Buzzards Bay Farmhouse Reserve Ale

Formerly brewed at Just Beer (fka Buzzards Bay Brewing)
Style: Sour Ale
Westport, Massachusetts USA

Pours cloudy with a big head. Aroma is sour fruit, cheese, wood and yeast. Flavor is tart and kind of acidic with fruit. Pretty good brew.

This may have been past its prime but I really still enjoyed it. Reminiscent of a rich sour. Acidic and funky but not so much dirty socks, more of a wet towel. Nice dry sourness and some crisp lemony citrus. Very good.

Sampled at Backus’ Backyard Bash. Murky golden brown nice tan head. Big funky fruit nose, woody vanilla, mild citrus. Woody flavor, funky fruit, earthy, tart - lots of things going on here! Delish!

Pours a cloudy, dusky, orange-amber color with a foamy, off-white head. Soapy lace mostly rejoins the body. The aroma is about as funky as they come. Big, woody oak jumps right out of the glass, imparting tannic red grape notes to the pale malt base, all with a fresh, grassy hop overtone that is really surprising. The funk is very dry and bretty, almost sour from the old, saturated wood. Flavors follow suit, hoppier than most wild ales that I can recall. Dried, green grassy bitterness works well with the tannic, oak-infused pale malts and tart, barnyard funk. Lemony citrus lurks within as well. Medium bodied, with fine, lively carbonation and a nearly bone dry finish. This one is interesting, with some pretty unique elements working hand in hand here. Nice brew.

750ml. Pours a cloudy orange color with a small foamy off white head. Nose is tart, barnyard funk, grapes, citrus, fruits, wood, yeast, very appealing. Initial taste begins with the funk from the aroma that moves into a earthy and citrus. I have seen most people refer to brett in the beer, but they did not add it, they said they did nothing but let that wild yeast from the wine barrels do the trick. Wine becomes more apparent as it goes into the mid palate along with light woodiness. Hops are earthy with a mild hop bitterness. Definitely a vinous beer overall. The palate duration is excellent, with medium dry finish. Head retention and spot lacing lacing are beautiful. Mouthfeel is light to medium with a medium active bubbles. Excellent job.

25 oz bottle, via trade. Pours a hazy orange amber with a fizzy and foamy off-white head. Nice funky dry nose, lots of wheat, yeast, some cobwebs, some light oxidation, citrusy hops, a little bit of wood, lots going on here. The flavor is sort of a funky vinous mixture, some pixie stick sweetness, dry oakiness, lightly tart, with an odd hoppiness thrown in. A weird combination for sure. Spicy, earthy, funky all in one. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with a nice fizzy soft carbonation level. Pretty nice beer, very unusual.

Big thanks to Tertons for picking one up for me at the release. Thanks Nelson. Very spritzy with a HEAVY dose of lemon/grapefruit. The funk is present but heavily masked by the citrus. To some extent this sour profile fits with a farmhouse/saison but the citrus becomes overbearing.

I really enjoyed this one. Pours a copper color with a thin white head of foam. Bouquet is citrus with some sour and dusty funk. Taste is light on brett with a little biscuit and citrus. Nice balance on this one.