22nd Anniversary Dark Sour
Great Divide Brewing Company

22nd Anniversary Dark Sour22nd Anniversary Dark Sour
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From:
Great Divide Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
8.7%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.88 | pDev: 10.31%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
51
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 04, 2020
Added:
Apr 29, 2016
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  4
An expert blend of bold character, this Dark American Sour is a perfect culmination of 22 years of craft and ingenuity. Aged in red wine barrels, this robust offering is as sophisticated as it is sour. Notes of black cherry jam and tobacco are countered by a welcome tartness and tannic oak finish that lasts long after each sip, making 22nd Anniversary a beer you won’t soon forget.
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Ratings by MattyG85:
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Reviewed by MattyG85 from Minnesota

4.41/5  rDev +13.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 750 ml bottle into a Duvel tulip glass.

Appearance: Pours a dark brownish amber with a moderate amount of bubbles. Slight finger of off white head which quickly fades away.

Smell: A tart and juicy aroma with a scent of red wine, funk, and oak. Upfront barrel presence with a red wine scent of grapes, cherry, oak, tannins, and wood. Dark fruit hints of fig, raisin, prune, and dates. Some hints of brett, tobacco, and leather. Malt hints of biscuit, grains, and toast with yeast. Sweet hints of candied sugar. A pretty good sour aroma.

Taste: Like it smells, a tart and juicy Sour taste with notes of red wine, funk, and oak. Upfront red wine barrel notes of cherry, grapes, oak, tannins, and wood. Notes of brett funk, leather, and tobacco. Malt notes of grains, biscuit, and toast along with yeast. Dark fruit notes of raisin, prune, fig, and dates. Sweet taste of candied sugar. A very nice taste.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Juicy, tart, and drying.

Overall: A pretty solid take on a Sour. Good red wine and dark fruit flavor.
Jul 29, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

May 04, 2020
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4.58/5  rDev +18%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Bottle dated May 18th, 2016.
This was poured into a tall tulip.
The appearance was a beautiful dark ruddy red to brown color with a small topping of white foamy head sliding off semi-slow. Some messy lace.
The aroma had some rich sweet to tart plums running through red cherries, some red wine sweetness/tannic acidity and a soft woody sweetness.
The flavor carries a wonderful blend of sweet to sour plums, red cherries, some dark chocolate, a light roasty note, sweet wood and some sweet grapes. Mild aftertaste of roasted malts, cocoa powder, dark plums, red cherries and grapes.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. What I really liked about this beer was the chalky dryness that ended up coming through that I don't normally find in many sour beers. Carbonation and ABV felt superb. Very nice finish of dark plums, red cherries, chalky cocoa powder dryness and a touch of grapes.
Overall, wow, what a dark sour ale! Superb and aged fantastic! Despite me having this aged, I do wonder what this was like fresh.
Mar 03, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gkruszewski from New York

Feb 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3.09 by eppie82 from Illinois

Jan 14, 2019
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Reviewed by SirSage from Colorado

4.55/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
Enjoyed with @osorojo
Deep dark color. Nose that erupts from the bottle as you open and fills the immediate area with floral wine and woody notes. Soft front end flavors of licorice and a slow accent into sour deliciousness with deep and rich backend flavors of wood and red wine. Was tasted 2 years after bottling so i feel the sour may have subsided ever so slightly but has an amazing bevy of flavors that where still very much so present.
Dec 02, 2018
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Reviewed by OsoRojo from Colorado

4.55/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
bottle dated May 2016, drfank on 12/2/18
Enjoyed on a Sunday afternoon with @sirsage
huge nose upon opening, massive red wine aroma!
excellent beer you should find one
Dec 02, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by COBEERHUNTER from Colorado

Oct 22, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by Panda_Rock from California

Sep 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Aisha from Massachusetts

Jul 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by TheHopsman from Nebraska

Jul 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Jul 02, 2017
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Reviewed by BEERMILER12 from Maine

4.15/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A: Pours a deep mahogany color with 2 fingers of head that quickly fizzles down to pretty much nothing

S: Cherries, berries, tannins, oak, vinous notes, and dark fruits all present

T: Follows the nose along with some tobacco and dark chocolate notes from the roasted malt. Starts off with some tartness, cherries, berries, a vinous character, and oak. Goes into the tobacco, tannins, dark chocolate, dark fruits, and even some vanilla. Finishes with a hint of the tartness and fruity notes

M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation

O: As of this review, the bottle is just over 10 months old. It seems to have mellowed out a bit and is coming together very well. Very drinkable for an almost 9% sour, with the barrel and base mingling nicely. Nothing too crazy or different, but definitely solid and worth a try if you're into sours
Mar 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by netshark from Colorado

Mar 08, 2017
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Reviewed by DrDemento456 from Pennsylvania

4.16/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Was able to find this beer at $6 a goblet. Looks of wine deep red with no head and also smells of it with very little Sour Notes. Taste was pretty amazing evolved from red wine to vinegar like sourness and finished off with a sweet and bready malt. Thought it was smooth not too watery and very easy to drink at almost 9%. Overall a very great beer that was worth the price.
Feb 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by NickThePyro from Washington

Feb 17, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by bigred89 from Maryland

Jan 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.69 by erk0607 from Colorado

Jan 22, 2017
 
Rated: 4.04 by Jcarriglio from Florida

Dec 29, 2016
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.88/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
the thing is, great divide has been making beer this interesting and good for a long time now, and its a shame they have to foil it up and charge out the wazoo to get anyone to notice it. somewhat dark, deep brown will suffice, not much head from the tap, but a cool aroma of red wine tannins and a little bacterial acidity, lemons, roasted grain, drip coffee, black cherry, raisin, tang, sweet, yum. the flavor is somewhat less compelling and evolved, a little more simple, still with the oak and the wine, still with the dried fruit notes from the malt, but a little more simplistic, cleaner, lighter. i wish this had more body, it could certainly handle it. the acidity with the dark grain is nice, and its not all sour, a little funk exists in here too, and its real tasty. lots of wood, some dry cocoa, red wine, its cool beer, lots going on, but maybe not as different and original as it would have been as say their 17th anniversary brew five years ago. things have changed, and the world has for sure caught up this one. lovely beer and worth the price, well refined and drinkable for what it is, but it could also relatively easily get lost in a crowd of these...
Dec 23, 2016
22nd Anniversary Dark Sour from Great Divide Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 51 ratings