4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20 Pours with good carbonation and some lacing. Smells of wine barrel and spice. Taste includes vanilla and more wine and bourbon barrel characteristic. The wild yeasts are well integrated into the overall flavor. Mouthfeel is full bodied but kept light due to the impressive carbonation. Fantastic!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2007 bottle thanks to Walt! Pours with a clear bronze hued body with a tan head that lasts. Aromas are musty, woody, spicy, earthy, rustic, bretty funk, tart aromas, vinous, plums and other dark fruits. Flavors are bready, plum, spicy, tart, medium tannic, spicy oak, tangy and sour. Lively bubbles, dry. Tasty.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Rick.
Pours a deep amber brown with a nose of musty wood and cherry leather. Flavor is winey, leathery must. Thin mouthfeel. Meh.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by bleeng at the August Houston RB Tasting. Pours a dark amber with a tan head. Nose is of oak barrel, perfume, vanilla and tart malt. Taste is of yeast and brett. Mouthfeel is medium-thin with alcohol noticeable and some sourness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle thanks to bleeng at August tasting. Pours a cloudy brown with small off white head that quickly diminishes to nothing. The aroma is sour fruit and vanilla. Medium mouthfeel with oak vanilla and light sour finish. A complex sour ale from Springfield.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Post-EBF tasting.
Sour, a little bit metallic, slight hints of vanilla, oak, sweet malts. A pretty good, drinkable sour. Reminds me of a Flanders brown.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at the Saturday night hotel tasting after EBF. Pours a hazy brown orange with a thin beige head. Big fuzzy sour notes, toast and acid. Funky and toasty. Sweeter than expected, sweet malt and light acid. Toasty and warm. Long sweet finish with some woody acid. Nice, warm alcohol follows it out.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber body with a white head. Aromatically sour woody with light oak tones, hints of vanilla, brett and leather. Mild acidity with a hint of vinous warming. Drying warming finish pretty good.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
750 ml bottle. Thanks Sir Footbalm! Unfortunately the notes taken on this beer were limited, but both me and my wifey remember this beer being exceptional. We will try to find another bottle in the future and have a "re-do," but here’s what we got- Nose was sour, woody, with Bretty wet hay. Malts and Bret were noticeable in the flavor, and it drank extremely smooth. "Wine-like" comes to mind. Again, looking forward to a potential re-drink, but it was an ’05...here’s hoping a bottle magically materializes.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Another cool bottle broke out by the mighty footbalm! Thanks Eric. Pours a hazy orange almost brown color with a medium tan head. A nice fruity, sour and especially funky nose. An oaky and strong funky flavor, some fruit and sherry, some sourness almost, lots of tannins from the oak, funky brett throughout. Very good, a surprise.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
LCBS 2010. Amber pour. Vinegar, light fruit, tahitian vanilla aroma. Flavor is vinegar, brett, meh. Just ok.
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