 drewbeerme (2309), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 15, 2008 Updated: Jul 15, 2008Rating#1600! 375ml bottle. pours slightly hazy straw-golden with white head. aroma is very funky-cob webs, sour and oaky, vinegar, and white winey. wow this is a really sour and straight up lambic sans fruit, very funky and okay and rather cantillon esque, citrus middle with lemon and white grape finish. the body is a bit thin but its fine. carbonation is med, perhaps could have used a bit more but that is being picky. great stuff. 4.0.
7/15/08, 375ml bottle. thanks to holdenn for sharing! wonderful cantillon lambic esque aroma but the flavor is just way too sour which even hurts the stomach a bit. i never got used to it this time. 3.9.
ucusty (1919), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 14, 2008 Bright orange pour with a slight haze. Lemon bars on the nose. Lots of citrus tart. Funky finish.
Snojerk321 (2022), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 14, 2008 Rating # 800. 375ml bottle from a buddy up north, batch 002. I think this beer wins for the most sour beer I’ve ever tried! Pours glowing orange with a fizzing white head that dissipated quickly. Nose was big on grapefruit and citrus with a sour funk. Flavor was insanely sour with citrus peel and a good tingle on the palet.
Angeloregon (2036), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 13, 2008 Thanks to Geoff at Bailey’s for sharing this beer with me! Poured from a small 500 ml bottle a shiny, solar hazed yellow-golden. Almost looked like apple juice. Ironically enough, it was appley in the nose. Very sour. Brett bomb, in fact. All over my palate with complex stinging cider notes. Puckering citrus lemon finish. This is the most Belgian-esque sour made in the US I have probably ever tasted. Yum!
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 11, 2008 Updated: Nov 20, 2008Pours clearish gold with no lasting head at all. Smell is bright, fruity in a lemony way, fresh, lightly funky but restrained and pretty nice. Taste is nicely sour. Citrus, mouth-puckering lemony flavor and sourness with soft carbonation. A bit thinner bodied than I remember, or expected, perhaps, but still pretty easy to drink for a sour, and not vinegar like and offputting in that regard. Fresh and enjoyable taste.
Rciesla (3865), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jun 11, 2008 Updated: Jun 2, 2009Got this bottle in a trade. Wow this is Great. Pours a light golden orange body with a little head that disappears quickly. A bretty lambic aroma. Flavor is mouthwatering acidic dry sour lacto funkiness. Big up to open air fermentation. 4.3
What the hell happened to this beer it keeps getting BETTER AND BETTER. Just had batch 003 twice and MOTHER OF GOD i love this beer!!!! 4.6-4.7
robertjm (414), El Cerrito, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 11, 2008 Purchased Ledger’s Liquors, in Berkeley, Calif. Dark straw colored. Pours nice frothy head that breaks down fairly quickly. Cloudy beer. "Fresh" tart aroma. When I first opened the bottle it was fairly strong from the escaping gases (from a foot away), but when I smell it from the glass its much more subdued. First taste was like "BANG"!!!!! Honestly, tastes like a ton of grapefruit juice laced with limberger cheese. Distinctive "taste" of the wood barrels on the tongue in the aftertaste. I’ve had lambics before but nothing anywhere near this in flavor so its really hard to rate this due to my limited experience. Feels like there’s some carbonation in the mouthfeel, but not really visible when looking at the glass. Looks more like an oxidized white wine in color. :-)
scoobysnak (249), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 9, 2008 Pours a nice golden color with minimal head that reduces to nothing very quickly. Hazy with a good hinting of bubbles. Smell is very vinous with oak notes and a alcohol warmth. Slight citrus aroma also. A very nice beer, good tartness that makes your jaw ache, very grapefruit esque. The end leaves the very pleasant taste of the oak barrels. Damn good. Another stunner from Russian River.
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