Panil Barriquée (Sour)

Bottle shared by Cameron at Coastal Wine. Poured flat and sheeny red; smooth and light-bodied. Bit sour, but even keeled. Doesn’t even approach a La Folie or the stronger Flemish sours ... this is actually drinkable for a non Flanders fan like me. Maybe a good introduction to the style. (#2835, 5/3/2007)

2006. pours a dark brownish red with no head. no lacing. sour, woody, horseblanket aroma. thin texture. notes of cherry, wood, and a hint of something chocolatey. i’m usually not a fan of these fruity sour beers but this one is different and special. it doesn’t make me pucker and turn my mouth inside out. instead, it goes down smooth with mellowed acidity(no heartburn!). very light carbonation adds to its smoothness. no aweful bacterial, green olive(horseblanket) flavors usually associated with most oak aged beers. a big fan.

2005 bottle. Pours a somewhat dark bloody maroon with an off white thin head. Smells of cherries, strawberries, and other fruits along with some acidity. Smells refreshing. Taste is sour, but nothing too cheek puckering. Seems to be the right amount for the flavors in this beer. Nice fruit, a little bit sweet and very full flavored. Pretty delicious, the finish was smooth and rich. This is one of my favorite flemish sours to drink.

Pours a hazy amber color with an off white head. Aroma is of malts, woody vanilla, sour and tart fruits. Flavor is of malts, sour fruit, woody, with a bitter sour finish.

Pours reddish brown with little to no carbonation. Taste is oaken barrel, mild sourness, slightly lactic, with some mustiness and horse blanket. Mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied, dry with no carbonation, and only slightly acidic. Enjoyable, and interesting, but I wish it had carbonation.

2005 750 ml. Thanks to trade with Clarkvv. Had heard and expected so much and was so disappointed. Had side by side with Rodenbach Grand Cru. Both exact same murky mahogany brown color with moderate beige head. As opposed to RR Supplication or Rodenbach Grand Cru, the aroma was more musty and less sweet tart vinegary but not bad. The taste me was tart with some musty horseblanket and a liitle alcohol which is hidden in the Supplication and the Grand Cru. The problem was it was downright thin with any flavor quickly dissipating into the alcohol taste. It seemed more like a Sour Brown ale like New Glarus Enigma or Liefman’s Goudeband than a Flemish sour Red. That being said both the Enigma and Liefman’s are better. Definitely worth the try but not worth the hype or the money.

This is the 2005 version that’s been sitting in my basement for the past few years... Appears a dark amber with a crimson hue and a dark beige head that slowly fades into a mild cap. Spotty lacing is left around the glass. Smell is of tart cherries, oak, vanilla, vinuous, light vinegar, & worchestire sauce. Taste is of sweaty sock, oak, light vanilla, vinuous notes, along with some vinegar. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, sweet up front, tart along the palate, and mouthpuckering for a sweetart enjoyability that can’t be beat.

Sampled on the one year anniversary of my first rating. Bottled in 2005. Pours deep reddish brown with very minor sudsy head and a splotchy film over the top. The aroma is very woody and sour with hints of dark dry cherries. There is also some spice, heavy tartness, light vinegar notes and lots of wild yeast. Medium body with a grainy feel and almost no carbonation with some slickness to the body. The taste starts with bold oakiness and sour vinegar - the oak make the vinegar aspect seem beefy. There is some very light cherry aspects. The finish adds a good amount of spice and brett-like barnyard yeast. A great beer to have on this day.