La Fosse
Side Project Brewing

 

2022 release

Appearance: Pours a cloudy golden color with a one finger head that slowly but steadily fades, leaving splashes of lace

Smell: Smells like a bag of apricots which I always find has both sweet and tart elements; funky and fruity with plenty of oak

Taste: Sweet and fruity apricot forward with the sour elements building across the sides of the tongue; oaky, funky and a touch dry, after the swallow; the finish incorporates all of the elements

Mouthfeel: Medium body with high carbonation; puckery

Overall: This beer has aged beautifully and is thoroughly enjoyable

 

Appearance - The beer was orange-yellow appearance with visible combination and a fluffy head.

Smell - A lot of peach came through in the nose. It was definitely tart.


Taste - The profile had a lot of ripe tart peach. It was not over tart and had a nice level of funk. It worked well together. It was pleasantly Earthy and even had a little spice.

Mouthfeel - The profile coated the tongue nicely, even with a higher level of carbonation.

Overall - This beer was superb.

 

#185, just ok

 

 

Look - haze yellow fantastic rimming and lacing
Smell - tart stone fruit like apricot peach
Taste - candied tart apricot, just delicious
Feel - medium body and fizz medium carb
Overall - delicious

 

 

 

 

375ml bottle. Label has '2022' vintage.
Cloudy, straw colored body. Brief white head. No lacing.
Aroma is apricot and wild ale. Leather, pear, and peach.
Taste is apricot with leather, grassy, and white grape.
Medium mouth feel. Dry finish. Okay carbonation.
Sublime nose and flavors, with apricot as the base note.

 

 

Purchased a bottle of this beer at the brewery in March.

Poured into a tulip glass. Hazy yellow color with brief effervescent white head with little lacing. Smell and taste of ripe, tart fruit. Apricot and peaches. Tart but a mellow smooth flavor. Nice full feel. Wonderfully refreshing. Excellent wild ale.

 

Taking inspiration from famous Brussel's apricot sour ale, Side Project is brewing more like pros when brewing and aging their own unique spin on the fruited gueuze style.

La Fosse brings a golden tinge to an otherwise bubbly champagne pour. But the beer strikes the nose with force as the overwhelming sour scent tightens the jaws and wets the whistle with fruit, funk and fauna. A scantly sweet introduction is of light wafer, sourdough and a brief hint of taffy.

But anything seeming sweet is short and succinct on the middle palate. The session quickly favors the stone fruit with a light orange, mango and peach character. Shying away from fruit rollup, the beer quickly trends vinous and winey with sharp chardonnay, bubbly dryness and a piquant spice. Its bracing acidity washes any thirst from the palate as the late taste brings an earthen tone of balsa, burlap and extended wood-age white wine.

Light, crisp and highly refreshing, the ale is a cleaner taste compared to more Brussels brewed versions, but this brighter, cleaner and fruitier version is just as good.

Finally made it for a visit to Side Project and they happened to have bottles of this for on-site so got one and no regearts! Sour but not too sour and just fully of ripe, juicy apricot flavor; glad I got it!