 tytoanderso (1223), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
Jun 30, 2008
750ml bottle. Fairly dark hazed copper pour with a decent off white head. Not a ton of funk on the nose at first. Plenty of dry and slightly tart yeast. Lemon-lime soda, bread crust. Leafy earthiness. Dried apricot and peaches with some mild spicy undertones. Flavor is very dry. The yeast component is quite lively. As with the aroma, not too much funk, but a decent amount of tartness. Hay and dried grass. Dry bread crust with the smallest hint of jammy fruitiness. Firm on the palate. Lively, but not overbearing carbonation. Finishes quite dry with a slight lingering tartness. Enjoyable and I think this one will develop quite nicely in my cellar.
fordest (1836), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
Nov 20, 2008 750 ml bottle shared. Reddish golden color with a fruity and almost tart aroma. Flavors were still somewhat tart with some cranberry bread and sugar flavors. Pretty tasty.
Scauca (284), Lovere, Italy
Nov 20, 2008 Amber with a firm tan head. Spicy hop is combined with a slightly bretta and a fruity note. Flavour is hoppy, very bitter, quite harsh. Lack the acidity I expected. I found difficult to empty my glass. I’d probably let it cellar for a while.
Skyview (3028), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
Nov 19, 2008 Sampled during Minnesota first annual Sourfest and shared by EddieB. Pours a hazy copper amber brew with a heavy and lumpy off-white head that has some nice retention and excellent lacing. Aroma of dark pitted fruits, oranze zest, some barnyard funk, and some bready malt, Taste is medium bodied, some carbonation with flavors of tart dark fruits, yeast, some dry biscuits and citrus zest. Finish has a mild earthy spice aftertaste that even has a light vanilla and yeast flavor. Not too bad!
HonkeyBra (472), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Nov 19, 2008 Pours amber with a big head. Great funky, sour nose, a bit oaky. Flavor is a bit sour with a dry, smokey, oaky aftertaste. I wish it had been more sour. Mouthfeel is good. It’s pretty good, though, I kind of expected more.
Maria (4673), Thisted, Denmark
Nov 16, 2008 It’s hazy, beautiful, orange-red with a huge, creamy and lasting head. The aroma has notes of fruit, oranges and more sharp citrus, malt light sweetness and barnyard. The flavour has sweetness and notes of hops with notes of fruit, citrus in a sharp kind of way, spice, malt and barnyard. I expected it to be more brett-like, but it’s the sharp spicy/hoppy alcohol-bit that bothers me the most, but I could be fooled into thinking this, it might be the doing of the brett...
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