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Alpine Beer Company Chez Monieux


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A Sour Ale brewed by
Alpine Beer Company (CA)

Alpine, California USA

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583.6/5.03.58/5.0Special5.8%44.4 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A Belgian Lambic aged in red wine barrels. Generous amounts of the tart montmorency cherry were added after 12 months of aging. Sour from lactic and acetic acids produced from special wild yeasts. A delicious tart, sour treat.

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 lb4lb (1267), Austin, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20

May 3, 2008  
Pours a thin reddish, almost rosy pink color. Smell is lightly creamy butterscotch and sour cherry. Taste is thin and tart cherries. Definitely shows sign of tartness, but still feels overly simplistic, like thin juice, and doesn’t have any funky complexity or anything. A certain amount of acidity and dryness in the finish as well, but also has a faint buttery finish to it, perhaps from the diacetyl, too. While this wasn’t bad, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d hope considering the price.

 sebletitje (129), Tampa, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/513/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Bottle courtsey of ??. 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.


 JK (2355), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Jul 15, 2008  
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.


 DragonStout (1138), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Jul 12, 2008  
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.


 AgentSteve (606), Livermore, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/518/20
Jul 8, 2008    Updated: Jul 14, 2008
Rare 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.


 Boutip (1716), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Jul 7, 2008  
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.




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