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Cellar Door - Red Wine Barrel-Aged
Stillwater Artisanal Ales
- From:
- Stillwater Artisanal Ales
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 16.21%
- Reviews:
- 29
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 28, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 19, 2011
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia
4.24/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2011 bottle
Served at cellar temperature (currently (57 degrees F). Gusher! Thar she blows!
Upon settling, the appearance is cloudy orange with a thin white collar. White sage, coriander, lemon grass, herbal. Red wine character emerges in the flavor, whereas it was a bit lost in the aroma. Lightly sour, tangy, funky. Medium bodied with zesty carbonation. Complex and delicious.
Jan 27, 2014Served at cellar temperature (currently (57 degrees F). Gusher! Thar she blows!
Upon settling, the appearance is cloudy orange with a thin white collar. White sage, coriander, lemon grass, herbal. Red wine character emerges in the flavor, whereas it was a bit lost in the aroma. Lightly sour, tangy, funky. Medium bodied with zesty carbonation. Complex and delicious.
Reviewed by itsiilegal from California
4.61/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.61/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Served into stemware. Cellared for 2 years plus. Decided to do so after tasting a year old bottle and saw lots of potential.
Beautiful crystal clear bright golden yellow color. Vigorous white head poured into glass, dissipated quickly, leaving basically no lacing. Bubbles look very small to small.
Very strong aroma of young and ripe apricots. Very mild barnyard funkiness. Faint mangoes too.
Touch of apples quickly turn into a lively quintessential apricot flavor. There is a bright and very present dry funk. Sourness is there but executed so delicately and expertly, that is doesn't overpower but helps create harmony. As it warms up there is a little tiny bit of apricot sweetness on the back of the mouth as an after taste.
Very dry and complex mouthfeel with lively and vigorous carbonation. After 10 minutes, carbonation is in perfect balance with flavors. Very slight oaked dryness lingers. Very similar mouthfeel to an oaked American Sauvignon Blanc.
This beer is very close to a perfect creation. The best Still Water I've had by far. Worth cellaring, drinking and searching out. White Sage never comes into play (and that's okay!). Sourness, dryness and apricot-iness is unreal. Wonderful!!
Aug 09, 2013Beautiful crystal clear bright golden yellow color. Vigorous white head poured into glass, dissipated quickly, leaving basically no lacing. Bubbles look very small to small.
Very strong aroma of young and ripe apricots. Very mild barnyard funkiness. Faint mangoes too.
Touch of apples quickly turn into a lively quintessential apricot flavor. There is a bright and very present dry funk. Sourness is there but executed so delicately and expertly, that is doesn't overpower but helps create harmony. As it warms up there is a little tiny bit of apricot sweetness on the back of the mouth as an after taste.
Very dry and complex mouthfeel with lively and vigorous carbonation. After 10 minutes, carbonation is in perfect balance with flavors. Very slight oaked dryness lingers. Very similar mouthfeel to an oaked American Sauvignon Blanc.
This beer is very close to a perfect creation. The best Still Water I've had by far. Worth cellaring, drinking and searching out. White Sage never comes into play (and that's okay!). Sourness, dryness and apricot-iness is unreal. Wonderful!!
Cellar Door - Red Wine Barrel-Aged from Stillwater Artisanal Ales
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
63 ratings
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