 hombrepalo (780), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 11, 2009 On tap @ Hopleaf. Finally got around to try this and boy was I impressed. This poured a reddish brown with a smallish head. The aroma reminds me of balsamic vinegar, with a little sour cherry thown in. There is a real sweet & sour thing going on with the flavor - very appealing. Some fruit (cherry again), oak, red wine, and sour. Great complexity. Very smooth. Medium to heavy carbonation. I really like this one.
SudsMcDuff (1707), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
May 9, 2009 wow, a very different brew indeed ... lots of complex and strangely exotic (erotic?) flavours ... crazy good full mouthfeel ... it is uplifting and tangy, with some jump up and dance qualities .. a fitting beer for the 2008 champions league! ... full, delicious, and a damn enjoyable beer... Come On United!!! Wishlist cross-off: put on originally 6/14/2006
Hbuck72 (124), Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
May 9, 2009 Pours a beautiful burgundy colored brown. Smell is more of a port wine than a beer. The aroma is of ripe fruit, alcohol, slight vinegar, dark malts, and spice notes. Taste is a bit hard to describe it is more like a wine, yet the fruit and aged oak flavor come through nicely. Very good beer, worth the cost!
tokyogoat (576), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
May 8, 2009 Pours a dingy Garnet
Tons and tons of head billows out fo the glass. not a gusher, but really foamy.
Aroma is strong on earthy tones , sour, and vinegar notes.
Flavor is woody, tart cherry, and mild wine acid and vinegar.
nice funk to it, but not too funky. all flavors play well.
aletales (73), , Oklahoma, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 6, 2009 tried just a little bit of this as my first real "sour" ale. Beautiful color and head. Interesting tartness fading into sweetness in the finish. Plan to try again and rerate when I have more.
tripelthreat (84), Soquel, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 6, 2009 330ml bottle. Another try after a nauseatingly sweet attempt many years ago. Small head on a reddish brown body. Nose is of raspberries and cherry, wood, and apple cider vinegar. Flavor is much of the same with sweetness and oak coming through very strong. Finish is short and fairly clean. While I’d like more acid, it’s a tasty and easy to drink sour.
Sparky27 (1608), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 5, 2009 11.2 oz bottle, best before 5/21/10. Pours clear dark reddish brown with a one finger light tan head that receded fast into a thin topper. The nose is sour cherries, wood, red wine vinegar and light funk. The taste is cranberry juice, cherry cough drops, malt vinegar and wood. Medium prickly mouthfeel. Sweeter than I anticipated from the aroma. A nice refreshing sour.
noompa (130), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 2, 2009 750 ml. bottle (2009) in a snifter. Went through this beauty while working on an all-night research paper. More burgundy colored than the Rodenbach and noticeably sweeter. Less tart as well, but equally complex w/ more salty nuttiness. Ranks marginally below the Rodenbach and La Folie, but delightful nonetheless.
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