 BuckeyeBoy (1639), Boise, Idaho, USA
Oct 6, 2009 2009 GABF Taster Pours out a red topped with a pink foam head. Aroma was light berries and light funk. Taste more of the berries a little sweetness shows threw the tart.
notalush (2627), Denver, Colorado, USA
Sep 29, 2009 GABF2009 - identical to the kriek my ass - I loved that beer, but this one doesn’t have that lovely earthy funk that Upstream is usually able to produce in their beers (whether they intend to or not) - I taste raspberry puree and faint malt character - the raspberries are natural, earthy, fairly sweet - no real lambic character - like unsweetened raspberry juice.
tjthresh (1746), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
Dec 9, 2006 Bottle 7 of 238. Brewed in 04, bottled in 05.Pours like strawberry soda. Raspberry, tannic, and brett aromas. Very tart and tannic on the pallate. Fairly sweet. Bubbly and thin. Cartainly not worth the $20 price tag. Whatever.
arjoseph (594), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dec 24, 2005 750 ml bottle into tulip glass. 2004 brewing, bottled in Aug 2005 after oak aging. Looked good: glowing grapefruit ruby red color with an orangish pink head that foamed up nicely at first and settled into a persistent dusting. Not much lacing at all. Smelled nice too, lots of raspberry (although it seemed a bit cloying, like it was syrup and not the real thing) tempered by woody notes and brett. The brett was a good counterpoint to the taste too, and added a bit of complexity to this otherwise uninteresting beer. For something oak aged, I was expecting better. It was simple and one-dimensional all the way through. Flat (I’m not referring to the carbonation). Also, the body seemed funky; it was "mucky," if that makes any sense. Bleh; if you’re going to pay $20/bottle, get the tripel.
bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
Dec 23, 2005 (750ml, bottle #88 of 238, 2004 vintage) Poured a glowing ruby body with a thin dusting of a pinkish-white head. Aroma starts off offensive (sausage and oak), causing a whip like effect with the first whiff, and then once it warms for about 45 minutes it improves to an oak dominated nose with raspberries. The flavor fails to entice due to the over abundance of oak, which removes the sourness that lambic lovers crave. Nonetheless, the flavor comes off watery kool-aid-like raspberry with some alcohol. The disturbing flavor seemed to linger on the rest of the evening. ....and it was a $19 bottle......
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