Funk Fuzz
Fonta Flora Brewery


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- From:
- Fonta Flora Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.9%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.24 | pDev: 4.95%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 03, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2016
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding


Notes:
Funk Fuzz, is our mixed house culture, barrel-fermented local peach and local nectarine Appalachian wild ale.
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Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania
4.19/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Exploded upon opening. Eventually pours a cloudy orange with a thin near-white head that leaves a soupy crown and no lacing.
Sour, lightly tart aroma with peach, yeast and maybe wheat. It smells “soft,” if that’s a thing.
Tastes soft, too, with nice juicy peach flesh, hint of berry beneath, more of that wheat impression and somewhat tempered acidity (although it’s still quite puckering).
Soft, medium-bodied feel with moderate carbonation.
The explosion notwithstanding, this is a lovely beer. The peach level is just about perfect, and while very acidic in the wide range of beer options, it’s not the type of enamel-stripper wild ale many “craft” breweries product these days.
May 03, 2020Sour, lightly tart aroma with peach, yeast and maybe wheat. It smells “soft,” if that’s a thing.
Tastes soft, too, with nice juicy peach flesh, hint of berry beneath, more of that wheat impression and somewhat tempered acidity (although it’s still quite puckering).
Soft, medium-bodied feel with moderate carbonation.
The explosion notwithstanding, this is a lovely beer. The peach level is just about perfect, and while very acidic in the wide range of beer options, it’s not the type of enamel-stripper wild ale many “craft” breweries product these days.
Reviewed by Rub_This_BBQ from Massachusetts
3.98/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
2018 batch 3
Pour a med haze with little to no head glowing orange color.
Funk and tang at the start And nice peach the taste is tart a good bite but a touch sweet and odd pumpkin spice like note that pushed it too far on the sweet side.
Mouth feel was on the sweet side and good carb.. overall just good not make head or tails of the beer some part I loved other did not
Apr 28, 2019Pour a med haze with little to no head glowing orange color.
Funk and tang at the start And nice peach the taste is tart a good bite but a touch sweet and odd pumpkin spice like note that pushed it too far on the sweet side.
Mouth feel was on the sweet side and good carb.. overall just good not make head or tails of the beer some part I loved other did not
Rated by grover37 from District of Columbia
4.35/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Cloudwater
Feb 27, 2019Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
4.46/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a snifter. A hazy golden color with a thick white head. Bright peach aroma mixed with grassy funk and barnyard notes. The taste followed. Fresh peaches stole the show, but complexity was added with the slightly sour notes and funk. Crisp, clean, and dry. Outstanding.
Dec 08, 2017Reviewed by Immortale25 from North Carolina
4.2/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a Wicked Weed snifter. No freshness date.
A- Pours a semi-hazy light amber color with a 1/4 inch white head that retains a bit before becoming a thin ring around the edge of the glass and minimal surface foam. Not-so-resilient lacing leaves small clots behind.
S- Lovely Brett character that's of the cleaner variety with a bright punch of sweet peach juiciness.
T- Tangy flavor of peach and Brett with a moderate tartness. Again, very clean Brett presence which helps with the drinkability. Pretty acidic with a peach pit aftertaste.
M- On the lower end of the pucker spectrum with medium carbonation and a light body.
O- Just like the rest of Fonta Flora's fruited sours, very good but nothing particularly remarkable.
Oct 26, 2016A- Pours a semi-hazy light amber color with a 1/4 inch white head that retains a bit before becoming a thin ring around the edge of the glass and minimal surface foam. Not-so-resilient lacing leaves small clots behind.
S- Lovely Brett character that's of the cleaner variety with a bright punch of sweet peach juiciness.
T- Tangy flavor of peach and Brett with a moderate tartness. Again, very clean Brett presence which helps with the drinkability. Pretty acidic with a peach pit aftertaste.
M- On the lower end of the pucker spectrum with medium carbonation and a light body.
O- Just like the rest of Fonta Flora's fruited sours, very good but nothing particularly remarkable.
Rated by DucksFan16 from Tennessee
4.54/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Consumed at the Culmination Festival, August 20, 2016.
Sep 11, 2016Rated by CavemanRamblin from North Carolina
4.55/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Great combo of fruit and funk, really enjoyed this one!
Sep 11, 2016Reviewed by Stevebeergeek from North Carolina
4.59/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Great sour from Fonta Flora, smells of Stone Fruit and tastes even better. Tastes of Peach skin and Oak. Both build as it warms, love everything they are doing, get this if you can!!
Jul 16, 2016Reviewed by HeartofMiami from Florida
4.59/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
From a 500cc bottle picked up yesterday at FF, pours golden blonde with thin white head. Smell is peaches, nectarines with a hint of funk, oak and grapefruit. Taste is peach, nectarine, stone fruit with a tart and dry finish. Great mouthfeel
Jul 10, 2016Rated by Marius from Netherlands
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
On tap at CBC 2016. Pale light yellow, clear, with a white head. Sour fruit and sweet perfumey hops.
Jun 22, 2016Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.04/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearance: Arrives at the bar with the cloudy golden liquid impressively capped; streaky lacing hangs around as the beer is consumed
Smell: Somewhat vinous and funky, with stone fruit tones underneath
Taste: Funk forward with the stone fruit flavors building modestly; through the middle, there is a stone fruit pit flavor that adds bitterness; the finish is on the tart side, with an oaky character
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate to high carbonation
Overall: More funk than fruit but I guess the name would imply that; otherwise it would have been called "Fuzz Funk"
Jun 12, 2016Smell: Somewhat vinous and funky, with stone fruit tones underneath
Taste: Funk forward with the stone fruit flavors building modestly; through the middle, there is a stone fruit pit flavor that adds bitterness; the finish is on the tart side, with an oaky character
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate to high carbonation
Overall: More funk than fruit but I guess the name would imply that; otherwise it would have been called "Fuzz Funk"
Funk Fuzz from Fonta Flora Brewery
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
36 ratings
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