Boont Bruin Sour
Anderson Valley Brewing Company
- From:
- Anderson Valley Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 9.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 26, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 26, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Based on the Flemish classic (Oud Bruijn) this very complex beer has many flavor facets. Brewed using redwood tips and the rare New Zealand Nelson Sauvin hop, this lively red ale is aged in wine, bourbon, brandy, and port barrels before blending. The final blend also includes a small amount of our Grand Cru (a blend of both Brother David’s Belgian ales aged in wine barrels). The resulting beer is very complex medium-bodied beer with a vinous character from the wine barrels and spicy notes from both the redwood tips and the Nelson Sauvin hops. Combined with a light sourness from the bacterial fermentation, these myriad flavors are underlined by a smooth, round Belgian character from the Grand Cru – extremely complex yet very drinkable.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.53/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Reviewed at the Bistro West Coast Barrel Aged Beer Festival held on November 12, 2011. This was the 3rd beer for me that day.
The appearance is a murky amber/auburn like appearance, slightly lighter than your average Flanders Bruin and its brown color typically. The beer itself is a blend. The color is impacted through bourbon, brandy and wine barrels (presumed red, looks it up, its both). Very thin beige like head on it. 1/6". Aroma is complex, you get a strange choice of Nelson Sauvin hops (very dank aromatic). They also use redwood tips, kind of unnecessary when Chinook does much the same.
The taste is just a kitchen sink approach that yields all kinds of tastes between hoppy, bourbon, different wood types, wine, earth, malty. Crazy that its only 5% with all those flavors though. 8 months of barrel aging. Like a 2.5 on the 10 pt sour scale. Some dark fruit notes. Definitely worth a try, but I can't see this as a product that they should package up and would want to drink repeatedly.
Mar 26, 2019The appearance is a murky amber/auburn like appearance, slightly lighter than your average Flanders Bruin and its brown color typically. The beer itself is a blend. The color is impacted through bourbon, brandy and wine barrels (presumed red, looks it up, its both). Very thin beige like head on it. 1/6". Aroma is complex, you get a strange choice of Nelson Sauvin hops (very dank aromatic). They also use redwood tips, kind of unnecessary when Chinook does much the same.
The taste is just a kitchen sink approach that yields all kinds of tastes between hoppy, bourbon, different wood types, wine, earth, malty. Crazy that its only 5% with all those flavors though. 8 months of barrel aging. Like a 2.5 on the 10 pt sour scale. Some dark fruit notes. Definitely worth a try, but I can't see this as a product that they should package up and would want to drink repeatedly.
Reviewed by BeerImmediately from Pennsylvania
3.44/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On draft at Capone's - 9oz pour for $8. Would've skipped it had I known.
Poured with a fluffy, cream colored head over a cloudy amber body. Lots of lacing
Aromas were light (too cold) - dark fruits, light bit of cranberry, good sweetness.
Flavors are decent. Cranberry, pear, touch of brown sugar, light bitterness, red grape skins. Picked up plenty of the wine barrel aging, but nothing from the brandy or bourbon barrels. Could have used "more sweet"
Mouthfeel was quite dry. Touch of tart pull.
A nice version of the style, but nothing that I'd seek out.
Apr 13, 2012Poured with a fluffy, cream colored head over a cloudy amber body. Lots of lacing
Aromas were light (too cold) - dark fruits, light bit of cranberry, good sweetness.
Flavors are decent. Cranberry, pear, touch of brown sugar, light bitterness, red grape skins. Picked up plenty of the wine barrel aging, but nothing from the brandy or bourbon barrels. Could have used "more sweet"
Mouthfeel was quite dry. Touch of tart pull.
A nice version of the style, but nothing that I'd seek out.
Reviewed by GarthDanielson from Virginia
3.88/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured on-tap and served in a tulip, the beer is a very dark, rich, ruby-brown coloring with a thin, light, small bubbled, light brown head that leaves a decent lacing along the glassware. Aromas are sour initially, with red wine, cherry, and currant characteristics along the subtle caramel malt backbone. Flavors are tangy sour initially, with an overt wine flavor and feel. Tannins abound, and are blended with fruit tang and tartness, including currants, grapes, and black cherries. The aftertaste is actually light, with only the tang and a slight pucker feel carrying over once the palate is cleared. Some earthy and floral tones in the aftertaste, too, but subtle. The finish is clean, and slightly astringent, making the mouth water a bit at the end. Tasty!
Jan 26, 2012
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