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375 mL corked & caged affair. Tavour isn't good for much, and happiness is difficult to find. Knee deep in hazed canned shit, dumb melted candy bars, and fake fruit sours, there are one or two gems - this is one such beer. Lemon colored,...
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...
375mL corked and caged affair, the usual presentation for the Coolship beers. November 2021 bottling. Champagne like pour in terms of the initial pop and surge of carbonation that eventually leads to zero head and/or retention. Body is a really...
Pretty beer. Deep mahogany color with great clarity and a nice head. Nose more acidic than the taste eventually evens out to be. Lots of acetic acid but it rounds down the bottle. Less sour, more Flanders Red. Acetic acid up front, but mellows a...
There's a lot of apple based, oaky sweet and sour in this beer to the point of being aggressive. No shrinking violet here. Even a touch of ethanoic acid. The finish has a distinct vinegar element and this beer is not an easy one to consume....
No. 11 Apricot Sour. Waxed and capped in he usual Ranger Creek Small Batch series manner. Thanks to Lee for the chance to try another Small Batch series beer. They're generally very good. I'm a little hesitant with American Sours. I drank this one...
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...
750 mL foiled and capped. Disappointing carbonation. Golden body. Blonde style with no more than a touch of sourness, and one that will likely disappoint many. Sourness is uber-low. Carbonation disappointing. Wishy washy. Not sour, not Saison. Ugly...
It’s seldom these days that a beer genuinely gets me excited, but this one such beer. A beautiful pour. Sweet, sweet, champagne-like tastes and carbonation, truly delicious. Gentle Brett is punctuated by a very sweet, underlying beer that is...
Great pop on opening the corked & caged, 375 mL bottle. Pour is as expected, with a dark brown body and a smallish, fast fading head. Lace is minimal. The nose immediately gives the mid-level vinegar aroma that I was expecting. It is...
375 mL bottle that I think came in a $12.99. Ouch. Corked and caged. Large pop on opening. Bottled October 13, 2013. Golden hazed pour with a nice head. Some lace and a thin film that settles on the surface of the beer. The second pour produces an...
A bourbon BA Wild Ale? Why? Honey colored pour. Considering the ABV, a better head and retention/ lace than I was expecting. I have to say that when I bought this at $23.99 I didn't realize it was bourbon-aged. Not really my cup of tea, especially...
Unusual volume for the bottle at 765 mL, or 25.9 oz, but I'll take it. Thick glass, dimpled bottle bottle $19.99 for the privilege. Decent pop on opening, and a very aggressive pour does produce so beige head. However, as expected this is gone...
I don't care what you say, it's a little odd. A murky gold color with a decen thead. White head with a slight level of retention. There IS a sort of yeasty, Belgian candied nose, but it's a bit strange, a tiny bit of banana as well. Tastes a bit...
I have to admit, I am not really predisposed to liking this beer. I'm not a big fan of anything barrel-aged at the best of times, but coupled with a Wild Ale style, I feel you are mixing genres to an extent that is unlikely to work and is somehow...
$13.99 for the 12.7 fl oz in the corked & caged bottle. Yes, I said $13.99! As always with The Lost Abbey, I open with a degree of trepidation. The carbonation is always a worry, particularly with anything in this sized bottle, however in this...
For the second time in just about as many days, I find a beer that for all intents & purposes could actually be described as an English cider. Thanks go out to @lnashsig for this opportunity. A blended sour from Texas? Interesting to say the...
I tried this in its initial incarnation back in March of 2010 in Raleigh at The Pit. I was impressed then (with The Pit and the beer), but did not write a review on that draft experience, so now this is a review of a 22oz bottle purchased in...
I stopped in at Growlers on my arrival on Hilton Head Island, and saw they had this on tap. The guy was busy 'educating' me about, 'how I'd better like sours', before I stopped him in his tracks and bought something else. I was reluctant to pay for...
750 mL corked & caged bottle, approx. $15. Are they using the word 'domesticated' to classify it is 'American'??? Next time I see 'all domestics $2.00 per pint', I guess I'll ask for this!! ;-) Mid to dark golden copper hue. Fizzy pour,...
Mmmm, interesting. A sour stout rather than a 'sour dark' - I guess I should have researched that properly in the first place. Never mind. The beer pours with the appearance of thick, robust stout, but in reality it is very light drinking....
More beer in the Lips of Faith Series. This one brewed in association with Elysian, it's a blended beer. Relatively low carbonation on the initial pour, but the beer still has plenty of life in the glass. Mid-orange pour with smallish head, low...
375 mL bottle courtesy of Ross - many thanks. Batch 005. Chilled this off perfectly and the medium pop on opening the corked & caged bottle produces some nice gun smoke. The head 'fizzes' up initially but of course it does not last and there is not...
