Walking Man Blootvoeste Bruin

Poured on tap at Belmont Station in Portland, OR--Deep gnarley brown hazy body with a minimal whitish head. Sweet, mildly (for a sour) sour nose. This beer had the obvious sparkling kombucha characteristics, but the brown sugar mixture didn’t work in my opinion (as a kombucha lover). Up the nose spiciness, but lacking a true funky sparkling freshness. Ok. Not really bad, just weird, but not OMG weird like I was hoping for.

I finally found this one at Belmont Station, intrigued by the funky kombucha creature and what it might do to a beer. The flavor is a strange mix of sweet beer with an ice tea, herbal funk mix. It didn’t turn out all that sour, more mild sourness with an interesting sweetness added, very unlike any beer I’d had, more a ice tea like earthy herbal sweetness on top of the brown ale body. Interesting and possibly nice on a hot day, but I wish it had more sourness.

draft @ brouwer’s sour fest - intrigued by this heading in and it certainly wasn’t a let down on in interesting factor; murky, dark brown with thin tan head to the edges; aromas are sour and earthy; grainy and a little dirty and fun funky; obvious mushroom aromas come off after it warms up a bit; flavors are a mildly sour mix of dried fruit, wood and some slight funk; honestly, reminded me of food and of childhood memories of the crab cakes at wells breach, maine; some chewy, chocolate flavors come out in the finish as i drank this over several hours; strange and fascinating and unlike anything i’ve had before

A - sour cherries and some oat. V - one finger head, dark brown, top-level lacing. T - vanilla, lots of oat, green apples, cinnamon P - kinda chewy

Draft at Brouwer’s Cafe Sourfest. Opaque dark brown with thinnish tan rim and light lace. Pungent sweet and sour nose that somehow seems to come and go. Rich, creamy body on the high side of medium. Nutty, sugary, cinnamony, red-apple-y mid-palate. Long clinging apple finish. Really beautiful once it warms up a bit.