 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 27, 2009
Date: April 24, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: opaque purple, wispy off white head
Aroma: big berry aroma, light sweetness is balanced by the fruity tartness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: tart berry flavor, just a touch of sweetness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
badgerben (3605), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 25, 2009 SourFest II. Courtesy of Skyview. Dark red color with no head. A light blueberry and wheat aroma. Just a hint of blueberry and fruit taste. Not tart at all.
zathrus13 (1314), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 21, 2009 Bottle, thanks to DrHomolka. Pours pink, with no head. Aroma is sour funk and blueberries. Flavor is sour, with fruit, some oak, and funk. Body is really thin, with no carbonation. Not bad, just not all that good.
BDR (2169), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 18, 2009 Funk with no fruit characteristic on the aroma. Pinkish red on the color. Faint red color. Light blueberry flavor, faint citrus tartness. Great!
DrHomolka (731), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 16, 2009 I was trying to hold onto this bottle for awhile to let it carbonate but I got tired of waiting. Batch 2. Pours a pretty pretty light purple/rosy color with a tiny white head. Not carbonated really, or at best very lightly carbonated. Aroma shows very pleasant funk. The Upland strain is very pleasant, whatever they use, reminds me of Lost Abbey. The beer does not really smell like a traditional lambic but more like an American sour ale. Nice vanilla, soft oak and fruit, sour cherries. Honestly blueberry does not jump out at me. Lavender and slightly floral, all in all just a really soft and pleasant funk profile. Flavor is tart and slightly sweet. Not nearly sour or dry enough for this style. Almost like a tart fruit beer. Mouthfeel is strangely silky. This beer smells great albeit untraditional but it’s got a long way to go in the flavor. My least favorite of the Lambics I’ve had from Upland.
Adam77 (409), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 14, 2009 Poured red with a white head. Aroma of fruit. Straight up sour flavor. Not much fruit but man is this sour.
yobdoog (1509), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 13, 2009 Updated: Jun 18, 2009Aroma is nice and fruity. Sweet blueberries and some funky sour barnyard wood notes. Taste is sour and some light fruit. Funk lingers and ends dry. Not that much blueberry but other berries too. Re-rate. After trying a Batch 1 with age. This is awesome. So much sourness and fruit still there. Great and mow my favorite of all the Upland Lambics. From 3.5 Batch 2 to 3.9 Batch 1
theisti (1689), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 30, 2009 750 ml from tjthresh. This is from the 2008 Bottling. Pour is hazy orange blue brown, with pretty much no head. Aroma of sour blackberry, oak tannins, and vinegar sour. Also, there is an oil graininess which jumps out. Interesting nose - more about the wood than the sour, very tannic. Taste is the sour tart blueberry, with the mineral oak woodiness. Taste is nice, though not as formed as the nose. Palate is dead flat, pretty boring. Overall, nice enough - thanks for sending this one my way, Tom.
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