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Strange Roots Experimental Ales
- From:
- Strange Roots Experimental Ales
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8.3%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 8.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 15, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 07, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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A blend of spontaneously fermented sour ales made with local figs and maple syrup, aged in Bourbon and Rum casks.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.94/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottle:
Fizzy and rusty brown, not looking overly clear. Light tan head is constantly replenished, but no lacing.
Nose is reminiscent of an Old Bruin or maybe a Flanders Red, either way, a sour beer that isn’t too sour/vinegary. The figs come through a bit more than the maple syrup, though the latter may aid the former.
Taste has a sour aspect that seems to be ramping up when the sweeter aspects seem to quell it. The sour still holds the battlefield, but it’s not at full strength, sustaining blows from the syrup. The maple doesn’t specifically come through with the sweetness, but neither does the figs, to me. Some amalgam of the two works in, though.
A fairly high level of carbonation keeps all the flavors on their toes.
Again - this reminds me of a more sour version of perhaps? related styles of Oud Bruin/Flanders Red. Sweetness is the lingering sensation, but far from cloying. An interesting first foray into this style... I’m hoping my review did it justice, based on the limited BA description.
May 04, 2018Fizzy and rusty brown, not looking overly clear. Light tan head is constantly replenished, but no lacing.
Nose is reminiscent of an Old Bruin or maybe a Flanders Red, either way, a sour beer that isn’t too sour/vinegary. The figs come through a bit more than the maple syrup, though the latter may aid the former.
Taste has a sour aspect that seems to be ramping up when the sweeter aspects seem to quell it. The sour still holds the battlefield, but it’s not at full strength, sustaining blows from the syrup. The maple doesn’t specifically come through with the sweetness, but neither does the figs, to me. Some amalgam of the two works in, though.
A fairly high level of carbonation keeps all the flavors on their toes.
Again - this reminds me of a more sour version of perhaps? related styles of Oud Bruin/Flanders Red. Sweetness is the lingering sensation, but far from cloying. An interesting first foray into this style... I’m hoping my review did it justice, based on the limited BA description.
Reviewed by Cylinsier from Pennsylvania
4.35/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
75 cl bottle
Pours hazy deep maple brown, yellowish tan film for a head retains indefinitely and is coarse in appearance.
Smells of oak, maple, green apple, cider vinegar, brown sugar, and molasses. Bit of a spiced edge to it.
Flavor is firstly of cider vinegar, brown sugar, oak, and ginger. This fades to an aftertaste of distinct maple, green apple, fig, and bourbon.
Medium to full body, coarse light tingles of carbonation on the roof of the mouth.
There's a whole lot going on with this beer, and the flavor comes in two distinct waves. Up front is DL's standard for darker beers; vinegar tartness with some mild sweet balance. Very standard Flanders flavors done very well. The second wave is rich and sweet, a combination of the aging in spirit barrels and the addition of maple syrup to the aging. This beer is exceptionally unique as a result and excellent. At minimum worth trying for novelty and quality, I am excited to see what one of these feels like with some age on it.
Jan 07, 2018Pours hazy deep maple brown, yellowish tan film for a head retains indefinitely and is coarse in appearance.
Smells of oak, maple, green apple, cider vinegar, brown sugar, and molasses. Bit of a spiced edge to it.
Flavor is firstly of cider vinegar, brown sugar, oak, and ginger. This fades to an aftertaste of distinct maple, green apple, fig, and bourbon.
Medium to full body, coarse light tingles of carbonation on the roof of the mouth.
There's a whole lot going on with this beer, and the flavor comes in two distinct waves. Up front is DL's standard for darker beers; vinegar tartness with some mild sweet balance. Very standard Flanders flavors done very well. The second wave is rich and sweet, a combination of the aging in spirit barrels and the addition of maple syrup to the aging. This beer is exceptionally unique as a result and excellent. At minimum worth trying for novelty and quality, I am excited to see what one of these feels like with some age on it.
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