 GG (1613), NorCal, California, USA
Feb 26, 2007 NorCal tasting Feb 07 - To say I was bummed would be an understatement. The bottle I got was corked thru and thru. Cork in the nose, cork in the taste. It basically obliterated what otherwise was looking to be a nice beer. Aroma was..well...cork. Beneath the cork there was some light berries struggling to get out, but the cork wouldn’t have any of it. Appearance was reddish/brown in color and a nice head to it. Mouthfeel was acidic and tart. Flavors were, again, corked with a oaky/berry/vinegar angle lying underneath. Once I land another bottle of this and if it too isn’t corked, I will nuke this and re-rate. But for now, this is it.
stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 22, 2007 Bottled in 2005, sampled with Beerded one. Pours Depp amber with a fricken huge four finger thick fluffy off-white head. Aroma of wood, fruit, musty, and a tart backing. The flavor is wood, and mustiness up front, followed by sweet fruitiness, and then finishes with a tart, acidic, ciitrusy finish. I never really appreciated this style, but this is a definite winner!
FoolishMortal (965), San Diego, California, USA
Feb 21, 2007 750mL bottle, 2006 vintage. Murky light brown-red with a large rocky off-white head. Blast of citric cherryskin, with musty tannins and a sharp phenol tinge in the aroma. Slight turning fruit sweetness up front, followed quickly by a ruddy earthen wood character. Very soft acetic tartness manifests, with some dark alefruit. Phenol wisps in the finish, residual tartness and a building astringency. Mouthfeel is a medium light, rather dry.
pinkzambia (986), Boise, Idaho, USA
Feb 16, 2007 Bottle:Thick, murky almost maroon appearance with a wonderful aroma of alcohol, wet wood, cottage cheese, and fermenting cherries. Crisp fruity tastes with a woody aftertaste like most FSA, but a little more blunt. Delicious! Thanks Indiana Red!
IndianaRed (1553), Boise, Idaho, USA
Feb 16, 2007 750ml Bottle 2005 pours a cloudy/murky redish brown. Not head or lacing. Aroma is sour of course, lots of plums, raisons, applesand sweet wood notes. Flavor is not as tart as the aroma suggested. Sweet woody, dark pitted fruits. Cherries and apples. Trailer is a bit metallic, with a slight burn on the back end. Of the Flemish Sours I have had, this was the least tart, but possibly the most flavorfull. Very soft carbonation. Tasty but not quite up to my expectations. Thanks to whomever traded this to me last year.
BuckeyeBoy (1645), Boise, Idaho, USA
Feb 16, 2007 750ml Bottle 2005 Pours out a dirty brown very little head. A very nice aroma sweet and sour. The tast is very good. WOW the best Fsour I have had.
Thanks Indiana red for this.
jake65 (1658), Williston, North Dakota, USA
Feb 16, 2007 Bottle: A murky, plum color with virtually no head. Lots of fruity notes with wine and a seemingly sweet quality. Taste is fruity and sweet/tart with a sour trailer. A bit acidic and dry finish. My first flemish sour ale... and a real treat. Thanks Ken.
NicerInPerson (337), North of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Feb 12, 2007 The aroma was tart with a strong oak presence and a lightly enteric nature. The aroma was certainly lactic but had a bready character which might hint at a Brett culture. The aroma was fruity and complex with a hint of caramel. The beer poured clear dark brown with hardly any head at all, so nothing remained to lace the glass. The flavor was very mild by comparison to the last time I had tasted a bottle. The tartness was restrained and the tannic oak character was restrained as well. The flavor was only lightly acidic and had some estery fruit but while complex, missing some of the expected tartness. The body was medium and since devoid of carbonation this bottle really didn’t affect the palate. Overall a nice subdued Flanders Red, but this bottle had some room to improve by comparison to other bottles I have tried. 750 ml capped bottle, bottled in 2005.
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