Alpine Beer Company Chez Monieux

Brewed by Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: Sour Ale
Alpine, California USA

Bottle courtesy Ibrew2or3. Thanks Dave. Pours a slightly hazy peach with a small white head. Aroma of tart citrus, spicy yeast, and oak. Taste is the same as aroma with tart cherries in the finish. Medium thin mouthfeel with a moderate amount of acidity and a spicy finish. A little pricey at $30 a bottle but at least I didn’t pay for it. Very good.

Bottle courtsey of ibrew2or3. Pours amber/red. Nose is filled with yeast and light cherry tone. The flavor has again a lot of yeast and oaky, giving a tart, lightly sugary, but very dry and acidic aftertaste. Really couldn’t get over the vinagry acidic taste. Overpriced.

Some brett in the aroma and the flavor. Lots of yeast in the aroma and light cherry. The flavor however, is loaded with sweet cherry, like cherry pie filling, perhaps not that sweet. A little acidic. Sour for a fruit beer. Mildly sour. A bright red color. A very nice fruit beer. Thanks to BDR for sharing.

Poured an odd peach color with a thin lacing head.The nose was of vinious cherries with some sweetness. Flavour mellowed out ot some sour cherries with only a hint of sweetness.This was slightly strange but finished off sour.

Bottle courtesy of seaoflament, pours a cool bright pink with a hint of orange in it. The nose is Chardonnay like with a touch of tart cherries. The flavor tart mostly to start, with a subtle cherry mid, followed by a perfect oak, toasted almond nutty finish. As it warms a bit, subtle coconut is present in the nose. Really enjoyable on a 100+ California evening coinciding with my 600th rating and 37th Birthday.

Bottle courtesy of Gford217: Poured a light red color ale with a light pink bubbly head with some average retention and no lacing. Aroma consists of red wine and tart notes with some light sour cherries. Taste is a mix between some sour cherries, with some tart notes with loads of oak and some red wine notes. Average carbonation with limited funk notes when I was expecting a lot more from the description. Overall, I though this was easily drinkable and maybe a bit light for the kind of beer it would like to be.

(750ml bottle) Pours a transparent red-orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of cherry, oak, balsamic vinegar, and cinnamon. Flavor of sweet cherry, oak, and moderately tart with a mouth watering finish.

Poured a clear orange color with a tint of pink going on. Tart cherry aroma with notes of wood and leather. The flavor was fruity with a mild-moderate tartness. Clean finish that was mildly acidic.