Dead Parrot
Forked River Brewing Company
- From:
- Forked River Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 7.14%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 30, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 29, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Red wine barrel-aged with sour cherries.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.95/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.95/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
500 mL bottle from the brewery; served slightly chilled. I tried the BBA variant of this old ale in late February and found it to be OK, but this one sounds like it'll land a bit closer to my wheelhouse.
Pours a dark, muddy burgundy-brown colour that blots out most light, while one finger of dense, creamy-looking off white head covers the surface. Fair retention; it wilts at a very gradual pace, eventually leaving behind a wide, foamy collar/cap along with a thin ring of lacing. Beautiful plumage, id'nit squire? Subtle notes of fig and raisin come through on the nose, but these are pushed aside by the more prominent notes of oak tannin, red grape skin and sour cherry. Light hints of vanilla, banana bread, booze, and perhaps a touch of chocolate.
Like the BBA variant, it tastes interesting, but this one seems to come together a bit more nicely. More notes of dark fruit - plum, raisin and fig - start the flavour profile off, with background notes of toffee sweetness. Tart flavours of cherry really start to punch through on the tail end, with tannic notes of woody oak and red wine taking over the finish. Slight tinge of booze in the aftertaste, with lingering tannic bitterness and a touch of funk. Bit of metallicity in there too, like licking a penny. Medium-bodied, with middling carbonation levels that prickle the palate continuously, and a relatively soft, smooth, mouthfeel.
Final Grade: 3.95, a B+. Forked River's Dead Parrot, despite its entirely-too-silly name, has proven to be a rather intriguing beer. While I felt that the BBA version (Say N'More) was a bit muddled and non-cohesive, this red-wine-barrel-aged-on-sour-cherries version works out for the better - the tart cherries serve as a lovely complement to the red wine barrels, making this a tasty and relatively unique beer by Ontario standards. I still feel that the base old ale itself doesn't seem to be anything special, and the malt bill could stand to be beefed up a bit, to provide more of a counterpoint to the sour, tannin-heavy flavours that dominate the profile. Good stuff; worth a try.
Apr 23, 2016Pours a dark, muddy burgundy-brown colour that blots out most light, while one finger of dense, creamy-looking off white head covers the surface. Fair retention; it wilts at a very gradual pace, eventually leaving behind a wide, foamy collar/cap along with a thin ring of lacing. Beautiful plumage, id'nit squire? Subtle notes of fig and raisin come through on the nose, but these are pushed aside by the more prominent notes of oak tannin, red grape skin and sour cherry. Light hints of vanilla, banana bread, booze, and perhaps a touch of chocolate.
Like the BBA variant, it tastes interesting, but this one seems to come together a bit more nicely. More notes of dark fruit - plum, raisin and fig - start the flavour profile off, with background notes of toffee sweetness. Tart flavours of cherry really start to punch through on the tail end, with tannic notes of woody oak and red wine taking over the finish. Slight tinge of booze in the aftertaste, with lingering tannic bitterness and a touch of funk. Bit of metallicity in there too, like licking a penny. Medium-bodied, with middling carbonation levels that prickle the palate continuously, and a relatively soft, smooth, mouthfeel.
Final Grade: 3.95, a B+. Forked River's Dead Parrot, despite its entirely-too-silly name, has proven to be a rather intriguing beer. While I felt that the BBA version (Say N'More) was a bit muddled and non-cohesive, this red-wine-barrel-aged-on-sour-cherries version works out for the better - the tart cherries serve as a lovely complement to the red wine barrels, making this a tasty and relatively unique beer by Ontario standards. I still feel that the base old ale itself doesn't seem to be anything special, and the malt bill could stand to be beefed up a bit, to provide more of a counterpoint to the sour, tannin-heavy flavours that dominate the profile. Good stuff; worth a try.
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