Arcane Methods
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales

L: Pours a bright yellow orange color with a hi t of haze and a small white uead and no lacing.

S: Fresh ripe peaches are forefront, followed by hints of tart apricots and some Plum, plus a nice hit of funky Brett and sour tartness followed by some cracker malt. Very inviting.

T: Fresh ripe peach hit first, followed by tart apricots and a light note of Plum, then a nice sour hit mixes with a very nice Brett funk that is the best part of this beer. Followed by some light malt, makes a fantastic sour.

F: Lower carb, medium body.

O: This has everything I look for in my sours, highly recommended.

 

Poured this beer from a can into a tulip glass. Bright yellow color with decent initial head and little lacing. Pleasant sour fruit smell and taste. Peaches and plums with a dry finish. Nice rustic farmhouse ale.

16oz tallboy can purchased at Community Pint, in Spokane, Washington, for $5.49. Cool looking, quasi-occult label on the can, which declares it to be a " blended sour ale brewed with peaches, plums and apricots aged in French oak barrels." Per the stamp on the bottom of the can, it was canned on October 30, 2020.

Poured into a 14oz sniffer, it was a somewhat chill-hazed golden color, with a thin, bubbly head created by a somewhat violent pour. Carbonation is fairly low.

Aroma is as advertised, with a fruit juiciness that suggests all the fruits mentioned above, along with a smidgen of oaky notes from the barrels. There's also a slight suggestion of brettanomyces funk.

More tart in the taste than in the nose. It's got, in addition to that fatness, a suggestion of white wine to it, both in terms of it having a viniferous quality in it's fruitiness, but also in that there's a little bit of acidity similar to white wines. There's also a teeny bit of funk, but it's no more than just deep background to what else is going on.

Pretty low carbonation, as mentioned above. Somewhat "cottonmouth-y" in the mouthfeel dept.

This is pretty good, but doesn't quite make it to great for me.

Poured from 16oz can into a tulip. Canned 10/30/20. The label calls this a "blended sour ale brewed with peaches, plums and apricots aged in French oak barrels" -- sounds enticing!

Appearance: medium golden hue with a light haze and plenty of effervescence. The head is a finger of fizzy eggshell foam, but it doesn't stick around very long.

Smell: tart, fruity, funky, and a little bit woody. I wouldn't necessarily have guessed peaches and plums from the aroma, but still, it's nice.

Taste: quite tart indeed with a little bit of astringent woodiness at the end. The fruit here is nice, too, and I'm definitely getting a bit of peach character. Definitely a sipper, this sour.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a light carbonation and not a ton of creaminess. Not awful, but not this beer's standout quality. I would love this with a heavy carbonation!

Overall: not perfect, but pretty darn tasty, if you're in the mood for a tart, fruity, but not too sweet, sour.