Need A Hug
Fonta Flora Brewery


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- From:
- Fonta Flora Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #266 - ABV:
- 5.9%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,227 - Avg:
- 4.24 | pDev: 5.9%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 11, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 03, 2016
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 15
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding


Notes:
None
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania
4/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017, red session. Pink color. Aroma has some funk, dusty cellar and wood notes. Taste is sour, floral, fruity but also dusty and dry on the finish.
Jun 01, 2017Reviewed by bnes09 from Illinois
4.88/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.88/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Deep red color with pink head. Berry and vinegar aroma. Tons of puckering acidity on the palate. Lots of fresh berry flavor. Moderate body, high carbonation, dry finish and tingling on the jaw. Exceptional.
Mar 05, 2017Reviewed by GarthDanielson from Virginia
4.31/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a wax topped bottle into a snifter, this beer is a gusher. Pinkish bubbles push up through the top as you pry the cap. On the pour, the beer is a vibrant, opaque, pinkish-red coloring, with a ton of carbonation bubbling throughout, feeding a sparse, wispy, white surface coat of head. Aromas of tart blueberries, sour notes of white grape must and hints of lemon, earthy and sweet elderberries, floral and herbal notes, and a solid sour funk. Smells amazing! Flavors are tart and sour forward, heavy on white grape and lemon, followed immediately by a smooth, sweet blend of blueberries and eldeberries, earthy undertones, subtle herbal notes, and a kick of acidic and dry notes that really clean the palate quickly. Besides the subtle pucker on the taste buds, the aftertaste is almost completely clean, with some tannins and blueberry notes sneaking through here and there. Light, crisp, and dry, this is an amazingly refreshing beer. The finish is slightly acidic, puckering, and crisp. Very, very good sour!
Jun 07, 2016Reviewed by Immortale25 from North Carolina
4.23/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a Dogfish traditional oversized snifter. Back label says Bottled In October 2015.
A- Pours a purplish light brown color with a 1/2 inch purple-hued white head that retains decently before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a mostly full sheet of sheer surface foam. Not-so-resilient lacing leaves small clots behind.
S- Nice Brett-forward aroma with a bit of lactic acid and blueberry.
T- More Brett in the flavor brings a green olive note to the table with the fruit providing a nice backdrop. Mostly dry with a moderate sourness.
M- Dry with medium carbonation and a lightish body.
O- This beer leaves me feeling the same way I have in the past after having FF's fruited sours: Pleased but not particularly impressed. This one has more of a Brett presence than the others I've had, which is nice, but still there's no wow factor here. These beers are great but they're not worth standing in line for in my opinion.
Apr 21, 2016A- Pours a purplish light brown color with a 1/2 inch purple-hued white head that retains decently before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a mostly full sheet of sheer surface foam. Not-so-resilient lacing leaves small clots behind.
S- Nice Brett-forward aroma with a bit of lactic acid and blueberry.
T- More Brett in the flavor brings a green olive note to the table with the fruit providing a nice backdrop. Mostly dry with a moderate sourness.
M- Dry with medium carbonation and a lightish body.
O- This beer leaves me feeling the same way I have in the past after having FF's fruited sours: Pleased but not particularly impressed. This one has more of a Brett presence than the others I've had, which is nice, but still there's no wow factor here. These beers are great but they're not worth standing in line for in my opinion.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.22/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: As other reviewers have noted, this is a gusher, not an uncontrollable one but just be forewarned; the liquid pours hazy, the color of blueberry juice and the big head fades to a film but leaves good lacing action
Smell: Lactic berry aromatics, with the blueberry tones tempered by the elderberry; modest barnyard funk aromatics
Taste: Blueberry and elderberry yoghurt; with a dryness and a funk that builds, through the middle, when an acetic burst hits the sides of the tongue; fruity, funky, leathery and dry in the finish
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate to high carbonation
Overall: Sometimes a gusher foretells of impending doom but this is not one of those times; just let the beer settle down for five minutes and all will be revealed
Apr 16, 2016Smell: Lactic berry aromatics, with the blueberry tones tempered by the elderberry; modest barnyard funk aromatics
Taste: Blueberry and elderberry yoghurt; with a dryness and a funk that builds, through the middle, when an acetic burst hits the sides of the tongue; fruity, funky, leathery and dry in the finish
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate to high carbonation
Overall: Sometimes a gusher foretells of impending doom but this is not one of those times; just let the beer settle down for five minutes and all will be revealed
Need A Hug from Fonta Flora Brewery
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
55 ratings
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