Ojos Negros
Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House

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From:
Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
91
Avg:
4.1 | pDev: 8.29%
Reviews:
41
Ratings:
252
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 10, 2019
Added:
Jul 25, 2012
Wants:
  30
Gots:
  38
A sour ale fermented with Belgian wild yeast from the Senne Valley and aged in oak wine barrels with fresh blackberries.
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Ratings by xdefeatsy:
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Rated by xdefeatsy from Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

Sep 30, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by Maillard from Ohio

Dec 10, 2019
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Reviewed by ONUMello from Ohio

4.11/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
22oz bottle, 2015 vintage, poured into a Teku glass
A: Reddish brown, translucent with a thin head
S: Sour apple, blackberry, wheat, yeast, and sour citrus
T: Blackberries take the lead followed by sour apple, citrus and a bit of funk
M: Medium-bodied and quite tart, fairly lengthy finish
O: A delicious sour that has aged well
May 30, 2017
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Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia

3.97/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle vintage 2015:
Pouring the beer yielded a dusty rose pour with large soap bubbles atop the beer. These faded quickly to a small fizz that also left in fairly short time. Not wholly uncommon for sour beers, but the flat look and dull body could be more enticing.

The nose declares this beer a sour, for sure. There's a musty tartness more than funk. Crab apple, lime, tart berries, perhaps (there is a fruitiness behind this, but I cannot distinguish it to be the blackberries that were used).

The liquid hitting the front of my tongue isn't as tart as expected. Moving it further back, however, starts my whole palate tingling with tart, leading to sour. The sour is medium strong and mildly vinegar-like, but at the same time nicely restrained. The beer does not have much carbonation, but the sour makes up for it. Again, I cannot distinctly say I get blackberry here, but I can't say I don't. I don't eat a lot of blackberries to distinguish the flavor - but I can tell there is something adding a nice fruit aspect on top of just sourness. I also get a light molded wood like note from the barrel aging.

I rather enjoyed this beer's overall makeup even though I had trouble really discerning its individual qualities. I'm going to chalk this one up to a case of the whole is enjoyable and independent of the discernibility of its parts.
May 07, 2017
 
Rated: 4.15 by Zonian1 from Ohio

Apr 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by West_Chester_Ale_Tester from Ohio

Jan 21, 2017
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Reviewed by neenerzig from Ohio

4.49/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Picked up a 22 oz. bomber of the 2014 vintage of this recently. Poured into one of my tulip glasses, this beer pours a somewhat cloudy/hazy copper color with a white head that settles extremely quickly to a medium sized foam ring that lines the inside of the glass. Barely any lacing to speak of here. Has aromas of some barnyard and sour funk, along with a big blackberry tartness, and certainly a hint of oak. Has a very funky, fairly acidic, sour tart, somewhat vinegary, slightly salty, blackberry and slightly cherry flavor upfront that's all rounded out with a hint of vanilla and oak to smooth hangs out a bit. A really nice flavor profile for this style of beer. One of the best I think I've ever had from this style of beer. Its a really intense, in your face experience here, and in a good way too. Has a fairly crisp and also somewhat smooth, medium bodied mouthfeel with moderate carbonation and somewhat dry aftertaste. While this beer certainly is not for everyone, I really enjoyed this quite a bit!

Eric
Aug 14, 2016
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

4.26/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours light fizzy head disappears instantly, murky orange slight amber hue.

Nose nice sour funk, lacto acidic funk, maybe pedio even, huge tart fruity raspberry blackberry wine like vinous thing, mild toasted oak, some lambic like sour funk.

Taste comes on very sour, sour lacto funk, tart vinous fruity, mild raspberry and blackberry, big acidic lacto funk, little chocolate thing blackberry dark choc, toasted oak barrel with little vanilla, nice wine barrel vinous, little bitter berry seed. Finish sticky flemmy acidic sour, lingering blackberry and toasted oak thing.

Mouth is med bod, decent carb, big acidic bite flemmy.

Overall not bad, nice sour funk, nice barrel nice fruit, pretty tasty.
Jul 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4.29 by leprechaunandfatman from Ohio

May 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by rspauldi from Texas

May 02, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Mar 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4.02 by RobinLee from Wisconsin

Feb 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by dataylor21 from Kentucky

Feb 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.07 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Feb 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Houser from Pennsylvania

Jan 18, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.81/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Bottle share from Jeremy. Ruby/brown/orange pour, just a ring of head around the glass. Extremely sour aroma and taste, sharp and pungent, but still sweetness lingers
Dec 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by shirtless_mike from Indiana

Dec 25, 2015
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Reviewed by zimm421 from Ohio

4.16/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into two tulips. Appears a nice clear pink, with a tiny wisp of head that disappears instantly. The nose is funk-forward, with tartness and blackberry throughout as well. The taste is tart, as well as funky, and the blackberries are slightly present. It's dry and the tartness makes it something you could sip on for a while.
Nov 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.99 by belgbeerdrinker from Colorado

Nov 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.19 by Kuges from Texas

Nov 15, 2015
Ojos Negros from Rivertown Brewery & Barrel House
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 252 ratings