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Petite Sour - Tart Cherry
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
- From:
- Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 7.23%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 11, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 27, 2015
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 14
Wild ale aged in oak barrels with tart cherries
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Ratings by M_chav:
Reviewed by M_chav from New Mexico
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
beautiful transparent cherry red poured. beautiful.
Aroma of jelly, cherry jelly or jam and tons of sour qualities, usually I don't get a huge nose on most sours, but this is nice.
Tastes jammy again, I love this. Huge cherry poppin goodness, big strong fruit forward flavors, I hesitate to call this tart, its just delicious.
Feel is hardly sour or acidic, more pungent and rich from the cherries.
Overall a really enjoyable beer from Crooked Stave. definitely worth seeking out.
Sep 07, 2015Aroma of jelly, cherry jelly or jam and tons of sour qualities, usually I don't get a huge nose on most sours, but this is nice.
Tastes jammy again, I love this. Huge cherry poppin goodness, big strong fruit forward flavors, I hesitate to call this tart, its just delicious.
Feel is hardly sour or acidic, more pungent and rich from the cherries.
Overall a really enjoyable beer from Crooked Stave. definitely worth seeking out.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
3.63/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A 375ml bottle, with no bottled on or best before date. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Light cherry candy, cherry skin, hay, wood, funk.
Taste: Tart, lightly sour, funk, barnyard, oak, with only very slight hints of cherries.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: There is some fruitiness, but cherry flavours and even in the aroma were definitely lacking.
Nov 11, 2020Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Light cherry candy, cherry skin, hay, wood, funk.
Taste: Tart, lightly sour, funk, barnyard, oak, with only very slight hints of cherries.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: There is some fruitiness, but cherry flavours and even in the aroma were definitely lacking.
Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
4.03/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.03/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hazy amber hued beer with a fingernail of off white around the rim. The aroma is of exceptionally tart cherries. I'm tasting bitterly tart cherries with a bit of lactobacillius. The mouth is very smooth from the oak aging, moderately carbonated, exceptionally crisp, and dry.
Jan 11, 2019Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio
3.96/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12.7 ounce bottle, label says 5.0% ABV, no dating on it that I noticed. Served in a teku, the beer pours a hazy reddish/orange color with about an inch off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both decent enough. The brew smells like tart cherries, funk, wood and bready malt. Taste is similar to the aroma, but with the addition of some bubblegum and earthy flavors. Mouthfeel/body is light/medium, it's a bit slick and has a good amount of soft carbonation. It's also easy enough to drink. I thought this was good, but I wish this had a little more kick to it (with more fruit and tartness). Still worth a try if you've never had it before. $7.99 a bottle.
Dec 20, 2017Reviewed by jzlyo from Iowa
3.99/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aroma is cherries and big Belgian wild yeast/Brett. The flavor is cherries, fruit, mild thin sweetness, malts, a smaller hint of scotch and a long and tart/very dry finish.
Oct 01, 2017Reviewed by ommegangpbr from New York
3.6/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.6/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Getting a lot of tart out of this, but not a whole lot of cherry. The cherry flavor is in there if you dig for it. It's not a very obvious incarnation of cherry. Flavor is very deep in there and fights a little bit to come through the sour flavors of this wild ale. Some of the flavors are a little too medicinal. Some of those volitiles never quite settled down. Bubblegum phenol is still there to be found. Still, an enjoyable example of the style. I would happily seek out other examples from this brewery.
Sep 23, 2017Reviewed by ONUMello from Ohio
3.48/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12.7oz bottle poured into a Teku
A: Pink, plenty of carbonation but a thin head that disappears quickly
S: Sour cherry, hints of citrus and floral
T: Matches the nose but tastes light, tired and lacks complexity
M: Light-bodied, sour
O: Decent but not great, I can't find a freshness date on the bottle but if this was indeed brewed once in 2015 this bottle is likely past its prime
Apr 25, 2017A: Pink, plenty of carbonation but a thin head that disappears quickly
S: Sour cherry, hints of citrus and floral
T: Matches the nose but tastes light, tired and lacks complexity
M: Light-bodied, sour
O: Decent but not great, I can't find a freshness date on the bottle but if this was indeed brewed once in 2015 this bottle is likely past its prime
Petite Sour - Tart Cherry from Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
109 ratings
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