BeerandBlues2 (3216), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Nov 6, 2009 Bottle. Pours hazy brown with a large, frothy off-white head, mostly lasting with good lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, cookie, straw), average hop (flowers, grass), heavy yeast (horse blanket, barnyard) with notes of bubble gum, grape, raisin, and plenty of Bretty character. Full bodied, creamy texture, lively carbonation, and a metallic finish. Long duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.
blutt59 (2144), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Dec 11, 2009 bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, golden color with white foam, sweet apple and cherry aroma, oaky vinous apple cider flavors with a bitter finish vyvvy (2059), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Dec 10, 2009 Thanks a ton to the one who shared this from the STL group. Pours amber with an off-white head. The aroma is funky and sour with sour grapes, sweet / tart, sharp berries and light oak. Medium crisp boy with a sharp clean finish. The taste start with a sharpness, brown toasted malt, graininess, slight nuttiness, some funk and spice. The finish is phenolic and dry wine traits. Very nice beer. BMan1113VR (2890), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Dec 6, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a huge, off-white head and a hazy golden brown body. Aroma of raspberry, fresh fruit, pineapple, cherry, wood and a dry, spicy red wine. Taste is sour with wine, cherry, lacto/pedio. Light bubbles. Nice. ilovedarkbeer (1365), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 5, 2009 Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Notes of white pepper, tangy pineapple, wet yarn, horse blanket, and boozy fermenting berries. Mouthfeel is tangy yet tannic. Like this beer. douglas88 (1605), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Nov 29, 2009 12 ounce bottle, bottled Sept. 18 2009. A big thanks to Jeremy for this, and thanks to Eric for bringing it. Pours a opaque red-brown color with a medium white head. The aroma is strong; sweet funky brett and barrel, light vinous wine notes. A tart and funky flavor; brett, sweet french oak, light fizzy vinous flavors, sour and very much like a white wine or even champagne. Perhaps a bit of bourbon lingers on the end the palate suggesting sweeter flavors that ultimately lose out to barnyard funk and vinous sour flavors. No alcohol present at all really and very easygoing, not over the top in any aspect. Davinci (296), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Nov 27, 2009 Well, I;ve waited tis long to try this and man am I far from dissapointed. Aroma is wonderfully funky, starting with leathery brett with berry skins and must. There is a wonderful orvalish quality to the aroma that begs for repeated inhalations. I really can’t get enough of the aroma of this beer. Pours a barelt hazy orangish red with medium off white head. Medium lacing. As it warms, aromas of tart cherry funk come to the forefront. Nice elements of barrel and brett dominate. The flavor continues the exploration of depth with notes of dry tannic cherry skin, concord grape, balanced woody barrel notes, and a drying brett funk. Mild metallic blood like notes weave themselves into the flavor without being distraccting.. Carbonation is mild and pleasant. The finish is drying and tannic, but not overly so. Faint hints of fruit skins persist into the finish. Truly a remarkable beverage and job well done by avery. I just wish this had the distribution of brabant. BuckeyeBoy (1670), Boise, Idaho, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Nov 21, 2009 Every bottle of this I have I like it more and more. Pours out a dark amber/orange topped with a sand head. Aroma is very nice lots going on here. Cherries, grapes, oak, and funk. Taste much like the aroma very tasty. Lots of fruit and a line pucker tartness.
¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Nov 20, 2009 bottle. mildly opaque burgundy colored body with a small white head. nose of pedio and lacto with a rich wooden black cherry fruit note (a little candied) and a mild to medium sweet balsamic note. texture is silky, carbonation is soft and presents the acidity well. bright and effervescent on the approach, it turns from the black cherry fruit notes to dried apricot and peach fuzz in the finish. medium to heavy acidity, soft finish but dissipates quickly. one of the better recent beers from avery but I have little faith this will survive in the bottle past 3-4 months.
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