North By Northwest Flemish Sour Ale

Brewed by North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery
Style: Sour Ale
Austin, Texas USA

Shared by Miketd. Thanks for the share. Flavor profile is exactly what it should be for a flemish style sour. I could have used a little more acidity to round it out, but all in all this one was good.

Bottle at pauls. Pours a light copper body with a 1 finger white head. Cherry oaky with a nice woody cherry body. Pretty funky and acidic as well, musky and a malty vinegar finish. Good brew.

Bottles from JDV and Miguel Mandingo. Thanks! Pours a rusty copper and has a soapy white head that dissipates rather quickly. Wow! This is quite intense aroma. Sour, lemony and a bit funky...has a floral thing going on too. Flavor is pretty tart/sour and acidic. Stays with you a while. Palate is smooth and drinkable. I’m pretty impressed with this!

Draught at GABF 2008 (As Belgian Sour). Cloudy yellow - white head. High vinegar, balsamic, gooseberries, bike glue, light sweetness, tar, sourness, brett, pie, animals. I Love This.

(Draught) Pours a hazy golden body with a small white head. Aroma of horse blanket, grapefruit, mustiness, leather, and light pear skins. Flavor of sour cherry, apple, and balsamic vinegar with a dry oak finish.
Earlier Rating: 9/17/2007 Total Score: 3.5
(Bottle) Pours a lightly hazy amber body with a spare white head. Aroma of earthiness, toffee, sour funkiness, herbal, and plastic. Flavor of butterscotch, sour cherries, light lemon, and apple.

Another great aroma by NxNW. Very funky. Yellow color. Tart and dry. No banana. Very good. Easy to drink.

Unlabeled 500ml(?) bottle. Whoa fellas... where’d you get your yeast for this one? Rodenbach? Smells a hell of a lot like Vin de Céréale IMO. Tart, acidic, balsamic, slightly vinous. Grape stem. Boatloads of acidity. Tart and funky yeast, sour cherry skin, red grape skin. A very mild malt presence. Plenty of sour vinegar notes. Pours a dark copper with a frothy and lasting thick white head. Flavor starts out rather thin but builds to a wonderfully acidic and tart finish. Sure, there is a hint of buttery diacetyl along the way, but it is far from distracting. This one is all about the vinegary acidity. Apple cider vinegar, tannic red wine, grape pith, apple skin. Quite delicious. Medium bodied. slightly oily on the tongue while having nice effervcescent carbonation. Finishes lactic, tart and pretty acidic. Nice! I’d love to see this one aged in a red wine barrel. Thanks very much for the rare bottle Ken!

Draught. Low white and quickly disappearing fluffy head. Hazy yellow body. Vinegar fruity honey aroma. Mild fruity acidic to sour flavor with low carbonation and a long aftertaste.