The Bruery Tart of Darkness

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours dark, dark ruby with a small, fizzy light brown head. Smells sour, pure and simple. Taste is sour cherries and other sour red fruits, with subtle hints of roast. Medium-bodied with a smooth texture and very fizzy mouth-carbonation, The Bruery Tart of Darkness finishes sour and fruity.

Definitely my favourite sour of all time! Was a little hesitant about a sour stout, but all my reservations were thrown out the window with my first sip!

Im not a big fan of sour beers but, I really like this beer. It has an amazing taste. Goes down smooth. I cant wait to see what it tastes like after i age it two years

bottle shared poured into cigar city snifter rootbeer brown collor low carb vanilla,bubblegum its very good tart green apple crazy wood notes rite at the end go BRUERY! SWAG

The Bish’s birthday present from Cotteridge Wines. Wow. Quite exceptionally good. The sourness is so full and intense, but perfectly balanced. Almost seems a shame to swallow it - I just wish it could live on my tongue forever. Good colour and scent also. One of the best ever.

25oz bottle. Really glad I have 2 more. Pours a fantastic opaque black hue, off white head. The aromas are blockbuster, tart cherry fruit, cocoa, but a really interesting acidity. Palate translates so well from the nose, a burst of super tart fruit up front that lingers through the mid and once it hits the finish a lighter cocoa powder. Really roasty and delicious, but so balanced, maybe one of the most balanced offerings i’ve had in a while. A seemingly flawless transition of sour and stout. Amazing.

09-NOV-2012, From Fish & Beer, @Ulkløbben Meeting, @my place. Dark, dark brown with low off-white head. Sour, grape fruit and lemon aroma. Taste more wine-like with farmhouse, wood, and vanilla. Roast kicks in a little on the taste but overall it is mostly by color that I can detect any stout. High carbonation, long sour and wine-like finish.

750ml bottle shared by jsprime with joel, scottatron and myself. dark brown with a tan head. big sour/tart nose, lots of dark fruit malt. flavour is similar, no roast or hop bitterness, deep complex dark sour. really well done.

75 cl. fles dankzij, gedeeld met Sebletitje @ Belgian Ratebeer Winter Gathering of Ultimate Evil. Donkerbruin, beetje zwart met een snel verdwijnende cola kraag. Ruikt naar zoete chocolade, mokka, cola, hout, een beetje donker fruit en een azijn toets. Smaak is een lichte stout, melkchocola, cacao, cacao instant poeder, zoete en lichte roost, wat hout, cola toets gemengd moderate, azijn, lacto, wat bessen, de zuur cultuur is gelijkaardig aan het enige andere zure bier dat ik van hen gehad. Jij moet hier redelijk wat van drinken want het duurde een tijdje voordat ik volledig in geraakte – in dit geval is een 75 cl. ideaal. Een aangename zure sessiebier, dit zou op een goede prijspunt in grotere aantalen verkocht moeten worden plaats van gelimiteerd en “special”. Beetje cola en instant poeder mondgevoel – een leuk biertje.

750ml purchased at The Bruery Provisions. black pour with a 1 finger tan head - falls rather quickly. sweet and roasted malt nose hiding under a big lactic and tart nose with lemon and light funk. as the beer warms, the oak comes forward. big round tart body filled with tear jerking sourness, lemon, grapes, apple and light funk. some light sweetness and roast lingers, but the body really falls on the sour side leaving almost any resemblance of a stout behind. big sour finish with a lactic coating which makes the eyes twinge and the mouth happy. oak notes coat the sides of the mouth and there is a bit of chocolate hanging on... great beer!