Miscellanea Vol. 1
Off Color Brewing
- From:
- Off Color Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.21 | pDev: 4.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 17, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
An American Wild Ale made with house bretts, native yeasts and wild cultures from Allagash, Central State, Side Project and Jester King, as well as our own. A complex beer with notes of over-ripe apricot, bergamot, cotton candy and wisps of Nebbiolo grapes from the foedre this beer was aged in here at the Mousetrap. Alluringly tannic and dry, complimented by Mousetrap acidity and barnyard funk.
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Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan
4.51/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
This is a hard one to define, but I enjoyed it so much I wanted to so others might be tempted.
Poured from a 250 ml bottle to a glass and smelled faint tartness and something else I couldn’t define, but it really piqued my interest. The color was unfiltered orange ish. (I know, poor form) and the foam was quite faint. It looks better than my description, believe me. The taste was pleasant, malts forward, not much bitterness and enough funk to make itself known without driving the entire flavor, something I have never had before and really like it.
The only down side was the quantity- about the time I really started getting into it, the glass was empty. Really want to try it again.
Aug 17, 2020Poured from a 250 ml bottle to a glass and smelled faint tartness and something else I couldn’t define, but it really piqued my interest. The color was unfiltered orange ish. (I know, poor form) and the foam was quite faint. It looks better than my description, believe me. The taste was pleasant, malts forward, not much bitterness and enough funk to make itself known without driving the entire flavor, something I have never had before and really like it.
The only down side was the quantity- about the time I really started getting into it, the glass was empty. Really want to try it again.
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
4.34/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
Poured from 250mL bottle into a tulip.
Appearance: rich golden hue with the itty-bittiest touch of haze, a good effervescence, and a thin layer of white foam. I love the color.
Smell: a little vinous; a little funky; a little tart. There's enough sweetness in there as well to give this thing a mild candylike aroma; I really like it.
Taste: sweet up front with a nicely malty flavor, plus just enough sourness to make this beer really enjoyable. The funk adds a nice dimension without taking over the whole thing, which I like. A very good beer indeed.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent enough carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: this is a super highly drinkable and tasty beer. Yay for foeders!
Mar 07, 2020Appearance: rich golden hue with the itty-bittiest touch of haze, a good effervescence, and a thin layer of white foam. I love the color.
Smell: a little vinous; a little funky; a little tart. There's enough sweetness in there as well to give this thing a mild candylike aroma; I really like it.
Taste: sweet up front with a nicely malty flavor, plus just enough sourness to make this beer really enjoyable. The funk adds a nice dimension without taking over the whole thing, which I like. A very good beer indeed.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent enough carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: this is a super highly drinkable and tasty beer. Yay for foeders!
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.15/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Vol. 2, featuring yeast from Allagash, Jester King, Side Project & Central State.
Released September 2019; drank 10/28/19 @ the Yarchives.
See-through orange appearance.
A slow pour yielded a minimal white head; decent lace.
Tart strawberry, mild lemon & faint honeyed grain notes in the nose.
Medium thin mouthfeel.
Honeyed grain & faint lemon flavors up front; tart strawberry & mild clove notes on the finish.
More fruit forward in the nose than on the tongue; interesting but not quite elite.
Sep 25, 2019Released September 2019; drank 10/28/19 @ the Yarchives.
See-through orange appearance.
A slow pour yielded a minimal white head; decent lace.
Tart strawberry, mild lemon & faint honeyed grain notes in the nose.
Medium thin mouthfeel.
Honeyed grain & faint lemon flavors up front; tart strawberry & mild clove notes on the finish.
More fruit forward in the nose than on the tongue; interesting but not quite elite.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.33/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Had on tap. Really impressed with this one right off the smell, with lush grape skin and must, sour lime, peach, sweeter apricot, solid sour oak, and hibiscus, to go with the nice barnyard funk background. Taste opened up even more, allowing for depth of funk, tart fruits, especially an emergence of apple, and woody characteristics to flourish. More tart than sour in feel, with plenty of funk.
Jan 15, 2019
Rated by Rimbimhoot from Illinois
4.1/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Musty, oak, lime, funk, vinous, earthy Brett, white grape, apple
Nov 23, 2018
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