Barrel #119
Bellwoods Brewery
- From:
- Bellwoods Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 1.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 03, 2014
- Added:
- Oct 24, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Our understanding is that this elusive barrel-aged brew will be tapped on Friday night during Session 1. Having aged for a year, this dark Belgian sour ale is one we’ve been eagerly waiting to release. Deep red in colour with a complex mix of tart, dry, and vinous qualities, the sourness is mostly lactic with just the faintest touch of acetic. Beautiful notes of field berry and soft caramel malts in the background provide the perfect foundation for complimentary brett character.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by MasterSki from Canada (ON)
3.99/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Mason jar at Cask Days.
A - Thin off-white head settles to a ring and some wisps. Hazy, dark, raisin-amber body.
S - Tart, vinous, sour cherry acidity, with a good deal of brett, light oak, and a dark fruit malt bill belying it's dark sour identity.
T - The flavor is sadly a bit less complex, with a lot less tartness. More of a funky Belgian dark ale with light acidity. Oak and vinous character intensifies as the beer warms, but still seems quite restrained.
M - Lower carbonation, medium body, with a hefty tannic character from the extended oak aging. No obvious alcohol; wouldn't guess this is 8%.
D - Good, but could use a slightly lower pH and more lactic acidity for my tastes; like many North American wild beers it's a bit heavy on the brett. Hopefully the remainder of the barrel is still aging somewhere, either topped up or in kegs, as I think this could be great down the road.
Oct 29, 2014A - Thin off-white head settles to a ring and some wisps. Hazy, dark, raisin-amber body.
S - Tart, vinous, sour cherry acidity, with a good deal of brett, light oak, and a dark fruit malt bill belying it's dark sour identity.
T - The flavor is sadly a bit less complex, with a lot less tartness. More of a funky Belgian dark ale with light acidity. Oak and vinous character intensifies as the beer warms, but still seems quite restrained.
M - Lower carbonation, medium body, with a hefty tannic character from the extended oak aging. No obvious alcohol; wouldn't guess this is 8%.
D - Good, but could use a slightly lower pH and more lactic acidity for my tastes; like many North American wild beers it's a bit heavy on the brett. Hopefully the remainder of the barrel is still aging somewhere, either topped up or in kegs, as I think this could be great down the road.
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