Bourbon Barrel Sour Pumpkin Ale
Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House
- From:
- Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 5.2%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 23, 2017
- Added:
- Dec 22, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Beer is typically fermented in a very calculated, controlled manner with pure strains of brewer’s yeast. Our Sour Bourbon Barrel Pumpkin is our traditionally fermented Pumpkin Ale aged in our soured bourbon barrels for over a year where it is exposed to the untamed yeasts and bacteria that are native to our Brewery. This aging process is what gives this beer its distinctive flavor; funky and acidic, with hints of molasses, bourbon, pie spices and pumpkin.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.71/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
It might just be the fact that the brewers at Rivertown have lost their damn minds. Seasonal ale are one thing, and then bourbon-barrel aging them is the next step. But throwing a sour thread into the mix is simply out there. Just when you thought you've seen it all...
Burnt orange and bronze in its hazy hue, a slight head is just enough to swirls a host of pumpkin spices, bourbon and sour fruit to the nose. Slim on malt sweetness, the remnants of steely caramel, graham cracker and toast and all precede the brunt of sourness to come.
The middle palate hosts those sour accompaniments of cherry, apple, lemon and lime all of the under-ripened and highly acidic varieties. As the wood spices from the barrel offer its nutty underbelly, it drags the nuances of caramel, vanilla, char and coconut through a slightly butter-like body.
Cidery, dry and mildly of rice-wine vinegar, the beer's sour and boozy spice keeps the ale light while notions of butterscotch and praline linger softly behind. Modestly tannic, the ale balances remarkably well with a highly drinkable sensation late.
Dec 22, 2015Burnt orange and bronze in its hazy hue, a slight head is just enough to swirls a host of pumpkin spices, bourbon and sour fruit to the nose. Slim on malt sweetness, the remnants of steely caramel, graham cracker and toast and all precede the brunt of sourness to come.
The middle palate hosts those sour accompaniments of cherry, apple, lemon and lime all of the under-ripened and highly acidic varieties. As the wood spices from the barrel offer its nutty underbelly, it drags the nuances of caramel, vanilla, char and coconut through a slightly butter-like body.
Cidery, dry and mildly of rice-wine vinegar, the beer's sour and boozy spice keeps the ale light while notions of butterscotch and praline linger softly behind. Modestly tannic, the ale balances remarkably well with a highly drinkable sensation late.
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