The Bruery Melange #1

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

The Oude Tart is definitely the main beer here as it takes over. Tart and sour mixed in with chocolate, cherries, vanilla, and slight bit of roastness. Weird mixture but it works well here and it was damn tasty.

75cl, at 9.5%Vol, as Mélange N°1, exclusive American brew, blend from Black Tuesday with Oude Tart, thx to Wimenels!, complex sour Stout, fruity/sour and slightly woody/roasted, not too heavy, very balanced, cloudy, small head, very good brew, yet very expensive!

bottle, batch 2... wonderful nose at first, bursting with tons of oude tart, sour cherries, vinegar, oak, a touch of chocolate but the BT is faded out by the OT... the taste is much more muted than the nose, the OT takes a backseat and is more of an accent, the flavor overall is a bit muddled, bourbon chocolate with an oak finish, a touch of cherries, the finish is a touchy to oaky for me, wish the BT was more prevalent... super crushable for 9.5% and very good but I prefer dark sours like 009 and Margrete

From Bottle

Appearance: Pours a dark amber brown with a very creamy tight tan head.

Aroma: Chocolate covered strawberries.

Taste: Sour berry, red wine, oaky barrel notes, a touch of dark chocolate. Finishes very sour.

Mouthfeel: Creamy, full bodied.

Overall: Skimpy on the Impy. I am not suggesting I want a 18% sour ale, but I did want more decadence. I’ll take BT or Oude Tart over this melange.

Bottle brought over by the good Dr. Abmuh. Sorry, Paul, had to steal that one, it was so brilliant. Served in a Captain Lawrence tulip. Pours a dark brown color with a small creamy tan head and some spotty lacing on the way down. The nose brings forward a bit of chocolate and molasses. Behind that is brown sugar and a good amount of bourbon plus a strong oak and cherry cherry. Mild dark fruits a good dosing of acidity. The flavor carried a strong cherry presence that actually overwhelmed the Black Tuesday portion by just a bit. Nice thick roasty and chocolate stout paired with a cherry sourness. Description is dead on. Perhaps a bit too acidic in the finish, as it didn’t quite gel with the full, creamy body. At least, that’s where I stand. Glad I have a bottle of this and looking forward to seeing how it ages out. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 05-25-2011

750 ml bottle. Muddy brown pour, slightly reddish, with small off-white head. Acidic sour fruit, chocolate, vinegar, fairly sweet, rich vinous feel, cherry, oak, and light vanilla bourbon notes. A nice dark strong sour, with interesting IRS notes.

shared w/ wife and others. wow what a beer. shout out to provision’s this beer poured a water chocolatesk dark brown light reddish. smells of leather vanilla barnyard yet semi sweet strong dark fruits also. taste ok it stars sweet raisin then bammm its a stout its a sour where do i go do i like this do i love it. bourbon silk tart masterpiece man the guys @thebruery are awesome

Bottle pours deep brown/black with a khaki head. Aroma shows notes of tart dark fruit dusted with cocoa powder and light roast. Flavor shows the same with additional notes of cherry balsamic, oak, and a touch of funk. Extremely interesting and well balanced.