 padrefan98 (602), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Sampled at the Second Anual Stone Sour Festival on 7/20/2008. Well I wasn’t sure which one I had, but with the recent ratings appearing I guess this was it. Aromas of sour fruits and some bourbon. Very nice flavors.
bikesandbeers (419), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 25, 2007 Sampled at Stone’s Sour Festival, July 2007. Hazy golden color. Spicy, sour nose with the body to back it up. Hints of burbon-vanilla-oak with a great funky sourness. A very interesting brew.
FlacoAlto (2103), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jul 23, 2007 Sampled on tap at the First Annual Stone Sour Fest, July 2007
Lightly hazy, with a copper tinted color. It is topped by a wispy light tan colored head. The aroma makes me think immediately of oak barrels and Bourbon; notes of vanillin, buttery oak, spicy wood are all quite dominant and noticeable up front. If you really dig around in the aroma you can sense a tart, aromatic note floating around underneath the dominant notes (seems lactic accented). The nose is just too Bourbon focused; I want more sour funk to be able to come through.
The flavor is quite tart up front and even makes one completely forget the Bourbon barrel note until after the first sip has slipped down the my gullet; then one notices notes of soft buttery oak, touches of hot Bourbon (though overall it is fairly smooth) and some almost tooth coating tannic notes. The barrel & Bourbon character melds much better in the flavor than in the aroma. It is interesting that the Barrel character somehow tempers the sour flavors and definitely it adds a palate coating character & fullness to the body that would not otherwise beer here. This is tasty, but too unbalanced in the end, though it almost pulls off the marriage of barrel and sour notes in the flavor at least.
DenverLogan (420), Oceanside, California, USA
Jul 23, 2007 At the Stone Sour Fest. This is a 100% Malted barley Bourbon barrel aged sour ale with 5.4% abv. Amber, small head; funky sour aroma. Wild big sour brew with subtle bourbon flavors. Mouth puckering and dry but slightly sweet finish.
wetherel (1012), Carlsbad, California, USA
Jul 22, 2007 Tried from cask at at Stone’s 1st Annual Sour Beer Tasting. Described as "100% malted barley bourbon barrel-aged sour ale: 5.4%" Nice small bubble head, creamy coating the surface. A quick taste yields a strong off autolysis flavor. The funkiest of the beers at the tasting. I’m not sure if I liked it, because of the autolysis, but I would drink it again, but maybe not buy it. It looks like I rated this lower than others. Oh well.
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