Batch #1
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

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From:
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
7.3%
Score:
96
Avg:
4.36 | pDev: 10.09%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
131
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 03, 2016
Added:
Aug 09, 2012
Wants:
  138
Gots:
  27
Brettanomyces Burgundy Ale 100% Fermented in French Oak Red Wine Barrels with Raspberries added.
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Ratings by DavoleBomb:
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Reviewed by DavoleBomb from Pennsylvania

4.37/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Poured into a tulip. Big thanks to stevefinny for this. There are words all over the label, so the actual name of this is anyone's guess. Here they are: "Batch Number 1 Wild Wild Brett 100% Barrel Fermented, Burgundy Ale with Raspberries."

3.5 A: Murky burgundy plum color. Two fingers of frothy, beige head with perhaps a touch of pink tinting to it. The head falls fast, but leaves a short ring of lacing.

4.0 S: Good balance of tart, fruit, and funk. Tart, not-quite-ripened raspberries to kick things off. Musty basement funkiness is nearly as strong. Vinous red grape from the barrel along with oak and some vanilla. Dry rotted wood and some apple orchard. Quince and some mixed berries to round things out. Quite nice. It's very well refined, especially for having just been bottled. I can only imagine the depth that will come when the brett has a bit more time to develop.

4.5 T: I must say this is tasty. Big raspberry right off the start with the accompanying red grape, apple, and assorted other berries. Tartness is just right - not too much and not too little. Beyond the fruit there is plenty of bretty funk. Earthy dirtiness, basement mustiness, musky woodziness, rotting root, apple orchard, and dry rotten socks. Superb balance between the components. Well done.

4.0 M: Lighter medium body. Good moderate carbonation that has a light spritziness to it. Super smooth with an almost silkiness to it.

5.0 D: Super easy to drink. Great complexity. No real complaints. Damn good, solid all around beer that makes me wish I joined the reserve society.
Sep 23, 2012
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Rated: 4.18 by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

Jun 03, 2016
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Rated by 2beerdogs from California

4.05/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
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Batch #1 from Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Beer rating: 96 out of 100 with 131 ratings