Cave Digger
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales
- From:
- Logsdon Farmhouse Ales
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 6.25%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 18, 2020
- Added:
- May 19, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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From time to time, our brewers will venture into the barrel cave to taste and blend from the offerings therein. Cave Digger is the result of one such day, blending hungarian oak aged saisons with sour red ales to create a unique blend. Tart, dry, spicy, earthy, and delicious.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.45/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
$ 15.70 (Including shipping)/750 mL capped bottle ($ 0.618/oz) from Tavour, Seattle, WA.
“Bottled 02/27/2018” on back label, stored at 42 degrees and served at 44 degrees in a hand-washed and hand-dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.5.
Body – Dark orange-amber, translucent.
Head – Average (Maximum two cm, controlled center pour), off white, medium density, average retention time, diminishing to an irregular two to four mm ring and a thin complete layer.
Lacing – Fair. Narrow rings of tiny bubbles connected to the ring by thin columns.
First pour – Light yellow, hazy.
Aroma – 3.5 – Initial aroma is over-ripe apples. As it warms, this aroma mellows.
Flavor – 3.5 – Begins with some generic fruitiness and a touch of sweetness from the added pear juice, no doubt added to balance the astringency of the oak-barrel tannic acid. Some malt manages to make its presence known. No alcohol, no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3 - Thin, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and summation – 3.5 – I first had Logsdon brews (Cerasus and Seizoen) in 2012 when I was in Hood River. At the time I found them to be bitter and barely drinkable. However, I was only six years into my “craft beer” journey and had not yet learned to appreciate some styles of beer. Since then I have tasted many styles and flavors of beer and have added farmhouse and wild ales to my favorites. There is nothing “wrong” with this beer, indeed it could be thought of as the typical farmhouse/wild ale. That is, it’s an average take on the style(s), despite having added pear juice, IMHO, to mellow out the oak barrel tannic acid. Would I buy it again at the paid price point? No. Would I buy a four pack for $ 14? Absolutely.
May 20, 2018“Bottled 02/27/2018” on back label, stored at 42 degrees and served at 44 degrees in a hand-washed and hand-dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.5.
Body – Dark orange-amber, translucent.
Head – Average (Maximum two cm, controlled center pour), off white, medium density, average retention time, diminishing to an irregular two to four mm ring and a thin complete layer.
Lacing – Fair. Narrow rings of tiny bubbles connected to the ring by thin columns.
First pour – Light yellow, hazy.
Aroma – 3.5 – Initial aroma is over-ripe apples. As it warms, this aroma mellows.
Flavor – 3.5 – Begins with some generic fruitiness and a touch of sweetness from the added pear juice, no doubt added to balance the astringency of the oak-barrel tannic acid. Some malt manages to make its presence known. No alcohol, no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3 - Thin, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and summation – 3.5 – I first had Logsdon brews (Cerasus and Seizoen) in 2012 when I was in Hood River. At the time I found them to be bitter and barely drinkable. However, I was only six years into my “craft beer” journey and had not yet learned to appreciate some styles of beer. Since then I have tasted many styles and flavors of beer and have added farmhouse and wild ales to my favorites. There is nothing “wrong” with this beer, indeed it could be thought of as the typical farmhouse/wild ale. That is, it’s an average take on the style(s), despite having added pear juice, IMHO, to mellow out the oak barrel tannic acid. Would I buy it again at the paid price point? No. Would I buy a four pack for $ 14? Absolutely.
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