 MartinT (5075), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 12, 2009 My Bottom Line:
This Flemish-style Sour Ale pleases with its vinous connotations roaming within dominant yeasty wilderness, before light caramel and judicious tartness seal every sip.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam skirts the dark red.
-The flavor profile is quite funky, but the tartness is restrained, which should make the beer more approachable to some.
-The fruit character is also redolent of sour cherries, though not as bright as a Cascade Kriek for example, which uses actual sour cherries.
-This is very expensive, but when a brew is this well rendered, I don’t mind a steeper price tag.
-The body is healthy, although I’d prefer more firmness.
Bottle.
miketd (685), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 15, 2009 Bottle from hannont. Pours dark with a small white head. Aroma of tart fruit and oak. Has an oak and tart fruit without being over the top sour. Medium palate and pretty easy to drink.
Brigadier (1246), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 5, 2009 Bottle at miketd’s
Thanks to Mike for bringing this back from the West Coast. I am not familiar with Roots but this is one that perhaps should get some buzz. While not the most over the top sour ale it is solid and worth getting your hands on if you have the ability.
Aroma / Appearance - The reddish brown body presented a nice outward appearance. Tart cherries blended into the chocolate brownie base to form a dessert like concoction which left the senses wanting more.
Flavor / Palate - Cherry crumble filled the mouth with a wonderfully sweet and tart sensation. Ceding to a warmth likely from the 9% ABV it was as smooth as you would expect a well balanced product to be. I would love to try it again with a pure palate as I suspect my score would improve.
fiver29 (732), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 3, 2009 Bottle pours red amber color with little to no head. Aroma is sour cherry, oak, tart fruit, and yeast. Course mouthfeel. Flavor is tart, funk, sour grape, cherry, and finishes dry. This is damn fine brew.
sunevdj (1787), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 26, 2009 Pours a clear red amber with a small head. Sour with some sweetness and some lactic notes. Also quite bitter with hints of barrels. Medium to light bodied. Medium carbonation. Hints of sour grapes. Bitter finish.
leems (149), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 7, 2009 On tap at brewpub. Dark red with a thin white head. Sour cherry and yeast. No hop or caramel. I wish all sour ales were this good.
after4ever (2825), Brier, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 10, 2009 Draft at Fredfest 09, at Hair of the Dog. Pours a bright rubied medium brown, lights up scarlet against the light. Decent little tan head, if only for a little while. This one has a lot of sweet strawberry balsamic stuff showing up top right now, followed closely by maybe some bits of lemon and cherry. Sweet cookie dought malt comes up underneath, joined by some vinous acidity and tannins. The body’s nearly flat but still very light and drinkable. The fact that the malt can stand uip against all this without requiring a power transplant is pretty astonishing.
Beardface (1036), Eugene, Oregon, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 5, 2009 On tap at the brewpub during my portland bar tour. Nice deep red pour with a moderate white head. Nice cherry and oak aroma with a tart cherry and funky yeast flavor. Very tasty.
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