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Canvas Series: Bramble Barrel
Wicked Weed Brewing
- From:
- Wicked Weed Brewing
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- 95
- Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 4.87%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 30, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 07, 2016
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 12
Bramble Barrel is an American sour ale inspired by the Gin Bramble cocktail. This beer was brewed with a pound and a half per gallon of local blackberries and aged in NC made Cardinal Gin barrels. Finished with fresh lemon zest.
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Ratings by ironchefmiyagi13:
Rated by ironchefmiyagi13 from Tennessee
4.42/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Apr 02, 2016
4.42/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Apr 02, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by IvoryFoxhole from Virginia
4.34/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
500mL bottle purchased at brewery in August 2019. Poured into Trillium Six States glass. FWIW, the bottle says 8.6% ABV.
L: Light, slightly pinkish head, maybe 1/2 F. Leaves a thin ring and no lacing. Beer is golden with a pinkish hue.
S: Blackberries first, zesty lemons second, and a definite whiff of the gin barrel with a juniper push. I generally am not a fan of beers that try to do something with gin, but let's throw it into bed with Madonna and see if she sleeps with it.
T: Well...it's pretty good. Berries hard up front with zesty lemon and basically we are looking at the blackberry lemonade they sell at the Biltmore food mall. But then we get solid notes of juniper and the gin barrel and it actually does give it a bit of a grown-up mellow kick and adds to the taste experience rather than diverts. Finishes a tad sour from the lemon zest and the gin lingers a bit as well and there's the oily gin aftertaste thing I feared. But it's tiny.
F: Lightish body, fairly aggressive carbonation that dries and crisps the aftertaste. Pretty refreshing and drinkable for the ABV. Flavors meld nicely together and it is well balanced.
O: They did a really nice job here, and I needed some convincing.
Sep 12, 2019L: Light, slightly pinkish head, maybe 1/2 F. Leaves a thin ring and no lacing. Beer is golden with a pinkish hue.
S: Blackberries first, zesty lemons second, and a definite whiff of the gin barrel with a juniper push. I generally am not a fan of beers that try to do something with gin, but let's throw it into bed with Madonna and see if she sleeps with it.
T: Well...it's pretty good. Berries hard up front with zesty lemon and basically we are looking at the blackberry lemonade they sell at the Biltmore food mall. But then we get solid notes of juniper and the gin barrel and it actually does give it a bit of a grown-up mellow kick and adds to the taste experience rather than diverts. Finishes a tad sour from the lemon zest and the gin lingers a bit as well and there's the oily gin aftertaste thing I feared. But it's tiny.
F: Lightish body, fairly aggressive carbonation that dries and crisps the aftertaste. Pretty refreshing and drinkable for the ABV. Flavors meld nicely together and it is well balanced.
O: They did a really nice job here, and I needed some convincing.
Reviewed by BeerDawgs from Georgia
4.49/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled on 1.24.16
L - cranberry red, a little bit of clarity. 1 finger head that dissipates
S - berries, and gin
T - sweet, mint, lightly boozy/ spiked berries. Delicious
F - well carbonated and medium body
O - a tasty barrel aged fruit beer. Well done!
Jul 13, 2019L - cranberry red, a little bit of clarity. 1 finger head that dissipates
S - berries, and gin
T - sweet, mint, lightly boozy/ spiked berries. Delicious
F - well carbonated and medium body
O - a tasty barrel aged fruit beer. Well done!
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.82/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Dark hazy reddish-brownish-purple with a loud, fizzy white pastel purple head that quickly dies like soda carbonation.
Smell is light char and barrel that is spritzed up by bright and botanical notes paired with lemon zest and fresh blackberry juice.
Taste is herbal, tart and sour with a clear gin barrel influence accented by blackberry and lemon, light charred cherry, and a hint of Sprite.
Bouncy, bubbly, crisp and effervescent with a semi-dry finish.
Oct 23, 2017Smell is light char and barrel that is spritzed up by bright and botanical notes paired with lemon zest and fresh blackberry juice.
Taste is herbal, tart and sour with a clear gin barrel influence accented by blackberry and lemon, light charred cherry, and a hint of Sprite.
Bouncy, bubbly, crisp and effervescent with a semi-dry finish.
Reviewed by Marius from Netherlands
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle shared at home. Clear dark-ruby pour with a thin pink head with decent retention. Smells like blackberries, strawberries, bubblegum, vanilla, oak. The taste notes include blackberries, oak, quite strong pine resin / rosemary, lemon zest, mint, gin. A very nice combination of sour and barrel-aging components. Medium tartness, medium carbonation, medium mouthfeel, overall quite balanced.
Dec 11, 2016
Canvas Series: Bramble Barrel from Wicked Weed Brewing
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
76 ratings
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