Wild Oats Series No. 25 - Koru
Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
- From:
- Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 8.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 19, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
Koru Belgian Pale Ale boasts interesting spicy, peppery yeast notes, with tropical fruit inflections from New Zealand Nelson-Sauvin and Rakau hops. Complex and tasty, with a dry finish.
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Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
3.37/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Meh. Pretty anonymous brew. Orange hued gold, a bit of the fog, moderate short-lived white head. Fruity w/a hint of yeast. Light drinker, not as Belgian in character as I would imagine. Understated.
Jun 12, 2016
Rated by spinrsx from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
It's okay.. overpriced at $8.
May 14, 2016
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.4/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle: Poured a clear golden color ale with a medium size foamy head with OK retention and light lacing. Aroma of residual sugar ad light cereal notes is OK. Taste is a mix of quite a bit of residuals sugar notes with some cereal and light fruity ester. Body is about average with good carbonation. The NZ hops notes are quite a bit subtle and don’t’ play a huge role as I would have expected.
Apr 04, 2016
Reviewed by EricVonStein from Canada (ON)
3.83/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
cloudy golden honey colour with a two finger head of off white, yellow tinged foam that looks oily and sticky like an IPA.
Smells of tropical fruit like pineapple, a bit of white grape and a sour note that cuts through a subtle yeasty aroma. A little bit of musty hay fills out the background.
taste is more subdued, with mellower fruit notes of apricot and more prominent sourness and rindy bitterness. Yeasty funky notes are more wild sour - as the label suggests - than doughy and wet barn. Still, there is a mild underlying twang of sourdough bread, but very much a background note.
Pretty mildly carbonated though pleasantly tingly, light body and nice dry finish. Touch of warming half way down the glass.
Overall a fruity, exotic, slightly sour ale that is fresh and sharp at the same time. Nicely put together and in itself pretty pleasing but personally missing more of the funky barnyard flavours typically seen in the style. But I feel that wasnt the focus here. One of the better Beau's experiments Ive had, feels like a much more mature approach to a beer than they sometimes exhibit. Hopefully they have this available in quantity when the warmer weather hits - should be a great option for the summer.
Apr 03, 2016Smells of tropical fruit like pineapple, a bit of white grape and a sour note that cuts through a subtle yeasty aroma. A little bit of musty hay fills out the background.
taste is more subdued, with mellower fruit notes of apricot and more prominent sourness and rindy bitterness. Yeasty funky notes are more wild sour - as the label suggests - than doughy and wet barn. Still, there is a mild underlying twang of sourdough bread, but very much a background note.
Pretty mildly carbonated though pleasantly tingly, light body and nice dry finish. Touch of warming half way down the glass.
Overall a fruity, exotic, slightly sour ale that is fresh and sharp at the same time. Nicely put together and in itself pretty pleasing but personally missing more of the funky barnyard flavours typically seen in the style. But I feel that wasnt the focus here. One of the better Beau's experiments Ive had, feels like a much more mature approach to a beer than they sometimes exhibit. Hopefully they have this available in quantity when the warmer weather hits - should be a great option for the summer.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.74/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
600 ml bottle served at cellar temperature into a pint glass. Purchased from the LCBO for $7.95 CDN. Batch 4912, bottled February 12, 2016.
Appearance - clear and rich golden color, topped by a finger of semi-long lasting head and minimal lacing. Light amount of carbonation is visible.
Smell - grainy and somewhat earthy, with a slight sweet aroma of powdery yeast.
Taste - light subtle flavours, a hint of fruit which combines oranges, passion fruit and orchard fruits. Some light grassy flavours and hints of light roasted grain. A subtle earthy note too, makes me think that honey is somehow involved.
Mouthfeel - smooth and light bodied, low carbonation.
Overall - a tasty Belgian ale, but lacks a bit of a punch of some of the others in the style. Just misses the mark to my taste, but if you can spare the change it may be worthy. Shot.
Mar 09, 2016Appearance - clear and rich golden color, topped by a finger of semi-long lasting head and minimal lacing. Light amount of carbonation is visible.
Smell - grainy and somewhat earthy, with a slight sweet aroma of powdery yeast.
Taste - light subtle flavours, a hint of fruit which combines oranges, passion fruit and orchard fruits. Some light grassy flavours and hints of light roasted grain. A subtle earthy note too, makes me think that honey is somehow involved.
Mouthfeel - smooth and light bodied, low carbonation.
Overall - a tasty Belgian ale, but lacks a bit of a punch of some of the others in the style. Just misses the mark to my taste, but if you can spare the change it may be worthy. Shot.
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