 pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA
May 3, 2008
5-2-08 bottle
Red orange semi clear pour. Smell is cat urine and sour tart funk. Yes, this is tart. However, there is really no flavor. The first drink - you get tart and then the more I really try and break down the flavors - there is nothing there. The palate is really thin and the body is very watery - there is nothing there really aside from the tartness that isn’t amazingly bold. There is a rubbing alcohol effect present in the finish. The big smell doesn’t match the lame flavor which doesnt match the thin palate. Overall, not harmonious.
Hophead22 (172), Redlands, California, USA
Aug 31, 2008 750ml bottle. poured a light red/pink color, short lasting white head that stays on the edges. Smells very sour and dry, salivary glands kick in everytime I smell it, slight cherry as well. pretty sour upfront, then diminishes very nicely. Not bad.
BlackForestCO (522), Fort Collins and Black Forest, Colorado, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Bottle thanks to dirty_martini, thanks for the hook up Larry! Poured a clear, light pink color with a thin white head that diminished to a ring. Aroma of tart cherries, funky brett, faint barnyard character, and a hint of oak. Moderately tart, funky yeast entry leads into a moderately sweet cherry flavor and transitions into a moderately tart, light barnyard funk with a touch of drying oak. Low carbonation, nice drying character. Overall, a solid effort from Alpine.
Ernest (4229), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Aug 31, 2008 Bottle.
Head is initially small, fizzy, off-white, fully diminishing.
Body is hazy dark pink.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly yeasty (barnyard), with notes of cherry, wood, and band-aid.
Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic.
Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter.
Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation.
Quite nice, cherries are not overdone thankfully, decent amount of sourness. Another cool example of American sour ale brewing. Nice to see this trend starting to offset the overdone DIPA and bourbon barrel trends.
acrdz (4302), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Aug 30, 2008 Sample from a 750ml bottle. Pours clear pink (filtered? it’s not bottle conditioned, at least). Nose is soft cream, mellow lactobacillus prickliness, fruit note is tart but candied and resembles jolly ranchers without the extreme sweetness. Prickly and soft up front, medium frothiness, mild sourness, mild acidity, leaves a lasting dry tartness on the tongue. Good overall, I like it, especially the lingering dryness, but the rest of it, I like it but I’m not exactly sure why,
Crosling (1645), Loveland, Colorado, USA
Aug 30, 2008 Pinkish yellowish color. Small white head that unfortunately doesn’t have any pink shades. Fairly nice nose with hints of cherries, as well as some wood. Flavor doesn’t have a lot of depth, but has some nice elements of cherry , sourness and wood. Nice balance of sweet and sour. I like this ale quite a bit.
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