Pilot 008 | Sour Ale Aged In Whiskey Barrels
BrewDog
- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 10.03%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 10, 2015
- Added:
- May 06, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.03/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
BrewDog Pilot 008 | Sour Ale Aged In Whiskey Barrels
On tap @ BrewDog Liverpool, £4.50 for 2/3 pint
Simply through it's sour nature this is a beer that most people either love or hate, the whiskey component isn't really strong enough to become a factor in that.
It's a very hazy, almost cloudy dull russet brown with golden-orange highlights beneath a short head of white that drops almost immediately to a very thin surface covering (as most sour beers do). The limited head also leads to limited lacing, although there are a few small spots and the occasional streak thrown here and there.
The aroma is sweetish rather than sour with a caramel candy note, some apple, what I think of as fruit pulp, and a moderate woody note that almost seems vegetable in nature (think the inside of a yellow pepper).
The flavor brings the tartness in but the sugary caramel remains. The fruitiness is a bit fuller as well adding pear and dark berries to the already noted apple. Finally, the oak of the barrels is more noticeable, giving it an earthy woodiness that helps to round and balance it with the help of some very low bitterness; although the tartness and sweetish malt are actually already balanced quite nicely already.
In the mouth it's light to light-medium in body with a gently crisp, very fine-bubbled carbonation that gently bristles the tongue.
Overall it's quite a nice sour that's fairly accessible - it's not so sharp that it makes you wince, but you are certainly aware that it's there - and it's got some character and charm to it as well.
May 06, 2015On tap @ BrewDog Liverpool, £4.50 for 2/3 pint
Simply through it's sour nature this is a beer that most people either love or hate, the whiskey component isn't really strong enough to become a factor in that.
It's a very hazy, almost cloudy dull russet brown with golden-orange highlights beneath a short head of white that drops almost immediately to a very thin surface covering (as most sour beers do). The limited head also leads to limited lacing, although there are a few small spots and the occasional streak thrown here and there.
The aroma is sweetish rather than sour with a caramel candy note, some apple, what I think of as fruit pulp, and a moderate woody note that almost seems vegetable in nature (think the inside of a yellow pepper).
The flavor brings the tartness in but the sugary caramel remains. The fruitiness is a bit fuller as well adding pear and dark berries to the already noted apple. Finally, the oak of the barrels is more noticeable, giving it an earthy woodiness that helps to round and balance it with the help of some very low bitterness; although the tartness and sweetish malt are actually already balanced quite nicely already.
In the mouth it's light to light-medium in body with a gently crisp, very fine-bubbled carbonation that gently bristles the tongue.
Overall it's quite a nice sour that's fairly accessible - it's not so sharp that it makes you wince, but you are certainly aware that it's there - and it's got some character and charm to it as well.
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