Balaton
Side Project Brewing

 

Dark brown in color with a murky complexion. I smell barnyard funk, horse blanket, and dark cherries. I taste dark malt, tart cherries, and barnyard funk. The mouth is dry and crisp.

 

 

Blend #2, unsure of the year

We’ve arrived (far too soon) at my last beer from my recent trade with merpunk1. This is the highest rated Oud Bruin on BA, and the combination of chambourcin barrels and cherries has me excited to try it. It’s also pretty cool that it’s only 5%, so I imagine it will drink very easily

Pours a dark reddish brown with a finger of tan head that quickly fades to a thin ring and leaves minimal lacing

There’s a decent amount of complexity going on in the nose on this one, given that some of these can be one-dimensionally tart. I’m picking up on aromas of tart black cherry, dates, red wine vinegar, sweet red grape, toffee, brown bread, and a touch of cinnamon

The tartness is really forward in taste, but the complexity is still awesome. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting black cherry, chewy grape, brown bread, sharp oak, and light cinnamon. The swallow brings notes of tart black cherry candy, red wine, toffee, dates, and a touch of leather

A light medium body pairs with gentle tingling carbonation, resulting in a sharp and tart beer. Finishes lightly sticky but still retains enough tartness to keep it from being cloying

This is delicious stuff. Man I really wish I had easier access to Side Project beers, they make truly fantastic stuff

A 375ml bottle, blend #2, poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.

Appearance: A dark maroon almost cola colour, with a half finger pinkish tanned head that dissipated quickly to a ring around the glass while leaving only sparse lacing.

Aroma: Sweet dessert, cherry pie, cherry, almond, berry yoghurt, caramel.

Taste: Sweet, sour and tart, cherry, almond, caramel, cinnamon, oak, with acidic notes especially on the finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall: Absolutely wonderful aroma, and while taste was enjoyable, it wasn’t as amazing as the aroma.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a bloody-burgundy-ruby with a finger of off white foam that bubbles away quickly. Aroma is rich dark cherry, tart green apple, plum and a little cellar stone at the base. Tangy twist is well defined and melded into the profile. Flavor profile is dark cherry, cellar stone, grassy, herbal, plums and figs. Initial profile is a burst of tangy sour that recedes to reveal a lightly sweet finish. Mouth feel is crisp and medium-thin. Overall, lovely dark cherry qualities wrapped up into a mild tangy and sour ale. Remarkable.

Served in a 12oz Side Project tulip from a 375mL bottle. Blend #2.

 

 

 

 

Cherry and tart. Little hint of cinnamon.

 

Tasted from bottle. Pours a ruby purple with white head. Aroma of cherries, grapes, vinegar. Taste is moderately to heavily sour tart. Lots of cherry on flavor with wine sourness. Quite puckery but well done.

 

 

 

 

 

Got to have at a bottle share, thank you for your kindness stranger! Pours murky red with a ring of pink tinted white foam. Smell has deep and non-sweet cherry with brett, oak, flowers, and some of vinous elements. Taste as much of what the nose lead on, the cherry is the clear leader but very wild, floral, vinous, and has a strong wood backing. Slightly acidic and tart on the finish, but my overall impression of this beer is wild and botanical. As always for side project, it is a well-made beer. The feel is wild, sneaky bright, properly oak soured, and very well-balanced, the right amount of brett. A fun take on the style

 

Pouring dark and foggy Flanders-like reddish-brown, a fuzzy, fizzy khaki head quickly dies to a thin ring.

A very sour punch hits up front as very cinnamon-marzipan forward cherry pie flavors come with toasty crust and all. Charred oak backs as the crisp tingly light body finishes semi-dry with a touch of lemon. It's almost roasty at times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opened a bottle and as it warmed up the cherries really came to the forefront.....like a tart cherry blast that created almost a mouth watering pucker.....just wanted to drink more and more. Paired with some chevere, truffle honey and crusty bread. Amazing