 kkearn (627), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Draft, at BCTC 2008. Poured murky brown, capped with a thin off-white head. Complex aroma of wild yeast, oak, and grapes. Flavor nicely highlighted the brett, with notes of oak, grapes, vanilla, and caramel. Tart, but not overwhelming. Long, dry, finish, with oak and yeast the dominant flavors. Nice sour.
beerbill (1243), Laurel, New York, USA
Aug 9, 2008 On tap sampled at NFB&WF ’08 at Martha Clara Vineyards. This was by far the best beer of the event, and I was pleased to see it there since it wasn’t on the list published on the website for the event. Big thank you to Scott for bringing it. Pours a cloudy brown with some red tinting. The aroma is delightful with lots of oak, vanilla, red wine, and yeast. My tastebuds were all perked up after the aroma, and they were not disappointed. Lots of oak, vanilla, red wine, yeast, nuts, and some tangy funk in the flavor. Just the right amount of tartness. Some smokiness at the finish that reminds me a little bit of bacon! My wife and I both really enjoyed this one. Another winner from Scott!
acrdz (4251), Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 6, 2008 Muddy brown colored body with a little tan head. Fruity, tart, bready yeast nose. Floral as well, some toast and bread mixed in with some potpourri character. Weird twangy flavor of old crackers and soggy bread, difficult to drink, difficult to enjoy… why does this taste like dogfood? Disappointingly flabby finish.
beastiefan2k (1097), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
Aug 4, 2008 BCTC’08. Got the first pour of tap at the fest, thanks to Scott himself (one of the perks of being a "volunteer"). I was shocked to see this was going to be on tap at the fest. A very dark, murky, reddish-brown color. Aroma is aged, right of the bat it comes off as "lots ’o’ barrel;" charred, thick, and lightly oxidized. Scott said it spent more like 2 years in the barrel. Some booze in there as well, then comes some "old" type sourness. Fortunately, taste is more sour and less aged barrel. Lots of dark fruits mixed with dark sour beer.
TomDecapolis (2390), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 4, 2008 The first and one of the best beers I had at BCTC 08 during the actual fest. Pours a hazy deeper brownish/red with a small bubbly off white head that went away pretty quickly. Aroma of oak, funky yeast, some caramel, vanilla, sour grapes (but in an oddly good way), some wine notes and just a very interesting and complex nose. Flavor was a lot of the same, funky yeast notes, oak, vanilla, nuts, light caramel and even some Cheerios.
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