Forester Farmhouse Ale
The Two Metre Tall Company Pty Ltd

Forester Farmhouse AleForester Farmhouse Ale
Beer Geek Stats
From:
The Two Metre Tall Company Pty Ltd
 
Australia
Style:
Belgian Saison
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
3.24 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 19, 2024
Added:
Apr 19, 2024
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A rich & complex ale featuring the Pride of Ringwood whole hop flowers from northeast Tasmania's Forester River region. Developing Brettanomyces complexity as it ages.
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Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia

3.24/5  rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Purchased from Purvis Beer in Melbourne in December 2023 and drunk in April 2024.

L: Clear but deep amber, with the thinnest covering of foam atop the beer. Very few small, slow-moving bubbles can be seen in the beer.

S: The nose is sweet, vinous and funky. There's minerality and wet-cut lawn as well. It's definitely a wild-fermented beer!

T: The taste is sweet, acetic, and vinous. There's a honey-like note at the end that does its best to dampen the almost overbearing tartness that threatens throughout the swallow but manages to keep this side of pleasant.

M: Carbonation is very mild; the beer is almost flat and is not misrepresented by the lack of carbonation in the glass.

O: I seem to begin all of my overviews of sour/tart/wild beers with the statement that I'm not a fan of those styles, and I very much want to repeat that here! I do try to rate to style, though, and I can appreciate the art and alchemy that's gone into producing this wild-fermented beer. I'm not a fan (there it is!) but I imagine there are plenty that are.

Cheers!
Apr 19, 2024