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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Tasted at the big “SeaBass has got to go” tasting courtesy of fogdog/askofficerfriendly. Pours nice and gold with thin tan head. It has a tart aroma and heads quickly towards sweet berry notes and then becoming dry and white wine like. At the end of the draw a bit of funk seems to waft forward. The taste starts pretty smooth and sessionable with pears and apples moving softly into berries and increasing tartness. Into the finish a modest level of funkiness is noticed. Nice easy drinking and not overall tart for my palate and taste for a sour.

Bottle shared by beerloco. Pours cloudy apricot. Nose and taste of funky grapes and lemons, vinous grapes, grape Juicy Juice, yeast and grape skin. Moderate tartness. Very pleasant and easy drinking brew.

Pinotlambicus Sampled on 1/22/2010. This sour ale pours a medium orange gold color from a 750ml bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity, tart, funk, hint of grapes and grape skins. A medium bodied sour/wild ale. The malts are fruity, tart and funky. Hints of Pinot Noir grapes and some grape skin tannins. The hops are earthy. Little to no carbonation, not sure it needs any to tell the truth. It gets tarter as it warms. Interesting beer. Love the funk and tartness. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is tart and funky.

750ml bottle obtained as a Reserve Society allocation. The appearance of this beer is interesting. A minimal head fades quickly, and what remains is a flat-looking liquid that looks like I’d imagine 1 part red wine and 3 parts pilsner to look like. Slightly hazy golden-pinkish-reddish color. The aroma is excellent. Huge vinous pinot noir notes, blackberries, lactic tartness and funk, and considerable oakiness from the -bals. The flavor is a little weaker than I’d like, but that said, it’s damn tasty. Nice pale malt base but not much sweetness from it, as a lactic tartness is dominant. Very big on the wine flavors, like a dry pinot, with oaky barrel notes. Some other dark fruit as well. Nice and acidic on the mouthfeel with medium body and carbonation a little lower than I’d like, but it works fine as a beery wine substitute.

Thanks to the kind soul that shared this at the So Long Sea Bass Tasting. Pours a hazy yellow with a small white head. Nose is vinegar, tart, white wine and a dry oak. Flavor is very pinot with dry wine quality and a slight tartness. Light to medium-bodied and finishes with lingering oak and pinot.

Bottle @ Seabass going away party, Jan15th ’11 Dorée paille avec une légère brume, mousse épaisse blanche. Aigre est le mot, note de citron et grains, le tout est subtilement mélanger avec les tonneaux de vin de pinot et de grappe de raisins donnant à la bière une bonne aigreur. Au nez comme en bouche, on ressent ce cote fétide du style ’sour’ aigre donnant une impression de vieille basse-cour le tout est subtilement mélangé avec ce côté de vin. Le finit a un léger picotement d’épices, venant peut-être du tonneau et du bois.

Bottle… This beer rocks!… Cloudy peach-colored ale with a small, white head that rapidly dissipates. The bouquet is a marriage of barnyard and sweaty sock funk, blackberry and lemon peel. Medium-bodied with relaxed carbonation. Tart flavor with nice acidity. Residual sweetness and fruitiness enhance rather than detract - controlled intensity? Subtle oak and a trace of red wine vinegar. Finishes crisp, tart and moderately vinous. Bottle courtesy of giarcsr. World class effort!

Bottle pours orange-gold with an eggshell head. Aroma shows lacto goodness with apricot, peach, lemon and a touch of funk. Flavor shows the same with additional notes of oak, vinegar, pomergranate, as well as the pinot making itself known. Overall body is moderate as well as the acidity. Damn good stuff.

Live Rate! Bottle shared by daknole -- thanks! Pours a hazy ginger-hair color with no discernable head. Smells and tastes predominantly of apricots, lemon juice, and white grapes. Juicy and flavorful.

(750ml bottle courtesy of Dak). Pours hazy apricot with white head. Aroma is funky. Taste is sour with a little sweetness. Oily texture. Nice and soft, as far as sours go.