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375 mL bottle for the 2025 re-release, pictured. An aggressive pour gives a great, high, beige colored head. This is short-lived though, and falls back to a millpond stillness with no retention or lace to speak of. Not too worried given the style...
2025 vintage. Mid to light brown body with a decent head that comes with the aggressive pour. Retention and lace are consistent with the ABV. Definitely feels 'wintery' than some in the series, but has some cranberry notes. Plenty of alcohol here,...
Lovely head, but it fades pretty fast. That's OK at this ABV. Nose has plenty of clean alcohol, and it's mildly solvent based. This beer is quite a mixture. Sweet and caramel based, followed by a much more acidic back-end with some additional...
I had such an amazing experience with the original version of this beer after 10 years (see this), that the 2025 vintage is something I am anxious to try. Nice head, retention and lace not that great, but certainly acceptable and within the...
A beer that I know well from its original iteration in 2012. Golden orange pour with complete clarity. Nose has some significant fusel alcohol. Fruit is the watchword, but not especially entirely recognizable as being pineapple based. Lots of...
Dark brown body with a decent head if one gives an aggressive pour. Decent head, but not a great deal of retention or lace. That's all in order for the ABV. Nose has a weird combination of sweetness and light bourbon character. Pretty thin in the...
2025 release. See the 2020 release notes here. I like this marginally more than the 2020 version, but it still feels relatively light, and quite thin especially when considering the style. The beer does deliver a bit more alcohol than the 2020...
2025 version, my first crack at this one as I missed all of the prior releases. Jet black pour in poor light, dark brown in better, nice tan head, but lace and retention are minimal. Some scant ring lingers. All expected and acceptable for the ABV....
12.7 oz bottle, corked and caged. Here's the commercial description: "This ridiculous mixed culture sour ale, brewed in collaboration with our friends at Dogfish Head, was inspired by Sam Calagione’s love for verjus. Underripe Pinot Noir grapes...
A wheat wine. This was a style that really made a statement when I first encountered them maybe 20+ years ago. A golden orange body with a decent head considering the ABV. Poorly retained and no lace - as expected. The nose is way, way more...
2021 Vintage: 20.2% ABV. Pale gold waxed and capped. I have to be honest, I did not check the ABV before cracking this beer, and had I been paying attention I probably would not have opened it under the circumstances that I did. (I had assumed it...
2022 Vintage. 750 mL, Tavour purchase, the usual Bruery presentation. The Bruery's marketing re: labels and 750 mLs still pulls me in - at least I recognize that fact! Hazy, appropriately enough, orange body with a short-lived, initially decent but...
Five and-a-half years old at this point. Turbid brown pour with a level of carbonation that was better than I thought it might be after this length of time. Somewhat surprisingly, it does meet the taste parameters that one might expect. Not only...
2020 re-release. This is an odd one for me. The idea of coriander being added to cut the sweetness of a typical Scotch Ale I suppose makes sense (if indeed that’s its purpose), but at the same time it seems to work against what the beer might be...
12.7 fl oz bottle from Tavour. I believe it was $21.99. It’s not a very attractive pour. Now, you can say, “Well, what were you expecting?”, and there would be some validity to your criticize of my comment , but that doesn’t make my statement any...
Beautiful, clear chestnut red body underneath a medium sized tan head that fades appropriately quickly. Nose is mostly light alcohol even on warming. EtOH warmth is apparent immediately, and a cinnamon, Christmas spice note hits up front. The...
Part of the Terreux series. 2016. Bottled 03/24/16. Golden pour but a little disappointing in terms of the wispy, non-retained head. Quite dry and with a serious bitterness from the white pepper element. Repeated bitterness rather than much funk....
Nice pour, good head, some retention. A little thin and slightly prickly carbonation in the mouth leave me wanting more. I was expecting something more like a hoppy saison ( perhaps my own fault) but got more of a spiked wild ale. Honestly, that's...
Additional notes 01/27/23 Pictured Dark chestnut pour. A few red highlights, but overall the beer is darker than most I’ve had in the style. Modest head, small ring of foam and no lace. Rich, light alcohol nose, very malty. Reflected in the initial...
2013 vintage pictured in December 2016. Original notes 01/12/14 Always keen to crack the next one in this series since the Belgian influence is something that I'm interested in. Amber pour with quite a thinnish mouthfeel. This is a sweet booze bomb...
