The Bruery Vitis Series: Pinotlambicus

Formerly brewed at The Bruery
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Placentia, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 750ml.
[ As my rating # 22022 on ratebeer ].
[ Trade by JohnC ]. Clear medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy wood, tart berries - grape, wine grapes, grape. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy acidic with a long duration, barnyars, grape, wood, dry, sticky. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20110930]

Bottle at post-ACBF 2011 tasting. Pours a hazy, brown gold with a small head. Sharp sour nose, definitely some white grapes. Slightly funky flavor, a bit of wood, light bread, some good sourness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sour, drying finish with some cheese and wood. A very good beer overall.

750 ml bottle courtesy of womencantsail. Thanks! Pours a ruby hued glowing orange hue, well carbonated. A loose white bubbly head that dies to near nothing. Nice color, no head. a good haze and glow. Aromas are a good lactic acid, lemons mix with a healthy red grape, grapeskins, and fruit. Touches of oak, red wine, bread, and more lactic acid. Touches of dry brett, the grapes grab the nose in my book though, sweet and tart. Touches of raisin and more grape, with some crisp bread. Light yogurt, fruit. Initial is lighter bodied, perhaps a touch heavier. Offering sour grapes, some red wine dryness. Lactic acid mixes with lemon, fritzy carbonation makes the body more effervescent. Some funky brett into the middle, with dry stale grains, cobwebs. Lingering grapeskins into the backend, a splash of red wine, and a pretty nice lactic and lemony sourness. Bread, dry malty crispness is covered by lingering grapes and light red wine. A sturdy sourness, a touch metallic. Finish is lingering grapes, grapeskins, a bit juicy and dry, striking a nice balance. It’s not overly sour, just giving a bit of a strange feel on the pallate. Enjoy the grapeskins ans grapes on the back of the palate, a bit juicy and red wine splashed. Lemony lactic, perhaps just a bit harsh up front with that metallic kiss. Not bad. Aroma is good, flavors are enjoyable, and I feel the beer works for the most part aside from that twang. Maybe a light complexity factor for the style. Not bad. The cheesiness as it warms a bit more is quite pleasant on the palate.

fonefan tasting. Clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, light sour, grapes and light woody. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate sour. Dry and moderate sour finish. 300911

UPDATED: OCT 1, 2011 Bottle. Clear deep golden with very tiny off-white head. Aroma is malt, tart, fruit and citrus. Flavour is malt, wheat, sour, tart, little acid, oak, medium dry, little barnyard, grapefruit, citrus.

Bottle @ Morten minus Peter smagning, Ulfborg. Pours clear dark golden with a small off white head. Sour/tart nose and flavor. A bit of grapes, funk, oak, barnyard and alcohol. Dry and refreshing. Warmth. Quite sippable!

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with short duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are straw, wood, grapes, tart, fruits, malt and hops. Nice and sour with a semi dry finish.

4 oz pour. Amazing acidity that has notes of grapes and pears. The wood comes through softly. This beer was amazing and just beautiful.

(750ml bottle thanks to bu11zeye) clear, still, orange in color, no bubbles at all. Nose of tangerine, lemon, a bit of white wine and funkiness. Taste of white wine, wet wood, zinfandel, and grape. Taste is a little acetic. This is not a complex beer, very straightforward and disappointed me with its depth of flavors. Grapey and vinegar linger.

Foggy light amber color/ no head. Nice barnyard dung, dry hay, musty cellar, wood, grape aromas. Medium bodied with light co2. Light to medium tart flavors of white wine, wet wood, musty cellar, sharp caramel--very good not overly tart/sour