Native/Wild Barrel Select: #89
Oxbow Brewing Company
- From:
- Oxbow Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.73 | pDev: 0.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 17, 2024
- Added:
- Nov 13, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Native/Wild Barrel Select: 89, is an unblended version of our spontaneously-fermented ale aged for 14 months in a single French red wine barrel, followed by an additional 10 months of bottle-conditioning.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonnyJuicebox from Massachusetts
4.72/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.72/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Picked up day of release. Consumed 11-26-17. Noticed no slight snip of air when I pulled off the cap, and no pop whatsoever when i pulled the cork
A: Subtle flat finger of head. Dissipates quicky. Amber hazy hue.
S: grassy, lemony, tons of hay/barnyard. Signature Oxbow mustiness.
T: Just lovely. Very similar profile to the original version. The green apple skin that I so immediately tasted doesn't jump out to me in this variation. There is an increased tartness, and a subtle spiciness to it. Like cloves or star anise...cider spices.
F: Flat! I've popped 4 of these corked Oxbow Native Wilds so far...two of them have been nicely carbonated, two have not. Odd.
O: Just awesome. I'm not bothered by the flatness...It's lambic afterall. But I have noticed that the bottles that have "popped" when I pull the cork out have had a noticeable effervescence that I miss in the bottles that do not. Bubbly or flat, doesn't really matter too much in the end. Delicious either way.
Nov 26, 2017A: Subtle flat finger of head. Dissipates quicky. Amber hazy hue.
S: grassy, lemony, tons of hay/barnyard. Signature Oxbow mustiness.
T: Just lovely. Very similar profile to the original version. The green apple skin that I so immediately tasted doesn't jump out to me in this variation. There is an increased tartness, and a subtle spiciness to it. Like cloves or star anise...cider spices.
F: Flat! I've popped 4 of these corked Oxbow Native Wilds so far...two of them have been nicely carbonated, two have not. Odd.
O: Just awesome. I'm not bothered by the flatness...It's lambic afterall. But I have noticed that the bottles that have "popped" when I pull the cork out have had a noticeable effervescence that I miss in the bottles that do not. Bubbly or flat, doesn't really matter too much in the end. Delicious either way.
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