 JohnnyJ (1312), Carlsbad, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 19, 2008 Jan 07 bottle. Pour is orange/gold with nice (slightly fizzy) white head. A bit of fruit such as apple and sweet berry. Oak, sweet malt, caramel, and the alcohol did come through. Hints of funkiness. Good beer and complex, just not anything incredible.
Goodgrief (1152), Middletown, Delaware, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 10, 2008 July 2007 - Wild bret aroma. Beautiful orangey cider color nice lacing and ead. Fruity, lots of apple present and a wild lambic like sourness/funk. Seemed more lambic-like than saison-like. The sweet barrel aged wine/oak hints makes this much more palatable. Good beer.
jstraw (766), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 4, 2008 Updated: Mar 5, 2009Bottle at Jerry’s. Clear red amber with creamy, beige head / Nose of estery, winey, violets, honey, and funk / Light to medium body, effervescent and acidic, with long finish / Flavors of violets, Sauternes, cherries, apples, oak, butterscotch, and brett / Great, on a par with Jolly Pumpkin.
hapjydeuce (771), Del Mar, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 26, 2008 January 2007 bottle, shared with the gf. Deep copper color with a medium haze and some initial off-white head and hints of lacing. Pleasant fruity notes come off the surface with traces of citrus, poached pear and a bit of raisin. Some light funk is noticeable, and I really couldn’t pick up the barrel influence until diving into the flavor. Sweet vinous taste with more citrus and caramel malt that leans towards the hot side, with a modest tart ending. Oak wood is faint, but hiding there. Good carbonation and a somewhat numbing mouth feel. A bit boozy, but a nice sipper.
DrHomolka (728), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 19, 2008 750ml. January 2007. Pours a cloudy orange color with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is lemony, subtly sour, touches of vanilla and hay and just a tiny bit of barnyard. Aroma in general is nice though subdued. Flavor is smooth and slightly peppery and estery at first - Orval comes to mind. Doughy and bready that leads to a pretty dry finish. Moderate funkiness, low level of tartness and acidity, high drinkability. Medium bodied. I cannot find any influence from the oak/wine. This earns marks for its drinkability. This is a good all around beer that is nice if not exceptional.
fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 18, 2008 Corked bottle, vintage 2007
Hazy copper-amber color, shining; the foam is initially quite frothy, but reduces to a thin consistent layer. The aroma is immediately sour, some vinegar, sour apples, wood and a hint of wet cellar. Good mouthfeel, medium body strength, with dryish malt flavor, and a light woody acidity to make it more complex; there are even traces of ammonia. It has the right bitterness, and in the final there is a very light astringency too. Interesting.
MI2CA (1266), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 12, 2008 Sample Hotshots Feb Indy tasting 2006 bottle - Aroma is sweet bubblegum malt, spicy yeast, brett, red wine and subtle hops. Pours cloudy light brown with a medium head and good lacing. Flavor matches aroma with red grapes, oak and more brett in the finish. Palate is creamy and smooth with a dry finish. Another very nice brew I’d like to cozy up to.
mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 10, 2008 Bottle. Pours a dark, cloudy orange-brown body with a small white ring of head. The aroma is quite tart and fruit - lemon, grapefruit, and some light barrel notes. Orange flavour along with bread malts, cookies, and grapefruit tartness. Quite dry with some alcohol burn and temperate barrel characteristics. Very nice.
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