G.A.B.F. 2008: Pours a murky brown/deep copper with a tan head. Some nice funk in the aroma- lactic/moldy cheese, oak, tart raspberry skin & sour cherry. Nice acidity on the palate. Nice and sour flavor! Acetic with underlying malt subtleties of dark fruit. Lots of lemony acidity, aged cheese rind, passion fruit, cherry, toasted oak chips and subtle vanilla. Acidic finish with residual toasted oak. Has a great funkiness as well as sourness, great stuff!

GABF 2008. A sour nose with a great cherry aspect and faint oak. A strong and sweet cherry flavor balanced by a piercing brown sugar tartness I’d expect in a flemish style sour.

GABF 2007. This was a tricky beast. Even over the course of the fest, in the same keg, the flavor changed quite a bit from day to day. I had it early on, and it was awesome. I had it later on, and it wasn’t as awesome (but still pretty good). This rating is for the first tasting. Smell: vanilla bean white oak barrel, cherry sour, and yeast. Almost Rodenbach-ish in its cherry awesomeness. Woody. Sourness is perfect, Granny Smith apple with yeast hitting in the back of the throat; the fruit is so round and fully developed, surrounded by toffee caramel sweetness. Dry-ish in the finish. Brown sugar notes in the middle, too. Oakey overtones add a nicely proportioned accent. Really, at its best, this a fabulous beer. If only it could be fabulous all the time.

Tap at BCTC. Nice stuff here. Aroma is a bit dull, some lightish cherry and brown ale notes. Rich, sour flavor with some sweet cherry and a sugary sour finish. Reminds me of sour patch kids. Not too complex, but awesome sourness. A solid brew.

GABF 2007. A hazy amber-brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of wood, brettanomyces, cherries, and over ripe fruits. The flavor has a lovely acidity, that draws out the mouthwater, on which is notes of wood, cherries, and over ripe fruits, as well as lighter notes of prunes, leading to a woody finish.