Nightmare On Brett Raspberry
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

A 375ml bottle, bottled in December 2015, poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.

Appearance: Dark dark brown to black in colour with a one finger beige head that had pretty good retention and settled to a ring around the glass while leaving some lacing.

Aroma: Tart, raspberry, raspberry seeds, jammy, wood, with a splash of balsamic vinegar.

Taste: Sour, tart, raspberry, oak, vinegar, with light caramel and whiskey notes.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall: Good aroma and flavours, and while the vinegar was perhaps on the edge, there was just enough sweetness to balance it out.

750 ml corked & caged bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 9.666%. Black colour, moderate tan head. Aroma of ripe and over-ripe raspberries. Sour flavour of raspberries, lemons and lactic acid. Only a hint of oak and whiskey.

 

This one pours a dark reddish color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells very raspberry forward still, with some light red wine vinegar, lemon, jammy berry, and oak.

This is wildly tart and acidic, but it's still honestly pretty tasty. There's loads of jammy but extremely tart raspberry character, with most of the sweetness fermented out. There's red wine barrel, and also red wine vinegar, with lemon rind, and intense funk.

This is light bodied, with a long and very lingering sourness. It's a slow sipper.

I think this bottle is from 2013 (perhaps), and it's held up nicely.

 

Look - Really dark with a slight red and a nice tan head and lacing
Smell - So much tart raspberry
Taste - tart raspberry
Feel - medium body light carb
Overall - really tasty with lots of raspberry

Pours like all others in series: medium black with a brown head, moderate carbonation that dies down. Smell just explodes with fresh raspberry both the skin and fruit, with a mellow whiskey backing, brett, and general funk, berries and dark fruit. Taste is lead by the raspberry as well, but now more puree like, with blackberry, pomegranate, plum, tootsie roll, and date before huge brett, funk, wood, and whiskey sweep you up to the slightly sour finish. Feel is slightly tart/sour with brett, wood, booze, and funk helping shape. The raspberry while adding a great dynamic to smell and taste, does smooth over the complex body a bit compared to others in the series

 

 

Appearance: Pours coffee colored with ruby highlights around the edge; the one finger head slowly fades to a film, leaving spotty lacing

Smell: Rapsberry jam and a vinous, oaky red wine character; the tartness is apparent as is a hint of chocolate

Taste: The raspberry combines with the underlying acetic character of the beer creating a puckery aspect; oak and vague hints of whiskey and chocolate emerge, after the swallow; the finish is dry and tart

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation

Overall: Now this is more like it - after having been somewhat disappointed in the base and Apple Whiskey versions, this one comes through with complexity and carbonation; after five years in the bottle, it is quite impressive

 

A: Poured into a Duvel tulip to an essentially black beer topped by a dense and slightly rocky finger of tan head which fades quickly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing.
S: Smells of intense raspberries and funk with a touch of roasted malt and chocolate
T: Taste is raspberries and dark chocolate with some nice building sourness along with a solid amount of funk. On the swallow there's more chocolate and raspberries with a good amount of sourness and bright fruit notes with some light roasted malt and dark chocolate that lingers at the very back end.
M: This beer has a moderate amount of body but it is slightly on the lighter side. Carbonation is effervescent without being prickly while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: Overall this one is awesome. Great fruit flavors and a nice baseline of complexity from the base beer. This is definitely an interesting beer to drink and one to try if you're a fan of the style.