Baladin Nora Sour Edition

Formerly brewed at Le Baladin
Style: Sour Ale
Piozzo, Italy

2005 Bottle shared by frylock at BCTC. Thanks Jacob! Nose is of granny smith apples, grapes, vinegar, sweet malt. Flavor is similar and nicely sour and acidic. Enjoyable. Will have to try the regular Nora soon.

Bottle what a bummer, 27$ for this crap. Pours a brown cloudy orange body. Aroma is sour apple cider vinegar and some sweet malt. Flavor is sour vinegar with grain and some other sourness. pass pass pass.

750 ml bottle from Green’s in Atlanta. Like the regular edition I found in Chicago, I had to grab this in honour of my daughter Norah. And I’m rating this on the occasion of her 2nd birthday. Hazy golden yellow colour with a fully lasting creamy, fizzy, and rocky off-white head. Tart lemon, grainy, citrus, and lightly metallic yeasty aroma with intriguing spicy notes - myrrh, I assume. Tart lemon and grapefruit, orange, yeasty, lightly spicy, lightly grainy and biscuity malt flavours with a lemon and grapefruit pithy bitter finish. Light bodied, juicy, thirst quenching mouthfeel. Refreshing feel and tartness of a gueuze but not quite as dry, which leaves some maltiness that adds an extra dimension in the flavour. Very different from my experience with the regular version, but this one is even better.

Bottle received via trade with jayg. Pours sparkling orange with a huge, frothy, white head, lasting with good lacing. Aroma is average malt (straw, hay, meal), average hops (flowers, grass), average yeast (earth, dough) with notes of green apple and green grapes. Medium bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

pours an offwhite ring-cloudy orange/brown color. Aroma is vinuous, medium malt. Taste is sour/vinuous, medium fruit, medium fruit, some spices/herbal. OK effervescence. Smooth.

Sampled via Jonpol’s Ola Dubh tasting. This one was a surprise...14 karat gold body with a nice eggshell head. This beer exhibited a limited amount tart and a lot of champagne qulities. Citrus, bright fruit, and carbonation. Tasty and refreshing.

Hazy golden color. Chalky nose, almost Bret with hints of bread and orange peels. Kinda like Belgian ale. The body isn’t quit there and not so well balanced. Orange peel and a bit of chalk. Very carbonated. Kinda somewhere between a weak triple and saison. Chalky finish.

Poured a hazy golden color with a medium sized, white head that left no lacing on the glass. Aroma of orange peel, citrus fruits, leather, toffee... slightly wild. Taste was more of a lacto sourness, with more citrus, light coriander, bitter orange peel, and a dry finish.