 heemer77 (3647), Savannah, Missouri, USA
Oct 16, 2004
My store has had this for a while. I didn’t realize what was stting on the shelf for a while. I wished I had tried it earlier. Small, thin head tops the brew. The color is a deep amber with a little bit of cloudiness. Aroma is hay, lemons and a little vinegar. As you drink it also smells of apples and slight mustiness. The taste was a mouth puckering sourness that pops out at first and lets you know that this is a geueze. Tastes of sour apples and cherries. Also has some lime and a little bit of a cheese like a stilton? The finish is also a little bit salty. The mouthfeel of this is oily, but in a pleasant way. This gem deserves its high ranking. A true masterpiece of the style.
Pastor (253), Maine, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Thanks to Dim for this one
Bottle poured into my tulip glass produced the required two fingers of white billowy head that lasted a while. The head then trailed of to a nice covering of lace. The body on this was a hazy orange
The aromas from the glass were nice and funky. Sour apples come to mind as I whiff it again the acidity on this is very present in the nose do I dare taste it?
WOW I’m glad I like sours this one is quite intense. I let my teens have a sip and they thought it was some sour head candy drink LOL. It reminds me of a crab apple or a transparent apple pie I am a sucker for a good sour apple pie. Some grapefruit citrus as well in here flavor wise. The mouthfeel is crisp and dry good carbonation very refreshing
Drinkability is a strange question for a sour I finished the bottle, but Do you want to do more than one sour at a sitting? I enjoyed the brew and would gladly drink it again. Truly a great brew and deserves to be tried by every sour fan
djtimeless (41), Alabama, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Pours out hazy golden color. Smells great. Taste is tart and funky. Yeasty with a dry sour finish. Very drinkable .
Lagunitasfan (39), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Bottle at Hamilton’s for "Boobies and Beer". Thanks to the guy, whose name I didn’t get, for pouring me a taster of this for no good reason at all. I owe you big time. I sat there for a couple of minutes just smelling. I couldn’t bring myself to drink it immediately because it simply smelled wonderful. I would sniff and smile. My mouth was watering with the anticipation, but I just couldn’t help myself. When I finally did get around to drinking it, I was not disappointed at all. It was definitely tart/sour, but not shockingly so. The fruit flavor burst and tingled like fireworks, and left with puckering dry mouth. I think I might be in trouble with this one, at $XX.XX bucks a bottle.
tronraner (1399), (Louis-, Sevier-, Knox-)ville, Tennessee, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange with tall off-white head. The aroma is spicy and very earthy with a good lactic sourish hint and some dank cellar and white cheese. The flavor is quite sour, with a quite assertive spicy yeast quality. Earth and leather tones are throughout, but a little bit of a floral hint sneaks out once in a while. It finishes very dry, with an unexpected orange-blossom note. Delicious.
durhambeer (397), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Bottle courtesy of dchmela. Wowsers, this is good. Deep golden hazy pour with orange tint. Yeasty sour nose, some great leather and horseblanket as well as some strawberries and notes of acetic acid. Lovely dusty aroma. Not overly sour on the palate, but definitely tingles and has a great little bite on the back and sides of the tongue. Playful and fun, and oh-so-delicious.
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