Cassis
Brekeriet

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From:
Brekeriet
 
Sweden
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 15.09%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
49
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 11, 2017
Added:
Jun 07, 2013
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  8
Brekeriet Cassis is a black currant fruit beer/wild ale hybrid mainly fermented with Brettanomyces yeast.
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Ratings by torriman:
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Rated by torriman from Spain

4.75/5  rDev +21.5%

Jan 10, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.53 by Erik-P from Canada (BC)

Dec 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.18 by Derek from Canada (BC)

Aug 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.01 by Wer34truh from Minnesota

Mar 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.23 by Silke_Neryn from Sweden

Dec 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.16 by FatsoSvuLLo from Sweden

Nov 26, 2016
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.6/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
750ml bottle (@ 5.4% ABV) - not a lot of Swedish brews make their way to Alberta, and certainly nothing as fancy as this!

This beer pours a slightly hazy, dark salmon amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat fizzy pale pink head, which leaves some crooked Swiss cheese lace around the glass as it quickly and evenly subsides.

It smells of funky bacterial infection, wet wood, gritty and grainy pale malt, a lesser spicy wheatiness, some minor lemon and musty black currant fruitiness, and a touch of leafy and herbal green hop bitters. The taste is big and tart black currant fruity notes, a prominent musty earthiness, dank barrel staves, some sour milkiness as it warms, a bready graininess and a still laid back wheaten cereal character, some edgy (but not particularly funky) Brett, plain mineral water, and an indistinct verdant hop bitterness.

The carbonation is fairly benign in its quotidian frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and sort of smooth, as the fruitiness mostly overrides the local troublemakers, as such. It finishes off-dry, the base malt and black currant fruit keeping the lingering tart and sour esters at bay.

Overall, this isn't a bad sour fruit ale, it's just that there is a strange combination of milk and soured fruit that kind of starts to get on my nerves after a spell. Maybe it's a too many cooks spoil the broth sort of thing, i.e. more complicated than complex.
Nov 19, 2016
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.05/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Vibrant ruby red with a soft, pink blanket.

Smell is funky barnyard and horse blanket fairly strongly, with some rose petal, raspberry, and pepper supporting.

Taste is rhubarb, Flintstones Push-Up Pop, and blackberry. My drinking companion at the time noticed a hint of pickled cauliflower, and I noted some fresh, clean river water--a sort of mineral accent.

Tart, dry and acetic but not harsh.
Nov 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.84 by 22Blue from Kansas

Sep 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.99 by liquorpig from Massachusetts

Sep 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.52 by Deltoro from Florida

May 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4.39 by kristinc from Canada (BC)

Apr 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.14 by EdgarGerik from Venezuela

Mar 29, 2016
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

4.25/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Burgundy color with purple head. Aroma is very rich and fruity, with blackcurrants, bitter dark cherries and blackberries. Taste starts sour and fruity up-front, not much complexity but really intense on the dark fruits. It's like a fruit lambic without the funky notes. It's really nice overall, clean sourness and lots of fruits.
Oct 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4.31 by dcmchew from Romania

Oct 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by D_Min from Canada (BC)

Jun 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by Beervana from Canada (BC)

Jun 01, 2015
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Reviewed by westcoastbeerlvr from California

2.6/5  rDev -33.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
First, let me say that this beer is beautiful. Deep red, ruby tones. Pretty hot.
Unfortunately, it smells and tastes awful. It kind of reminds me of a skunk. Not like skunked hops, but that smell you get when you hit a skunk with your car.
May 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by CheapBeerBuzz from California

May 17, 2015
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Rated by largadeer from California

2.45/5  rDev -37.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Beautiful dark red color, but otherwise pretty bad. Enteric dirty diaper aroma, spicy/earthy currants, strangely herbal tasting.
May 17, 2015
Cassis from Brekeriet
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 49 ratings