The Bruery Melange #1

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Placentia, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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750ml bottle. Pours a mostly clear dark brown. Little to no head, lace or appearance of carbonation. Sour chocolate aroma. A touch of balsamic. A cranberry fruit presence. Perhaps some rotting fruit. Cheesecloth and rotten eggs. Similar on the tongue. Light balsamic, tart cherry skin, chocolate, ginger ale, wet oak, cheese and mothballs. Medium + body with spritzy carbonation leading to a lightly acetic but mostly watery finish. Close, but lacking somewhere... Thanks fellas!

[Batch 2 Bottle] shared by Armin, Caleb and Greg. Pours an ugly hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is maraschino cherries, light malt vinegar, moderate sweetness, and just a hint of the roasty Black Tuesday. The flavor is slightly sharp, tons of cherry, light acetic, light alcohol, lightly roasty. I actually enjoy this one.

Bottle. Hazy dark brown pour, lasting carbonation and an aroma of cherries and chocolate. Flavor is slightly bready initially and then a good blend of sour cherry and slightly caramel/chocolate and slightly effervescent on the aftertaste. Very good, just short of being outstanding.

Bottle shared with the MN crew. (Batch #2). Hazy dark brown pour with a slight bit of head (really just a ring), not a ton of lacing. Aroma is a blend of bourbon, oak, sweet and roasty malts, and vinegar, with a slight bit of tartness. Also cherries and chocolate, which really come through after the first sip. Taste is dominated by the chocolate and cherry, with some odd bacterial or funk character that is a bit off putting in combination with the dark and sweet malts. Fairly thin, finishes sweet, which is interesting with the sour character. An interesting beer, though not one that I would go after again.

Pours dark reddish black with white head, aroma has notes of dark vinegar, some sweet malty bread, berry including cherry and berry. Taste is notes of cherries, sweet berry, chocolate and a touch of roast, with lots of vingar and acetic acid. Okay, on the verge of good, but just ok.

Muddy brown pour with slick brown foam. Aroma is nice medium tart/sour with underlying sweet raisin and perhaps creamy caramel. Predominately a sweet/tart sour with some interesting malt/raisin and strong ale qualities through the finish. Probably one of the best beers I’ve had yet from the Bruery.

Oakquinox. Cloudy amber, tan head. Nose is big acetic sourness and dark fruits. Flavor is sweet tartness, that transitions to oaky vanilla and brown sugar, finishes dry and sour. Medium body an carbonation. A smooth and delicious sour, the BlackTuesday contributions are subdued but provide a bit more body an foundation to the strong Oud Tart base.

Bruery mélange 1. 750ml bottle from the reserve society... Pours a mostly deep cola brownish pour with a thin to medium light beige head... Aroma is mostly oud tart with sour cherry woody vinegar profile. No too harsh but mostly on the oude tart side from an aroma perspective. Very light on the black Tuesday front but comes through in the flavor... Flavors are mostly along the oude tart front while the black Tuesday cuts back away from the acidity contributing to some chocolate notes, lighter vanilla and an increased thicker mouthfeel. i enjoyed this one despite having reservations upfront. 7/4/8/4/15

(750ml bottle shared at Dak’s Final Four Tasting). Pours a hazy dark caramel with off-white head. Around is sour with cherries and chocolate. Taste follows suit with sweetness from Black Tuesday and sour from Oude Tart. Medium bodied with a slick texture. This is a super beer!

750 ml bottle shared by Kan. Thanks! We’ll make this #2100 too. Excited to try this.. As it sounds like it couldn’t possibly be good. Pours a nice roasty brownish opaque pour, a good frothy tannish head dies to a good film, laces good with ok filming. Aromas are sour cherries, roasty malts, some acidic red wine vinegar, sour cherries, with a touch of chocolate, oakiness. Initial is fuller bodied with a big Oude Tart presence, sour cherries, red wine vinegar doesn’t get distracting. This is no 50/50 blend as Oude Tart takes a dominant position. Sour cherries, a touch of red wine vinegar, some roastiness, chocolate, roast, coffee, some dark fruit moves back into sour cherries. Surprisingly, a sour beer, good roast with a bit of thickness, roast added from the Black Tuesday, but a dominant Oude Tart blend. Finish is tart, roasty falls into the backend. Some acidity, tart red cherries, light cocoa, oakiness. A quality beer, surprisingly. One that is drinkable and Oude Tart slanted, allowing it to cut through any big cloying maltiness and sweet thick caramel/molasses that you’d expect to take over immediately from the Black Tuesday component. I actually really enjoyed this surprisingly, an interesting experience for sure. But then again, I do really like Oude Tart too.