 PilsnerPeter (1408), Flushing, New York, USA
Jul 2, 2008
Bottle Batch 003: Thanks golubj! Pours a lively cloudy golden with a creamy thick white head that leaves a spotty lace. Aroma is vinous, oaky, hints of aged swiss cheese, lemon, white pepper, apple cider, honey and vanilla wood. Amazingly complex. Frothy and crisp body. The flavor is a perfect marriage of sweet and tart. Very subtle honey notes, smooth oak presence, herbal subtleties, sharp citrus fruitiness, mild Gouda, sharp Parmigiano-Reggiano, acetic apple cider, and just a touch of vanilla in the back somewhere when it warms. A Sour Ale of vast complexity, superiority and drinkability.
Viking_Hammer (292), Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
Sep 3, 2008 Pours a cloudy golden yellow with a medium off white head. Aroma of oak and yeast. A very nice sour citrus bitterness and with a good amount of funk. I good amount of oak in the finish that is all the way sour. Wonderful beer.
radiomgb (1757), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Sep 1, 2008 Murky golden yellow in colour with a thin white coloured head, light lacing. The aroma is a bit oaky, light notes of alcohol, fruity with a bt of sourness. The flavour is again a bit oaky, some citrus, yeast, white grape skins, acidic with some light alcohol. Sweet and dry mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes lingering and lightly sour.
Quite smooth and the sourness is very well balanced. I can see this aging quite well. I feel that I need more of this and I have both batch 1 and 3 so more samples are in order.
375ml bottle shared by rudolf, thanks Rudy.
Opened on March 28, 2008.
Batch #2.
BlackForestCO (521), Fort Collins and Black Forest, Colorado, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Batch 3 bottle shared by mentor, thanks dude! Poured a cloudy, pale golden-straw color with a moderate off-white head that clung to the glass nicely. Aroma of soft yeastiness with some light citrus including apricot and mango, and a soft wine-like oak funk. Sweet, lightly tart entry leads into a moderate yeastiness with some barnyard funk and undertones of soft citrus fruit, finishing lightly sour with some yeast and oak in the finish. Smooth, soft carbonation.
durhambeer (411), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Aug 30, 2008 This was going to be my 400th rating, but I got thirsty and impatient so it was 399 instead. Lovely bright cloudy golden pour with pillowy white head. Nose gave more more oak than funk... and overall, that was the relative disappointment for me. Sour, but overall more woody than anything else. Oak was huge, with notes of citrus and chardonnay; quite lovely, but damn if it was really worth the rarity and cost. Amazing mouthfeel.
Taverner (440), San Ramon, California, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Aroma is funky barnyard - pretty strong actually. I like it! Flavor is the pins and needles for a very carbonated sour, and, well, sourness. I can taste notes of unsweetened white grapefruit, and then a dry bitter flavor. There’s some notes of chardonnay in there too - I just can’t put my finger on them. Aftertaste is an almost salty lipfeel.
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