Captain Lawrence Cuvee de Castleton

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale
Pleasantville, New York USA

Bottled. An unclear light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet malty with light sour notes. The flavor is sweet yet acidic with light notes of brettanomyce. I find it very simple - but OK.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of boboski. Pours a hazy, pale golden - loos mostly like a Belgian Wit - with a small, white head. Tart, fruity and fairly spicy nose. Medium-bodied with tart Brett accents and some exotic fruit accents - some banana also. Dry lightly astringent acidity in the finish. Interesting and delicately refined but by no means a Flemish Sour - this is a pale Belgian Ale with some Brett, just like what Russian River has been doing for years. 280907

75 cL bottle. As I missed this at the 2007 RBSG I was extremely glad to see Papsoe put this on for the tasting amongst the Copenhagen crew. As huge as my expectations were as huge was my disappointment with this. I really hadn’t missed anything on this from the RBSG, but it requires that someone puts the bottle on the table for you to take the hype out of this one - thanks for that Papsoe, and once again thanks for the huge efforts you make to get stuff like this to the country.

Pours hazy yellow with no head. Slight apple and acidic/citric aroma. Light to medium bodied. Flavour is sour with a minor sweetness lurking through. Not really wellbalanced. Too one dimensional citric, lacks some complexity. Compared to the flemish sours I’ve rated on this site and those tasted but not rated: this brew really isn’t amongst the best imo, I had expected quite a lot more from this.

Bottled, thanks kmweaver! Pours lively hazy pale yellow with brief fizzy head. The nose is tart and vinous. It’s dry, and citric with barnyard, grape and wood. Fresh and lively, complex and just wonderful. Has the qualities that makes it stand out even in the toughest crowd. A superb beer!

Bottle 75cl.
[ As my Ratebeer rating #8000 ]. Clear sparkling medium to dark yellow color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is acidic fruity - flowers - spicy, elderflower, grape (muskat grape), white wine, oak, citrus, very complex and nice aroma. Flavor is heavy sweet, acidc and sour - tart with a long duration, and a sour dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to lively. This one is very nice ;O)) [20090116]

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Hazy yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, hops, yeast and some caramel & earth in a wellbalanced mix. Flavour is sour fruits, some wood and acidic notes. Some tropical fruits lurking in the background balancing it up to a refreshing brew.

Bottle. Hazy yellow coloured with a white head. Sweet aroma of wood and vanilla with acidic notes of wine. Acidic flavour dominated by peaches with fruity notes and notes of wood. Rather unbalanced, I’ve had better flemish sour’s than yhis one.

Date: 06/23/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007

Appearance: opaque light yellow, fine white head,
Aroma: light sweet and tart lemon aroma with a touch of spicyness,
Body: big body to contain the tart,
Flavor: wave after wave of tart lemon flavor, underlying sweetness keeps it balanced,
Overall: lemon drops in a glass

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4