Heavyweight Ch-Chuck

Thanks Jimmack for sharing. Aroma is so bright and tart, woody, some light funk and juicy fruity cherries and plums. Taste is sweet/tart and very smooth and pleasant to drink. Nice amount of sourness and cherry. A little wood, vanilla undertones and grape skin, a little dry and very good. This one held up IMO.

Bottle Pulled out by our good friend Footbalm. U da man. Pours out a hazy amber topped with a small tan head. Aroma of sour cherries and wood. Tast was nice with multiple fruits and a nice light tartness. (is that a word) Along with more of the wood.

2005 Bottle? -Thanks footbalm! - Pours a muddled amber with a nonexistant head...aroma is woody, sour fruity...flavour is tart apples and cheries, barrel, and a bit of grain...finish is similarly dry wood and a bit of acid...fun experience....

Aroma is pretty light, has a bit of cardboard to it. The flavour is quite oxidized, not much left of what this beer used to be. Tastes like a well worn brown ale. Seems to have some sour qualities to it.

<b>In short: </b>1/3 brown ale, 2/3 Flemish Sour. Very interesting despite the dead carbonation.
<b>How: </b>Bottle 750ml. Vintage, probably over 2 years old. Huge thanks to jimmack for sending it my way totally unexpectedly
<b>The look: </b>Cloudy dark red body with almost no head
<b>In long: </b>The lack of big “pisshhh” when opening the bottle was a bit scary. Carbonation was indeed pretty much dead in my bottle and probably in most other bottles left at this point. Intriguing nose blending Flemish sour oak-like sourness and a light wilderness. Taste is just like the nose hinted on. The original brown ale has been almost totally transformed. I can still get some nutty flavours and some typical brown ale maltiness but the oaky barrels dominate the taste. A tiny bit buttery and some leather. An original beer. The most surprising aspect of this beer is how much it works. Give it a more lively body and this could have been a 4.0/5.0 beer. A surprising successful experiment. On paper an Oak-Aged Brown Ale just didn’t sound right to me, like reading that the members of the band Men At Work are unemployed. But what do you know, the beer is very nice and Men At Work sucks so everything is possible.

Thanks to Jimmack for sharing. Amber in color with a small- medium off white head. Aroma of brett, sour cherry, light caramel, moderately funky. Taste is moderately bretty, sour cherry, light caramel, finish is earthy and lightly sour. Nice.

Shared with Wee Heavy at toncatcher’s tasting. Lots of funk in the aromas with hints of wood. Flavor was more wood with even more funk. First good sour of the night. Yummy

tried at Another Santee Sampling. this time at toncatcher’s house. The name reminds me of the chiapet song. Cloudy dark amber color with light brown head. Buttery funky arouna. Tart taste. Dryish.