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Eidolon
The Commons Brewery
- From:
- The Commons Brewery
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 8.61%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 02, 2015
- Added:
- Aug 18, 2012
- Wants:
- 40
- Gots:
- 4
Eidolon is a collaboration between our brewer, Sean Burke, and friend Sean White. A sour farmhouse ale with Meyer lemon juice and peel, jasmine green tea and flowers, and New Zealand Hallertau hops. It is then matured in wine barrels with two strains of brettanomyces.
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Ratings by Rutager:
Reviewed by Rutager from Canada (BC)
3.95/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Thanks black13!
Appearance. Pours a lightly hazy rich gold with a finger of cream coloured head that fades to a skim fairly quickly.
Smell. Funky and sour with some nice orchard fruits coming through, mainly pears and peaches and a little dank old wood and floral hops.
Taste. Very funky again with a nice floral/herbal flavour that I can't quite describe. Orchard fruits are present like the smell and a nice mild sourness.
Mouthfeel. Medium body with fine medium carbonation.
Overall. Very much enjoying this unique brew. Thanks again black13!!
Aug 20, 2013Appearance. Pours a lightly hazy rich gold with a finger of cream coloured head that fades to a skim fairly quickly.
Smell. Funky and sour with some nice orchard fruits coming through, mainly pears and peaches and a little dank old wood and floral hops.
Taste. Very funky again with a nice floral/herbal flavour that I can't quite describe. Orchard fruits are present like the smell and a nice mild sourness.
Mouthfeel. Medium body with fine medium carbonation.
Overall. Very much enjoying this unique brew. Thanks again black13!!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by sweemzander from Illinois
3.92/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750mL bottle poured into a taster glass. Thanks Jason for the bottle!
(A)- Pours a hazy golden orange color. Some tan froth and lacing. Fairly good retention to it.
(S)- A dry lemon peel and funky hay bit. A touch of tartness with some mellow dry oak components. Not overly complex, but the aroma as a whole is just really nice.
(T)- Lots and lots of a hay/wheat and biscuit-like lemon. Bits of oak with subtle tartness. Very subtle Brett in the background.
(M)- A good carbonation level. An ok balance to it too. It does get a touch chalky in the mid palate as it warmed, but otherwise quite nice.
(O)- Overall, a nice wild ale that could improve a bit with some time on it if you have the patience; might bring the Brett forward more, but this is quite a nice wild ale as it sits now too.
Dec 18, 2012(A)- Pours a hazy golden orange color. Some tan froth and lacing. Fairly good retention to it.
(S)- A dry lemon peel and funky hay bit. A touch of tartness with some mellow dry oak components. Not overly complex, but the aroma as a whole is just really nice.
(T)- Lots and lots of a hay/wheat and biscuit-like lemon. Bits of oak with subtle tartness. Very subtle Brett in the background.
(M)- A good carbonation level. An ok balance to it too. It does get a touch chalky in the mid palate as it warmed, but otherwise quite nice.
(O)- Overall, a nice wild ale that could improve a bit with some time on it if you have the patience; might bring the Brett forward more, but this is quite a nice wild ale as it sits now too.
Eidolon from The Commons Brewery
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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