750 mL bottle, $16.99. I've passed on this several years in the past but today it seemed to speak to me a little. Bottled 07/25/13. Flemish Style Red Ale Aged in Oak. Authentic pour. Drab, brown pour and with little or no head. Some thin collar and...
Updated notes Original notes 03/06/2013 The back story to me acquiring this beer is interesting. When it first came out, I was still very active on beeradvocate. At the time, I remember doing my usual, 'this is bullshit' type rant about limited...
I've been drinking various types of sour beers for around 25 years. I've also been to Cantilon. Twice. As such, I know sours and and I have an appreciation of these beers. Having said that of late I've been 'feeling' such beers less and less....
Additional notes 08/08/2021 Aged bottle. Carbonation almost completely gone, and for this beer, that’s not good. Look, I’m not about to ding a beer for being this way after all of these years, but it’s a pretty important reminder to drink beer...
The first thought was, whoops this is an expensive beer for a lager shandy, but luckily that passes pretty quickly. 'Very attractive hazed orange pour with a high, fluffy head and some nice retention and lace. Nose offers some lemon based, high...
Additional notes 07/04/23 (Pictured) Almost 12 years old. A little fizz on opening and for a few seconds the head doesn't look too bad after av try aggressive pour. After that the carbonation drops off dramatically, but 100% as expected. Apparently...
750 mL capped bottle with the usual 'The Bruery' presentation. The pour produces a fairly highly carbonated (at first) body, with a mahogany-red color. The head is scant and produces no lace. There is a nice clarity about the body, and it settles...
Twice in 24 hours The Bruery impresses me - that's NOT easy! Drunk on tap at Local Three, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour delivers the requisite hazed, golden body, fluffy head and the accompanying head retention and lace. Classic looking. Nose also gives...
Notes added, 10/17/21 (Pictured) It is SO gratifying when a beer drinks like this after cellaring. Carbonation is great (always the first worry), and the pour is so good as a result. 10+ years has mellowed out the oak here tremendously, and the...
The usual Bruery presentation in the 750 mL bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. The latest Bruery offering to arrive in GA. Beautiful pour with plenty of fluffy white head that comes with good lace and retention. The color is interesting...
Happy to come across this on my recent trip to NY. This never made it to GA (The Bruery got here after this was done), so happy to hook myself up! Also glad to to see a more sensible ABV from The Bruery on this one for a change. Popped the cap on...
750mL capped bottle. Recent addition to The Bruery line-up in GA. Pour is a resplendent, butterscotch yellow with a creamy looking white head that looks dense. The nose has some light Brett that does not really manifest itself in the tastes which...
A very, very interesting beer to say the least, but in the final analysis a bit too much all the way around. Nicely presented, black waxed 750 mL bottle. Seemed to be double-dipped on the wax which made it a pain to get into. Capped underneath....
$9.99 for the 750 mL bottle from Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. Pour is is slightly darker than expected color with some nice looking head and lace. The beer lacks much clarity and is a darkish, honey-orange hue. (The final pour from...
750 mL bottle from Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. I approach this with some trepidation since I am not the biggest fan of rye beer in general. Pour is a very good looking, chocolate brown body with a solid, dense, well formed head...
750 mL capped bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a close to colorless/pale lemon until the last pour which yielded some sediment that thickened the appearance and the body considerably. A lot of things in-line with the style here from...
Additional notes 08/06/23 (Pictured) Almost 14 years on, and WOW. WOW! The pour (pictured) is extraordinary. A decent pop on removing the cap, and a little gun-smoke - surprising. Head is inexplicable for the age and the ABV. I have no words. Lots...
Additional notes 05/27/24 2015 bottle, that since was rebranded under the Bruery Terreux label. Drinking incredibly well with a little cheesy note. Head forms nicely with good retention. Holding together as an entity with plenty of those original...
750mL bottle, Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Having read some of the previous reviews I decided to open this over the sink and use the 500 mL Tücher Weizen glass as a precaution since I was half expecting a huge gusher and beer everywhere. As it...
Arrived in GA a few days ago so this is my first engagement with the much, much hyped Bruery. In many cases it's not possible for the brewery to control the hype-train, but I'm really not sure how much good all of the hysteria ultimately, actually...