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Strange Roots Experimental Ales

Pours a fizzy, translucent amber with a decent amount of short-lived, white head. Plenty effervescent in the glass, with the carbonation resulting in an omnipresent ring. Aroma is very musty with some general barnyard funk, but overall, not the best smelling beer.

Taste is......interesting. The musty, barnyard funk is there from the nose, but it's playing second fiddle to a strong yeast flavor. I can't describe this beer, and don't know what to make of this, if I'm being honest. Very different flavor than a typical farmhouse ales. Glad I got to try something so unique.

Hazy burnt orange color with a ton of carbonation. Big white head that very quickly disapates with no lacing. Taste- a mixture of tartness and something I can't place. Very dry finish with little aftertaste. Saison grass is missing. The mixture is truly one of a kind. Smell - again hard to isolate. Very pleasant with a bitter sweet aroma. Buy it.

Pours a dark orange urine color with a massive, fizzy tan head that audibly rockets away into nothing — no crown or lacing. It does have churning effervescence visible from the top, like those invasive carp jumping out of a river at the sound of a boat engine. (I left the lees sitting in the bottom of the bottle.)

The aroma is a little sweet, a little sour with some light wood and funk. There’s some apple and even orange underneath.

The taste isn’t too far off from the nose. Lightly sour, funky and woody with a dry, clay-like finish.

Medium bodied with pop rock carbonation.

This is an undated bottle from Draai Laag, distributed by Shelton Brothers. The dark color and excessive fizz are likely a product of me sitting on it for far too long. I believe I bought it in 2017. Not bad tasting, all things considered.

Listed as brewed by Draai Laag. And it has been aging for quite a bit.

A: A pale golden amber in color, light white head that dissipates almost immediately.

S: Slightly tart, with sour notes, as well an a pronounced fruitiness, stone fruit, and berry.

T: light berry and stone fruit, slightly tart with some vinegar, and a hint of funk. It's almost a touch watery in the finish.

M: Medium light in body, with very assertive carbonation, dry finish.

O: Overall an interesting beer, it is hiding the alcohol almost too well, at the detriment of flavor.

Thanks to rudzud
Light fizzy head, no retention, slight hazy golden pale color

Nose is awful, some stale cereal, trash, yeast, bandaid, acetic acid, oxidation, weird fruits, I mean check every box in the off flavors list

Taste yeasty doughy stale cereal, oxidation cardboard, tart lemony acetic acid, green apple skin, terrible sharp acidity, flemmy, then somehow astringent and solventy alcohol

Mouth is med bod, fizzy carb, astringent and solventy

Overall, well it's not the worst beer I've ever had, but still blows me away that they could cram so many off flavors at the same time, that takes skill

Received as an extra in a trade and shared with JLindros. 2017 bottle???

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice crystal clear golden hue with a thin white head that fades to leave really light wisps.

S - Aromas of plastic bandaid, trash, acid, stale grains. Really makes the butric acid creep up.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of tart green apple peel, more of the plastic band aid. Finish is astringent as well.

M - Mouthfeel is brightly carbonated crisp yet almost slimy.

O - Overall this was a train wreck. Just about every off aroma/flavour you can have somehow rolled in to one. Terrible.

Serving Type: bottle

 

This beer sadly is no longer made. Confirmed with Dennis, the brewer, that the yeast strain deteriorated.

Had on-tap at Champs in State College. Poured into a goblet

L: Clear light golden pour with 2 fingers of thick fluffy white head. Great lacing.

S: Oak and musty funk. Fruity.

T/F: White wine character... tart without being sour... musty/funky... nice fruit flavor... green apple, pear, and lemongrass. Very light citrus... honey and spice. Complex and delicious. Light bodied and well carbonated.

O: A delicious and complex saison. Really enjoyed this and would get it again in a heartbeat. Can't believe this one clocks in at 9%. ABV was entirely hidden.

 

 

 

 

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Pours hazy honey golden, white ring for a head.

Smells of sweet apple and honey biscuit malts.

Flavor of apple, citrus, grassy malts, coriander and wildflower honey.

Medium body, tingly carbonation on the tongue.

Pretty nice Belgian style brew, one of DL's least sour rotators. Solid across the board and gets the job done.

 

 

A: The beer is slightly hazy golden yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that died down, leaving a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of sour funk are preset in the nose.
T: The taste starts off with some sourness but isn't nearly as funky as the smell. There are also notes of fruits such as grapes and apples.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and surprisingly a little tart on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I found the tartness in this saison to be quite unique. It also hides its alcohol very well.

Serving type: bottle

A loud and fizzy white head disappears completely, leaving solely the sparkling gold-apricot body.

Bright and eye-openingly refreshing and tart aromas pop with apricot, oak, grapefruit, orange, and white grape wine barrels with a slight touch of perfumey funk.

Taste is quite bold and complex, starting tart and leaning sour but crisp almost like champagne, with woody oak that is somehow very sharp and light. A lightly spiced apple bread runs along the backbone with tart lemon-lime, apricot, peach, grapefruit and a little hint of white wine vinegar. Wild herbs develop as it warms with something perfumey yet bitter.

When it hits the palate there is a quickly developing fizzy froth, and it leaves with a semi-wet finish.

This is an infinitely complex and fine beer, I don't think I've ever had anything quite like it.

On tap in a snifter. Geuze crossed with farmhouse - that is, gueze-like in sour profile, but fuller bodied like a saison (with just a touch of Belgian spice lurking beneath the surface). Subtle but complex.

Thanks goes out to thebeers for this brew.

16.9 oz. Bottle

Pours a pretty nice cloudy yellowish color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy/foam white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, with some nice peach, kinda citrusy. The taste is malty, yeasty, very nice peach note, citrusy. apple, tart, some spicyness. Medium body, ABV hidden very well, nice little dry finish. Overall, this one really surprised me, very nice brew. Glad to get a chance to try it. Thanks Arthur! Recommended!