 Heathen (807), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 23, 2009
THOUGHTS: I christened my new half yard with this one, because I thought it was the beer listed as just grisette and was therefore a traditional ale. One of the best brett ales I’ve had from America. Even great sour ale from America like Jolly Pumpkin still seem like American takes on sour ale, while this almost seemed Belgian.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a slightly hazy, medium to dark golden with nice big carbonation bubbles and an average to large, off-white head that kept a nice blanket. The aroma was light to moderate sour malt; moderate to heavy dusty, cobweb-like, dried saliva yeasts, slight funk, sour fruit and wheat. The initial flavor was sour; while the finish was rather sour and lightly bitter with an average duration. There was sour fruit, sour malt, yeast, funk, grapes, wine, a hint of hops. There was citrus that was more evident once the yeast was added, which also lessened the sourness.
The light to medium body was somewhat syrupy and then dry with soft yet tingly carbonation and a light to moderately astringent finish.
hopdog (5604), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 8, 2009 750ml bottle shared courtesy of egadzis. Poured a medium and cloudy yellow/golden color wtih a small sized white head. Aromas of some funkiness, spices, and sulfer. Tastes of the same lighter funk, spices, musty, citrs (lemons), and lighter wood.
TomDecapolis (3194), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 7, 2009 Pours a hazy yellow orange with lots of floaties and a medium bubbly white head that left some lacing. Aroma of horseblanket, sulfur, tropical fruits, light oak, cherries and perfume. Flavor of childrens tylenol, tropical fruits, lemon, bready malt and some funky brett qualities.
Rciesla (3719), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Jul 22, 2009 Stratford tasting @ Cletus house. Pours a golden body with a white head. Dry woody oak, pine, cheese and a light funky but dingy finish. Eh .
JoeMcPhee (5010), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Jul 21, 2009 Pale golden straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is loaded with loads of cheesey, funky cologne-like notes. Light lemon and clove and a heavy sweatiness as well. Herbal and chewy and a little bit zesty. This smells like a goats balls dipped in gin and tonic. Minerally and chewy with a reasonably interesting note. The flavour is underwhelming. Some pine and a bit of lingering citrus. Not terribly complex. Strange and thin and not all that good.
jcwattsrugger (5528), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Jul 19, 2009 @Pauls Girardin chugging courtesy of egajdzis-750ml bottle–pours a think film sediment and cloudy yellow color. Aroma is wood, tart lemon, funk, yeast. Taste is wood, funk, earthy.
Cletus (5056), Connecticut, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 19, 2009 Bottle supplied by dickinsonbeer. Pours gold with a white head. Smells of citrus, dry, spicy, funky. Tastes dry and swet with some funk on the finish.
PilsnerPeter (2617), Flushing, New York, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Jul 14, 2009 750ml shared by Egajdzis. Pours a hazy golden with a white film of head. Odd aroma- a bit sulfuric and musky with quinine notes. Weird. Fizzy feel and a very dry flavor. Nearly no residual sugar notes. Very minerally and sharp with quinine notes all over. Like tonic water. Yuck. I never disliked a brett beer so much.
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