Crooked Stave Origins - Bourbon Barrel Cherry
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

Crooked Stave Origins - Bourbon Barrel CherryCrooked Stave Origins - Bourbon Barrel Cherry
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From:
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
7%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.29 | pDev: 8.39%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
182
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 26, 2020
Added:
Sep 30, 2013
Wants:
  79
Gots:
  24
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Ratings by vissai:
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Rated by vissai from California

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

Jul 12, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.3 by StoutSnob40 from California

May 26, 2020
 
Rated: 4.31 by cd34 from Illinois

Jun 30, 2018
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Murky cherry hued caramel brown. Tan head.

This one is almost too sour to drink at this point. Mouth puckering. Vinegar. Tart cherries. Some funk. A bit of brown sugar and spice.

Enjoyable, but a bit over the top after a few years in the bottle.
Aug 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by t2grogan from Arizona

Mar 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Shawner from Minnesota

Feb 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by Zekenyce from New Jersey

Feb 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.74 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Jan 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Raziel313 from California

Oct 16, 2015
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Reviewed by Kurmaraja from California

4.02/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Very interesting but not great. Look is a murky auburn with a fast fading head. Orange brown at the edge in the light. The aroma has a pretty strong coffee element, some vinegar, cherry and leather. Oak & vanilla at the back end. Flavor hits with cherry up front and then a chocolate and dark fruit (dried plums, currants) before moving into a tannic and acidic phase. Finish brings back that coffee and roasted malt flavor. Acidity is present but never overwhelming. Body is medium, a bit creamy.
Sep 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4.44 by yankeepride from New York

Sep 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by Kramerbarthomer from Colorado

Sep 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by kiki3drt292 from California

Aug 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4.2 by greg4579 from Pennsylvania

Jul 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by nathanmiller from New York

Apr 12, 2015
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Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California

3.66/5  rDev -14.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Thanks to mrbubbler for sharing this one at his tasting.

2013 vintage. Bottled 9/2013.

Pours a murky dark orange-brown with a foamy beige head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. No lacing on the drink down. Smell is sour with malt, cherry, medicinal, funk, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour cherry, medicinal, acidic, and slight plastic flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with solid sour cherry qualities, but the plastic and medicinal aspects detract from the drinkability for me.

Serving type: bottle.
Apr 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.22 by Rado from California

Apr 12, 2015
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Rated by Wowcoolman from California

3.83/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Puckering. In need of balance
Apr 12, 2015
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Thanks to rudzud for sharing. 2013

Pours a nice fluffy smaller but rich bubbly head that fades at a med pace, nice lacing and great legs, murky dark mahogany brownish pond water color, little yeast sediment.

Nose lots of cherry, cherry cough syrup, cherry extract, sweet candy like with mild vegetal fermented molasses, a mild fusel alcohol. No bourbon or barrel really.

Taste is super tart, big sour cherry, super sour pickle level of sour, sour cherries and little cherry syrup, cherry juice even, with fair acidity, little candy malt base, touches of toasty vanilla barrel but no real bourbon, little malt vinegar. Finish is flemmy long sourness, nice cherry, little bready malt lingering.

Mouth is med to a bit fuller bod, little syrupy and decent carb.

Overall mixed, taste was very sour and nice cherry, aroma was very lackluster, overall lack of bourbon hurt it.
Apr 03, 2015
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Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts

4.03/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Shared with JLindros, 2013 release.

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a clear very dark garnet hue with a thin sudsy head that fades to leave light wisps and nice legs.

S - Aromas of cherry reduction, cherry extract, cough syrup and vegetative fruit. No has no bourbon or barrel.

T - Taste is mouth puckering sour cherry, light malt sweetness, faint warning bourbon barrel notes, light vanilla. More fresh sour juicy fresh cherry than syrup. Not the usual dark sour.

M - Mouthfeel is a little thin lightly carbonated.

O - Overall this beer had some crazy ups and downs. Nose was awful along with the mouth but the taste was nice.

Serving type: bottle
Apr 03, 2015
Crooked Stave Origins - Bourbon Barrel Cherry from Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 182 ratings