Pizza Port Le Woody Brune

Formerly brewed at Pizza Port (Solana Beach)
Style: Sour Ale
Solana Beach, California USA

750ml bottle shared courtesy of egajdzis. Gusher warning - at least Eric did a great job of catching most of it before it erupted all over my bar! Poured a deep and cloudy reddish / amber color with a small sized off white head. Lots of small floaters. Aromas of cherries, vinous, light wood, yeast, berries and a light funkiness. Tastes of cherries and wood. Cherry pie all the way. Semi-tart finish. Lively and fizzy body that I didn’t particularly care for.

Thanks to egajdzis for sharing this at a tasting. Pours a deep hazy brownish amber with small floaties and a small bubbly off white head. Aroma was vineous, cherry, hints of oak, some vanilla, musty and tart. Flavor of cherry, tart, sour and bready.

Poured a lightly hazy light ruby/brown color with a beige head. The aroma was sweet and yeasty with caramel, fruit and funk. Tart flavor with notes of chardonay. Fruity and acidic. Medium bodied.

A murky muddy brown appearance. A sugary cherry and musty aroma. The flavor was slightly sour with some molasses, sour cherries, and apples. Not the best Flemish Ive had but no complaints really.

kp’s Fest of 26. While I am still undecided about Lambics in general, I must say that more and more often, I find one of these Flemish sours to be something I enjoy. Le Woody is quite tasty. Clear brown with loads of ruby highlights, it throws up a long lasting, thin head of tan. Sour cherry must aroma. This starts sweet and ends with a big sour cherry finish. Tart and a bit dry. Very nice.

KP’s fest. Who brought this? I want to know so I can thank them- unless it was ryan. Damn this was a great beer! I got one of the initial pours so it was moslty just a slight hazy light amber with nice carbonation and a thin lasting head. Aroma is of a toned down, yet still very complex flemish sour. Tart lactic aromas, light lactobacillus, oaky vanila tannin-like, with some cherry-pie like sweetness and funk. Bretty, farmhouse with a nice light sweetness, very light caramel characteristic that blends into the wood, sourness, and cherry-pie. Very smooth and delicate mouthfeel. I donno if I had a bad bottle of the regular version, but this one was much much better.

750ml bottle from Nordest. Dark brownish red color with small white head that finally disappears after a few seconds. Tart aroma with some butter and plenty of cherries. Tart and fruity flavors with some astringency at the end. Again Cherries play a big role in the general profil of this beer. Overall this is a nice Flemish sour that is a little different of the ones I have tried so far. Thanks Fordest! This bottle was shared with great people and other marvelous brews.

Any first impressions?
-A ring of foam thrones above the dull dark red/brown.
-Cherries lean on the dry earth, as tart wilderness is foreshadowed.
-Proud tartness carries juicy cherries, still covered in wet earth.
-The prickly effervescence makes it all the more drinkable, as the lean body efficacious transports all flavors.

What if you dig deeper?
-Vinosity and a splash of citrus push tartness’s complexity to higher levels.
-A muddled finish though can’t do better than light dryness and cherry tomato fruitiness.
-This is a beautiful Flemish Sour Ale which strikingly lacks idiosyncracies, which is uncommon for Pizza Port Solana.

Bottle; no date.