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From:
Roundabout Brewery
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.96 | pDev: 6.57%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
19
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 15, 2016
Added:
Dec 19, 2014
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
4 different Saccharomyces yeast strains plus bacteria from the souring of the wheat wine and in addition a secondary fermention of the Trompe le Monde and the Commoner in a wine barrel using Brettanomyces Lambicus.

The Blend:
50% Sour Wheat Wine
19% Trompe le Monde- Wine barrel aged
19% Commoner- Wine barrel aged
12% Ferdl Weiss
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Ratings by jbwimer:
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Reviewed by jbwimer from Kansas

3.84/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy, burnt orange, almost reminiscent of tangerine flesh. Aroma has a lot of stone fruit, most evident is peach. Some lemon acidity and citrus zest. Slight phenolic qualities appear as it warms, but nothing disconcerting. Quite a nice nose, really. Flavor has a pleasant, unabrasive tartness, most akin to berliner. Influence of a wheat ale, some breadiness, orange. Mouthfeel is a little lacking. Medium carbonation. I came in not expecting much at all, but this was pleasant.
Jan 26, 2015
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Rated: 3.97 by dexterk1 from Illinois

Jun 15, 2016
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Rated by rlee1390 from Indiana

4.1/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Wheat. More tart than sour. Little bit of grapes.
Jun 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.83 by Brown120 from Pennsylvania

May 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by GRG1313 from California

Jan 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.85 by SocalKicks from California

May 11, 2015
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Reviewed by Stinkypuss from Pennsylvania

4.32/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours an amber color with little head but good clarity. The aroma is funky and sour, with wild yeasts and wine barrel characteristics.

Complex flavor of barrel and wine playing with the soured beer. Nice lactic thing going on. Fruity, sour, lightly malty but not sweet. Acetic even. Balanced and delicate.

Medium bodied well carbonated. Tartness and tannins linger on. This is a very good American Wild Ale as far as I am concerned.
Feb 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.93 by outoffocus from Pennsylvania

Feb 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by robgage from Pennsylvania

Jan 28, 2015
 
 
Rated: 4 by KJ2013 from Pennsylvania

Jan 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by greg4579 from Pennsylvania

Jan 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.68 by Seamacm from Pennsylvania

Jan 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.84 by bellsfounder from Pennsylvania

Dec 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.9 by McMatt7 from Pennsylvania

Dec 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.72 by Dogleg from Pennsylvania

Dec 23, 2014
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Reviewed by OneDropSoup from Pennsylvania

3.54/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a tulip: murky orange with some gold highlights. Thin ring of white head.

Smells oaky & sour. A little sour cherry, lemon zest, a touch of banana, a touch of Limburger-like funk, some band-aid. Honestly, you could tell me this was a gueuze & I'd believe you, based on the smell.

Acidic tang like oranges that have just started to go bad, some acetone, a little sharp but buttery at the same time, like chardonnay. Booze kicks in, along with an interesting blueberry note.

Sour mouthfeel but not puckering or crazy, with a slightly oily feel that goes along with the buttery flavor.

This is not a great sour beer, but it feels like a real sour beer. Speaking as someone who's wanted to see a legit, committed attempt at cold-side souring by a Pittsburgh brewer, this is the real deal. Not a stellar example of a wild ale, but it's not bad, & more importantly, I give Roundabout serious credit for doing it right.
Dec 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4.29 by kingston2 from Pennsylvania

Dec 19, 2014
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Reviewed by RblWthACoz from Pennsylvania

3.81/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Naturally, I was able to wait about two hours until I broke into this. 1.5 hours were spent on other beer excursions and the last half was spent chilling the beer.

The beer looks darker than I would have thought. Almost a brownish orange. (I thought the description said bright?) Nose is a lot of wild yeast kind of funky character. Flavor carries some mild funk and mild sour character with fruit tones clearly showing and a sweetness that is somewhat dominant and doesn't fade. A nice brew and a pleasant drinker. I think I will leave my other bottle for at least another year, maybe. (Though I am reading that Steve says to drink it now and don't age over 6 months.) It's decent, but from what I am getting off it now, I'd like to see how it develops after resting for some time.
Dec 19, 2014
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Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 19 ratings