Reverie
Martin House Brewing Company
- From:
- Martin House Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #695 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #21,547 - Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 8.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 19, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 17, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by buckthehog from Texas
3.99/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.99/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This quaff is more tart than sour
Pomegranate notes are soft as a flower
My wife loves this brew
So I love it too
Soon my stouts she’ll devour
Jan 28, 2018Pomegranate notes are soft as a flower
My wife loves this brew
So I love it too
Soon my stouts she’ll devour
Reviewed by brewerburgundy from West Virginia
3.19/5 rDev -18.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev -18.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12oz can, tulip, canned on 1/5/18.
It's glowing orange, rosy highlights, not much of a head to speak of, but like a Friar Tuck there's white all the way around the crown.
Vanilla, faint pomegranate with its tart sweet fullness, and some lacto tartness.
Sweet and fruity like berry sweet tarts. Very bright with vitamin C tartness following the initial fruit and ending with a lingering citric bitter aftertaste.
Thin to medium bodied, medium carbonation, and that matte finish you get from lots of acidity.
It's a straightforward sour that I'd wager is the same base as True Love. The pomegranate is a hint, not a billboard.
Jan 28, 2018It's glowing orange, rosy highlights, not much of a head to speak of, but like a Friar Tuck there's white all the way around the crown.
Vanilla, faint pomegranate with its tart sweet fullness, and some lacto tartness.
Sweet and fruity like berry sweet tarts. Very bright with vitamin C tartness following the initial fruit and ending with a lingering citric bitter aftertaste.
Thin to medium bodied, medium carbonation, and that matte finish you get from lots of acidity.
It's a straightforward sour that I'd wager is the same base as True Love. The pomegranate is a hint, not a billboard.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
CAN: Pink. Canned 01/05/18.
"Pomegranate sour." 5.2% ABV.
Not so much sour as mildly tart, which many drinkers will find disappointing. Has some smacky twang and a hint of bacterial acidity. Possibly some butyric acid off-flavour as well. Fruity, though pomegranate in particular doesn't ring distinct.
Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, somewhat soft, acidic, well-carbonated. Not oily, astringent, harsh, or scratchy.
It's drinkable but lackluster for a fruited sour ale. Feels like a phoned-in attempt to capitalize on the popularity of sour ales without incurring the cost of producing a true one. I imagine they bombed the wort with lacto culture in stainless steel fermenters and released the beer as soon as they could with no maturation whatsoever. Considering oak aging, playing with pedio in addition to lacto, trying out brettanomyces, and going for a more genuine pomegranate flavour would all be good starts to improving this, but really they just need to rethink their approach on a fundamental level. Not awful by any means, but definitely disappointing.
This is the watermark for "average" in a style whose best expressions are often regarded as some of the best beers in the world. Very simple shallow fare.
High C (3.00) / AVERAGE
Jan 19, 2018"Pomegranate sour." 5.2% ABV.
Not so much sour as mildly tart, which many drinkers will find disappointing. Has some smacky twang and a hint of bacterial acidity. Possibly some butyric acid off-flavour as well. Fruity, though pomegranate in particular doesn't ring distinct.
Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, somewhat soft, acidic, well-carbonated. Not oily, astringent, harsh, or scratchy.
It's drinkable but lackluster for a fruited sour ale. Feels like a phoned-in attempt to capitalize on the popularity of sour ales without incurring the cost of producing a true one. I imagine they bombed the wort with lacto culture in stainless steel fermenters and released the beer as soon as they could with no maturation whatsoever. Considering oak aging, playing with pedio in addition to lacto, trying out brettanomyces, and going for a more genuine pomegranate flavour would all be good starts to improving this, but really they just need to rethink their approach on a fundamental level. Not awful by any means, but definitely disappointing.
This is the watermark for "average" in a style whose best expressions are often regarded as some of the best beers in the world. Very simple shallow fare.
High C (3.00) / AVERAGE
Reviewed by TX-Badger from Texas
4.25/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a clear orangish golden color with white head. Tartness, pomegranate fruit, citrus, and some funk on the nose; follows onto the palate. Light bodied and crisp. Finishes with a nice light tartness.
Apr 04, 2017
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