Buzzards Bay Farmhouse Reserve Ale

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

750 bottle from AllDayDrinker shared at RBSG; Nose of tart funkiness, yeast, and a bit of oakiness; Murky amber with a medium beige head; flavor is lightly tart with some caramel and white pepperiness.

Courtesy Irishboy at RBSG. Pours a cloudy dark orange, with a small off white head. Smells of sweet funk, lots of orange citrus, dark sweet malts, and some yeast as well. The flavor is pretty funky too. Lots of spice mixed in with that funk and some orange peel and malt charaters making up the rest of its flavor profile. I wouldnt exactly call this a sour ale, as it wasnt a cheek puckering sour beer. More like a funky, lightly tart saison. Still pretty interesting and enjoyable.

Bottle shared by dickinsonbeer at BCTC Saturday. Thanks Paul! Pours an orange amber wiht a thin white head. Nose has some nice brett, malt. Flavorhas some slightly watery sourness, oak, and meh. This was okay, but a bit of a letdown from what I had hoped. Anyway, thanks for sharing this rarity, Paul!

10th rating, a bottle provided by Irishboy @ RBSG Grand Tasting. Pours orange with an off white head. Nose is super tart. Taste is tart and sweet and overall quite quite nice.

Shared by puzzl. Pours a dark amber color with no head and just some lacing. Its very hazy, cannot see through it. Aroma is barrel-butter with a weird sourness, sort of like tangerine magic marker sourness. Bot what I consider traditional brett (but also something I have noticed is similar to other American sours). Taste is weird as well, sugary (not akin to faro) with an abrasive light sourness. The sourness is not so strong, also no acidity. Not sure how much I dig it but definitely worth a try. Summary: lightly paint thinner with a sugary-sweet backbone. Mouthfeel is a bit thick and heavy for what I prefer in a beer like this.

Bottle from Pantanap. A rather large disappointment. Light, sweet, sucrose aroma. Very woody, also a bit vegetal and rotten. Dark ruddy pour with a great head. Flavor is a very lightly funky, lightly vegetal slop, overrun by wood and the same dull, metallic yeast found in the Buzzards Bay Cranberry Lambic. I was hoping this one may offer a more authentic experience than the cranberry, but it tastes almost the exact same, minus the fruit. Totally lacks assertiveness and character, not to mention body and sourness.

750ml bottle sampled at DLD thanks to Kan for opening this up. Pours a dark hazed orange with a beige head. Nose is barnyard, cheese, a yeast funk. A bit dusty with a bit of wood. The flavors are a leathery cheese musty yeasty sour. Almost chewy texture. Finished dry and tart. Really really tasty brew. One of my favorite beers of the day. Thanks kan!

Many thanks to Kan for opening this at DLD! Poured hazy medium golden with a looser cap of white head. The aroma picked up a nice vinegar and shredded fruit skin tartness accented by lightly-toasted oak.. light herbal notes showed as well.. somewhat restrained. The flavor had a building fruit and vinegary tartness paired with peppery spices and a dusty, mildly funky yeast presence.. finished dry with a refreshing tartness. Sour and dry on the palate with nice balance.. really good stuff!