours brown, clear with a thin white head. Aroma has apple fruit, big sourness. In the mouth there is big sourness, mellow vinegar, lemons. Medium body. Soft carbonation. Long sour finish. Very satisfying sour.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours dark reddish brown with ruby highlights and a fizzy white head. Aroma is tart, sour cherries, red wine, and a hint of vinegar. Taste is very tart with notes of sour cherries, red wine, and oak. Excellent beer.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a dark red/brown, with small tan head. aroma is sour candy, yeast, slight roastyness. Lively carbonation, very sour off the bat, but an odd amount of roastyness, almost like a stout. Some oak flavors, lots of fruitiness, apples, cherry.. The roasty malt flavor really sets this sour apart and makes it interesting compared to others I have had. Great stuff.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber. Pours a chestnut brown with a thin, soapy beige head that has great retention and leaves decent lacing. Aroma is tart apple, woody oak notes, a touch of caramel, sweet fruity notes, hints of spice and dusty stone fruit. Flavor is oddly nutty and somewhat roasty up front, and unexpected, but interesting start, tart apple, sour berries, lactic acidity, some acetic acid in there as well, light earthy notes, musty leaves, toffee and some spiciness to the finish. Palate is light to medium bodied, a liittle syrupy up front, has a nice, moderate strength very blanketing carbonation and an fairly dry acidic finish. Very tasty. Good all around package.
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