Buzzards Bay Farmhouse Reserve Ale

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

(750ml bottle) Pours a lightly hazy amber body with a small white head. Aroma of balsamic vinegar, oak, cheese, light horse blanket, grass, and florals. Flavor of subtle sourness, grass, biscuit, and earthiness.

Wow, thank you Josh for opening this one up. I’ve been trying to get this one for a little while now! 750ml corked and caged bottle. Poured a deeper amberish / brownish color with a smaller sized off white head. Initial pour was clear which clouded up towards the bottom of the bottle. Aromas of woodiness, vanilla, brett, funky, and citrus. Tastes of wood, vinous, caramel, funky, vanilla, citrus, and earthy. Light to medium tart finish. Very drinkable. I wish I had some more of this!

Bottle... RBSG ‘08... Ratings sometime get lost in the cracks when I use my voice recorder. Especially when a rating, like this one, is sandwiched between ratings for two beers that haven’t been released yet and can’t be entered on the site. Hurry up and release those Cigar City beers, Joey. Anyway: Cloudy mahogany ale with a mid-sized, foamy, lightly tanned head. Woodsy, earthy aroma that presents notes of well-aged cheese, damp old wood and wild, unknown berries with a hint of citrusy hops buried underneath it all. Medium-bodied with dancing carbonation. Vinous, sherry-like essences alongside notations of plum, pear and restrained caramel. Fruity, earthy, dry finish.

Bottle shared on 10/25/08 by kramer: Pours a mostly transparent copper orange with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Nose of lightly sweet biscuity pale malts and assertive tart cherry character. Starts semi-sweet and lightly puckeringly tart before a crisp finish. Well-balanced and true to style. An enjoyable brew.

750ml bottle from the brewery. Pours a murky brown with a pinkish white head. Smells of brett up front, some brilliant hints of residual sugar, touches of oak. Taste yields a gentle tartness atop a nice pale malt backbone with lots of nice sugary hints. Some bretty qualities battle it out with the touches of lacto in the backdrop. Some earthy hints present on the finish. I was not expecting a spot on oud bruin like beer, but that is what I got. Definitely unexpected!

Sampled during Minnesota first annual Sourfest and shared by BDR. Pours a hazy gold amber brew with an average sized beige head that slowly dissipates to an off-white ring. Aroma of vanilla, a touch of yeast funk, citrus zest and some dark berries. Taste is medium bodied, lots of carbonation with flavors of caramel malt, yeast funk, vanilla some earth spice and citrus. Finish is semi-dry with a lingering tart citrus aftertaste.

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!

This ale pours a medium orange gold color from a 750ml bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is malt, some oak and some citrus. A medium bodied ale. The malts are fruity and sweet, lots of orange and spices. A touch of funk. Very smooth taste, with a touch of alcohol bite. Interesting beer. I can taste the barrel influence, but don’t get a lot of funk. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.