Two Brothers Project Opus 10

Found a random bottle at a Binny’s. Dated 2007, I guess this is atleast two years old. Very dark, plum red pour with off white bubbly head. It’s got a wild yeasty nose, some nice sourness. Slightly tart flavor with wood, cherries, a dusty earthiness. Some yeast. It’s not really sour, but it’s not that bad. Lots of carbonation, chalky palate. This is like going in expecting the worst and then being embarrassed for overreacting.

Brown with some reddish hues and a foamy beige head that leaves layers of foam on the glass. Chunks of suspended yeast hand out throughout the liquid. Aroma of oak, cherry, wild yeast, mild funk and spicy pepper. Taste of wood, mild cherry, spicy yeast and mild funk. Somewhat carbonated and tart with a mild oak and funk aftertaste mixed in with spicy pepper. Decent sour/lambic/whatever it is.

Bottle at the Where the Wild Beers are event. Pours a hazy brown with little floaties and a thin white head. Smoke, caramel, roast. Tastes malty, light sour and vinegar, and Styrofoam. Dry finish, with some nice tang.

Bottle shared at Where the Wild Beers Are NYC 2009: Rusty brown with a ruby hue and a thick khaki head. The aroma has a touch of roast with a syrupy cherry note, mild oak, marzipan and almost a peat suggestion. Interesting. Fluffy body with an interesting flavor as well. Tart upfront with an underlying mildly roasted, nearly smoky/peat-like malt note under the cherry tartness and brett chalky phenolic dryness. A bit hard to figure out, but it’s unique and tasty. Like a peated sour ale. Nice.

Hazy red brown color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of brett, wild yeast, funk, leather, cherries, grapes, and vanilla oak. Taste of cherries, toasty yeast, light wine notes, and a sour finish.

Pours a murky brown with a smaller bubbly off white head. Aroma of perfume, tart cherries and slightly medicinal. Flavor of sour and tart cherries, very dry, not overly sour but sure bites.

Bottle 2007 vintage Pours out a rootbeer brown topped with a sand head. Aroma of sour cherries and a little wood. Tast was more of the sour/tart cherries and a nice oak. A little malt on it aswell. Thanks Toby

Bottle. Aroma of oak, medicinal cherry, coconut, maybe some cheese, all sort of toasted and again medicinal, not very lambic-like at all, nor very enticing in any regard. Flavor was a touch of an improvement, though the cherry flavor remained medicinal throughout, though at least it wasn’t too syrupy as often accompanies medicinal. The oak character and accompanying woodsy, earthy acidity was nice, though certainly still didn’t make this a lambic. A bit of alcohol also came through, again making this more of a red sour than a lambic. Had some positive direction, but, and I say this regardless of style, still fell short for me.