 PilsnerPeter (1376), Flushing, New York, USA
Jul 14, 2008
Bottle: Lively/sparkling hazy golden pour with a thick creamy white head. Musty earthy aroma. Has some barnyard, hay, compost, horse blanket, lemon peel, leather; nice and complex. Creamy and pillowy feel. Flavor has some leather, oak, mineral character, flowery notes, lemon peel, lavender, white pepper and a very brief sweet note. Has lots of late spiciness and oak notes. Has a substantial body for the style, and is extremely complex. Great!
Stine (1320), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Aug 21, 2008 Vintage 2003. Cork blast. Peach flesh pour. Calcium, stale pineapple, cheese, champagne vinegar aroma. Some residual, distantly spicy sweetness. Hushed.
Flavor of hard water and sour apples. Bits of melon rinds, and stinky funk like compost air hanging in a humid breeze. Bretty, dried out, leathery, and farm-like; traditional, appreciable simplicity. Firm acidity, and a mild stone fruit brightness, softening.
Somewhat full in the mouth, with a scattered prickly texture, like insects. Finishes quickly, with a grassy bitterness and gravelly cheese rinds. Far from a starter kit example, but lacking the subtlety of something more advanced, it’s satisfying on the simplest of levels.
minch25 (169), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Golden peach yellow color, frothy head. Aroma: grape, brett, apple orchard. Bitter, tannic - grape skin. Not so sour. Spritzy. Short finish - bitter - old hops, wood. Slightly metallic/sulphuric. Good, not great.
wickedpete (551), Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Golden body. Nice acidic, fumy, funky, sour aroma. Flavor has a bitter funk up front, a nice pleasant sourness. Tangy.
enginaaron (58), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 13, 2008 On tap at O’Brien’s in San Diego. Aroma sweet with slight brett. Flavor strong sour apple with slight fruity sweetness and mild sweetness. Finishing off with a more pronounced sweetness. Tastes slightly musty and aged but overall very balanced and mild. Quite a good drink.
Blom (605), Odense, Denmark
Aug 12, 2008 Hazy golden with a perfect head. The aroma is sour and full of wild yeast, while the flavours are initially acid and sour going into yeast, wood and grape.
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