Stillwater/Mikkeller/Fanø Gypsy Tears (Red Wine Barrel Aged Edition)

Stillwater Artisanal
Brewed at Fanø Bryghus
Style: Stout
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Clear deep dark brown, almost black with medium to thin brownish stable head. Lacing nicely. Aroma.. roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits, red wine, wood Sweet sourish, decent bitterness. Quite dry. Its good quality, nicely balanced and very drinkable, thou red wine note for me is not very pleasant.

Bottle at home from drinkstore
Dark brown black with fluffy tan head. Tart, sour cherries, tonic water, burnt toast, vanilla and touch of soy sauce. Full bodied, light carbonation, initial sour hit, dry roast barley, tart red fruit, slightly vegetal. Sourness takes some getting used to then manure/ rotting hay of Brett appears. V interesting and complex but the taste too abrasive to enjoy.

Fanø tap take over @ Dronning Louise. Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is malt, brett, grapefruit and light leather. Flavour is roasted malt, brett, chocolate, leather and grapefruit.

bottle by travlr, thnx dude ! big surprise when i opened my fridge :p pours black, white fast fading foam . wine is pretty dominant in the smell, as well as the oak, but not overkill . sour touch as well taste definetly has that sour-touch. dont think of a geuze, though! not realy thick. wine character is definetly there . i get a bit of that burnt malt in the aftertaste, if i realy focus on it .. its, ok, but not what i expect from a stout ... than again, this is aged on wine barreld, so if you like that, you shall like this one

Bottle. Murky almost completely black color, thick fluffy brown head, delicate lacing. Aroma of dusty and funky red grapes, chocolate bars. Taste is funky and slightly sour dark milk chocolate, port wine, coffee. Nice.

50 cl. Meilleure avant 2016. Une robe noire et sa tête brune bien montée. Une large dentelle sur la paroi de ma tulipe. À travers des parfums chocolatés, des effluves de bretts qui se lovent autour de vapeurs fruitées transportées par le tonneau de Brunello. Des odeurs de prunes et/ou de mélasse cuite se font aussi sentir. Sur les papilles, des saveurs de bretts qui, pour moi, se marient plus ou moins harmonieusement aux malts noircis et aux saveurs apportées par le fût de vin gouge. En bouche, les levures sauvages et l’enfûtage semblent avoir légrement altérer le corps et la texture du liquide. La finale est une suite logique de l’effet des flaveurs: les bretts et les tannins bien sentis me font légrement grimacer et me laisse passablement perplexe.

Bouteille de 500ml. Bière brune foncée avec une mousse brune crémeuse. Le premier nez est plein de brett, de vin rouge, ensuite viennent des notes de chocolat, de café et fruits secs. La bouche est acide, un peu bizarre, tannique, les tanins sont trop présents pour moi, on frôle l’astringence, on croirait licher une pelure de banane. Avec le temps et les gorgées le tout s’apaise, mais je ne suis toujours pas convaincu d’aimer ça.

On tap. Pours deep brown with a medium sized, off-white head. Aroma of brett, dark malt, caramel, vanilla, wood and plum + red berries. Slightly sweet flavor that ends up dry with some bitterness. Medium bodied, oily texture and soft CO2. A nice one. ★★★★

Black liquid with a huge tan head. Aroma is fruity and sour. Brettanomyces you said? Took me by suprise actually. Taste is also brett-dominated at first. While the roasty flavours comes out towards the finish. Intense chocolate in the aftertaste. Interesting one, that really grew on me from sip to sip.

Tap at Mikkeller and friends. Black with a huge and dense Brown head. Aroma is dominated by brett, with some notes of fruit and herbs. The Brett is all over the flavor aswell, the stout character comes through in the finish. Roasted bitterness and coffee. Along with this is an acidic side note leading my thoughts towards Wild fermentation. Crazy beer, but not my style