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Oxbow Brewing Company

 

 

 

Look: golden yellow, nice, restrained head

Smell: Slightly sour some funk/sous bois notes

Taste: Really complex, quite sour, evolves beautifully in the mouth. Spices as well as varied hops, oak, citrus.

Feel: Creamy, long dry finish.

Overall: Gorgeous - a beer to savour.

Snifter Glass
Look: med-hazy straw yellow color, pouring a 1 finger head which dissipated into a mod-ring with lacing
Smell: Very strong trad sour smell with some funk and some light malt notes.
Taste: Mod tartness followed by some hops bitterness. Slight malt note. No real aftertaste
Feel: Light-moderate mouthfeel with gentle carbonation
Overall: Its a meh. nothing really impressive about it, underwhelmingly average

Huuuge head on top of a very pale hazy body. Smell is spicy, cracker malt, a bit of peppermint, oak, a hint of esters, and floral hops— very interesting. Taste is dry cracker malt upfront becoming citrusy hops with a delicate spice backbone. Hints of mint, pepper, lemon peel, and oak abound. Mouth feel is creamy, soft, slightly tart, and dry on the finish
This beer is too classy for me, but it almost forgives me for drinking it. Enjoy it, because it’s a kind beer.

 

 

Bottled 2/2017, Opened 12/2021 (bottle states enjoy within 5 years)

Crystal clear pale straw with two finger white head that dissipates quickly. Nose is full of barnyard with white cherry, pears, plum, earth and band-aid. Opens with a nice light bouquet of pale fruits with ripe pear, white cherries, and white nectarines that fades to a nice band-aid dryness and some black pepper. Body is light to medium with similar carbonation. Ends dry with a long but faint band-aid funk. Overall a very nice brett saison with subtle complexities and that lovely type of funk I really enjoy.

 

refreshing farmhouse ale easy to drink

 

 

December 2017 bottle from the Bottling and Blending in Portland, ME. A gusher, pours a semi hazy pale yellow with rocky white head that dissipates, minimal lacing, smell is lime zest, watermelon flesh, wheat, lemon cake, and earthy hops, taste is wheat crackers, lychee, fairly bitter/funky/earthy Brett character, hints of pickled ginger and grapefruit, feel is light to medium bodied, medium carbonation and acidity. Almost 4 years in the bottle, hops are muted and Brett is prevalent, earthy and bitter goodness shine.

 

 

 

June 2018 bottle at 5.5%

Appearance - Pours a hazy straw with three fingers of frothy white head.

Smell - spicy brett yeast, earthy, floral, and spicy hops, coriander, pepper, hint of fruity esters. citrus, vinous aromas, grape must, and grainy and biscuity malts.

Taste - earthy, floral, and spicy hops upfront followed quickly into tart citrus and vinous characteristics. The coriander, pepper, hint of fruity esters follow suit. The spicy brett yeast along with the grainy and biscuity malts round out the brew.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes crisp and tart with all elements lingering.

Overall - For my first offering from this brewery, this is one fine brew that boasts a pleasant balance between tart and barrel. A nice find here in Cowtown.

January 2016 bottle

Pours slightly cloudy yellow with a frothy white foam head. Notes are dusty, tart, leathery, phenolic spice, barny farmhouse, hay, straw, grains, apricot, mild citrus, with floral earthy grassy piney hops. Feels medium bodied, smooth with moderate carbonation. Overall a nice blend of hoppy saisons.