Sur Megge
HaandBryggeriet
- From:
- HaandBryggeriet
- Norway
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 11.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 14
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 28, 2022
- Added:
- May 25, 2012
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.82/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Rerate, 500 ml bottle, batch 440, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8%. Slightly hazy orange colour, minimal white head. Typical brettanomyces aroma of farmhouse and white wine vinegar. Low carbonation. Sour but not extreme flavour, typical brettanomyces character. Appetizing.
Original rating: Shared bottle at hotel room tasting, thanks to OleR. Hazy deep golden to orange colour. Fresh and vinegary / lemony aroma, notes of brettanomyces, farmhouse and fruit. Medium sour flavour, brett notes. Better than I feared.
May 28, 2022Original rating: Shared bottle at hotel room tasting, thanks to OleR. Hazy deep golden to orange colour. Fresh and vinegary / lemony aroma, notes of brettanomyces, farmhouse and fruit. Medium sour flavour, brett notes. Better than I feared.
Reviewed by TruePerception from California
3.7/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Haand Bryggeriet's Sur Megge, Norwegian sour ale aged in oak barrels. 8% ABV.
A: Starts a dingy yellow color, and gradients to a medium-light orange. Just a thin ring of head. Lacing forms and holds quite well after coming up in temperature slightly. Tons of tiny micro bubbles slide around as the beer is tilted, and rise nicely to the top.
S: Acidity is a mix of orange juice and tart cherry, with the OJ at the forefront. A bit of yellow apple. A hint of oak.
T/MF: Uh... I don't know about the flavor on this one. At first it seems to have an orange-y acidity, like the nose. A bit of tart cherry acidity as it is held on the tip of the tongue. Then, however, it gives way to this... oaky, yeasty, bitter, vinegar, dirty sponge sort of taste. Not at all what I was expecting! Also, a touch metallic. I wonder if this one has gone bad? No apparent dating on the bottle. I'll allow it to sit and see if that helps, but I don't expect it will. That's a bummer...
Actually, the flavor is quite tasty BEFORE it settles on to the middle of the tongue.
Well, I guess the taste fits the name. I'm certainly making that face!
Poured from a 16.9 oz. bottle, into a Belgian tulip glass.
Feb 07, 2015A: Starts a dingy yellow color, and gradients to a medium-light orange. Just a thin ring of head. Lacing forms and holds quite well after coming up in temperature slightly. Tons of tiny micro bubbles slide around as the beer is tilted, and rise nicely to the top.
S: Acidity is a mix of orange juice and tart cherry, with the OJ at the forefront. A bit of yellow apple. A hint of oak.
T/MF: Uh... I don't know about the flavor on this one. At first it seems to have an orange-y acidity, like the nose. A bit of tart cherry acidity as it is held on the tip of the tongue. Then, however, it gives way to this... oaky, yeasty, bitter, vinegar, dirty sponge sort of taste. Not at all what I was expecting! Also, a touch metallic. I wonder if this one has gone bad? No apparent dating on the bottle. I'll allow it to sit and see if that helps, but I don't expect it will. That's a bummer...
Actually, the flavor is quite tasty BEFORE it settles on to the middle of the tongue.
Well, I guess the taste fits the name. I'm certainly making that face!
Poured from a 16.9 oz. bottle, into a Belgian tulip glass.
Reviewed by sprat1960 from Massachusetts
3.31/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.31/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Orange-copper in color; opaque; with a slight amount of foam when poured - which disappears completely in no time at all. Beer appears kind of flat soon after being poured. Sour smell with a slight acidic quality; aroma is not strong. Slightly sweet to start that progresses quickly to a nice smooth sour taste with an slightly acidic tingly finish on your tongue. (Think green apple.) I actually thought that taste was quite good; I enjoyed it. Medium body with slight carbonation. Makes your mouth pucker a little. I would drink this again when I was in the mood for a sour, based primarily on the taste.
May 25, 2014
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