22oz bottle. Pour is a rich, golden color with good clarity but a few hints of hazy cloud. Head forms quickly, is small, light and fluffy and fades to yield no more than a thin film and next to no lace. Nose is interesting. As well as the tart...
22 oz bottle in the usual Lips of Faith presentation. Pour is a good looking, light, bright copper hue with some sticky, complex lace. Head is small and leaves just a ring around the extremities of the beer. Clarity is excellent, carbonation...
22oz bottle from Green's on Ponce. Lips Of Faith #3. Got lucky with this one. Brickstoredave gave a few of us a blind sample and I (like most others) loved it. I then proceeded to miss the very few bottles that came to GA. A week or so later,...
12 oz single. Magic Hat certainly makes some "Odd" beer and this one certainly fits into the series - literally. Pour produces a pretty nice, pillow like head that sits on top of a not particularly attractive, murky, dirty brown body. Not much...
750 mL bottle, gold foiled and corked. Adorned with gold labels. Presentation is superb. Batch E! 018. Poured this one into champagne flutes. The pour gives a golden yellow body with a champagne like carbonation which is all very attractive. The...
750 mL corked & caged bottle that opens with a small pop. A little gun smoke and some fizzy head. Pour is an extraordinary, murky, strawberry colored body with a thin film of head and some residual lace. Massive (and I mean massive) vinegar...
22oz screened bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour gives a golden body with a frankly disappointing head. Not much retention or lace. Good clarity if nothing else. Nose gives a lot of apple acidity that is quite noticeable. It also has a...
500 mL bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a highly carbonated one with a peach colored body. The head is light and slightly fizzy with a very slight (but noticeable pinkish hue). Some head and lace, but the noisy carbonation is the...
Updated notes 08/23/23 (pictured) 2015 Vintage at 8 years old. Bottled 05/14/15, purchased at Novare Res Bier Cafe in Portland, ME for $20 in the summer of 2023. Happy to take a chance on this for $20. Expectations are tempered, but again,...
Thanks go out to my 2009 Secret Bunny, BA mday. 22oz, screen printed bottle. Poured into the Duvel tulip, this beer has an appearance that leans more toward the wood than the cherry side of things. Dark and very rich garnet color, perhaps closer to...
$6.99 for the 12 oz bottle from Bullock's, Marietta, GA, USA a couple of weeks ago. Poured into the Terrapin snifter. Pours is a cola-colored affair with an initially decent, mild frothy head. Obviously this fades fairly quickly but it leaves a...
So, I had an "opportunity" to purchase one of these at $53 for the 375 mL! I decided to pass on that which turned out to be a GREAT decision since; (a) the "groovy one" hooked me up in a trade for an equivalent of a fraction of that cost, and (b)...
Batch 002, thanks go out to the "groovy one" for the chance to try this. Corked and caged, 375 mL, olive green bottle. Poured into the Urthel Bock goblet, the color is as advertised with a light, golden body and a degree of haziness. The head is...
Thanks go out to Grant for sharing this one a The Brick Store yesterday afternoon. Right off the top those RR growlers are just superb to look at! For me, that's where the joy sort of ends. I think it is difficult to even consider the American Wild...
Enjoyed this one as part of the 11th Anniversary celebrations with Lance, Dave, Mike et al at The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA yesterday. Significantly orange body with a limited amount of head and lace. It actually appeared that the glassware was...
Pictured 05/30/20 22 oz bomber from Green's Atlanta, GA, USA. $5.99 (I think). I had a quick look at the reviews on BA before drinking this, and I understand where people are coming from. HOWEVER, I really think that I have HUGE advantage over many...
Thanks go out to YonderWanderer for a great trade that allowed me to snag this. Corked & Caged 750 mL bottle, $21.99. Essentially this should be called a "Sour" of some description. Frankly I was really ver, very disappointed. Great head in the...
Updated notes 03/27/26 (pictured) Batch No. 7, pretty positive that the original notes are for Batch No. 1. Another one to file under, "Beers I thought that I'd never see again". Delighted, but surprised! Total Wine, Atlanta, GA. A sign of the...
Well, interesting to say the least, but in the end it was disappointing. A difficult beer to review on lots on levels, but I'll have a go! Nice bottle presentation in the 750mL size, $7.99 in lots of Atlanta outlets. This has been in GA for a few...
Slightly hazed and cloudy golden yellow, with a nice head, exceptional carbonation and some decent lacing. The more I drink of these Wild Ales, the more and more I am reminded of classic, English scrumpy ciders. All the elements are there. A crisp,...
Unusual bottle in shape (long-neck wine type), color (dark olive green) and volume (375 mL). My first venture into the American Wild style and I got pretty much exactly what I expected. A sort of cross between a Flanders/Flemish Red, a Lambic and a...