You, Me And Everyone We Know - Batch 001
Great Raft Brewing
- From:
- Great Raft Brewing
- Louisiana, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 5.63%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 03, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 17, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
In the Spring of 2015 we brewed an extra batch of our hoppy saison “All My Tomorrows," and immediately racked it to fresh California Chardonnay barrels along with some of our favorite strains of brettanomyces. A year later, our patience was rewarded with a bright and funky beer that has a nice touch of acidity. We felt this beer would blend well with our Louisiana mayhaws in our foeder to create a truly unique beer. To add another layer of complexity, we dry hopped this beer with a touch of Citra. The result is a nice and tart fruit forward saison with an added bit of bright but subtle funk.
Released June 2016
Released June 2016
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Reviewed by SHODriver from North Carolina
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: Poured into a Duvle tulip to a slightly hazed golden orange topped by a dense finger of slightly off white head which fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing.
S: Smells of mayhaws and stone fruits, slight tartness and a hint of funk with a touch of oak
T: Taste is fairly sour up front with notes of mayhaws and stone fruits, hints of funk but not overly funky. Huge fruit notes throughout with some nice tartness. Swallow is more mayhaws, tartness, and stone fruits. The tartness on this one lingers the longest with a little more mayhaw.
M: This beer is on the lighter side of medium in body. Carbonation is a little lower than I would like it to be but the beer doesn't taste excessively flat. The acidity gives this beer a very nice drying finish.
O: Overall this is a very nice and very impressive beer. It has great flavors and some really nice complexity that make it a very good beer to drink. Their sour beers continue to impress me.
Sep 15, 2018S: Smells of mayhaws and stone fruits, slight tartness and a hint of funk with a touch of oak
T: Taste is fairly sour up front with notes of mayhaws and stone fruits, hints of funk but not overly funky. Huge fruit notes throughout with some nice tartness. Swallow is more mayhaws, tartness, and stone fruits. The tartness on this one lingers the longest with a little more mayhaw.
M: This beer is on the lighter side of medium in body. Carbonation is a little lower than I would like it to be but the beer doesn't taste excessively flat. The acidity gives this beer a very nice drying finish.
O: Overall this is a very nice and very impressive beer. It has great flavors and some really nice complexity that make it a very good beer to drink. Their sour beers continue to impress me.
Reviewed by jeremiahoden from Indiana
4.36/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Had it fresh, having it again! Great stuff. Clean sour, think JK or wicked weed. Can't wait to have batch 2. Thanks a ton Jerry now on to grace and grit!
Dec 23, 2016
Reviewed by kevanb from Illinois
3.85/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
375ml bottle, batch 001, poured into a stemless wine glass. Enjoyed on 8.6.16, reviewed from Tasting Journal.
The beer pours a cloudy copper color, orange hues, opaque and hazy with a nice soapy off white head, great retention and lace. The aroma is nice, dry aged hops, light funk, earthy oak and must, a bit of berry fruit, straw, pale grains, lactic but with nice balance. This beer definitely starts off pretty earthy but the mayhaw help steer it back into balance with some sweetness that plays well with the sweeter grains. The flavors offer more of the same, pretty hoppy saison base, dry dead leaves, spice, very earthy as expected but not bitter at all, berries, oak, sour citrus lead to a light grainy finish. The mouthfeel is good, smooth, medium body, a bit heavier than expected, coating, very gentle with soft carbonation and a tart finish.
Verdict: A very nice wild ale from Great Raft. This is my first experience with this brewery and hopefully not the last. Plenty of hoppy saison base is still there, but the berries definitely help to balance this beer and add a very unique flavor. I'm not sure I've knowingly had a mayhaw before this but I will certainly look to try them more often.
Sep 14, 2016The beer pours a cloudy copper color, orange hues, opaque and hazy with a nice soapy off white head, great retention and lace. The aroma is nice, dry aged hops, light funk, earthy oak and must, a bit of berry fruit, straw, pale grains, lactic but with nice balance. This beer definitely starts off pretty earthy but the mayhaw help steer it back into balance with some sweetness that plays well with the sweeter grains. The flavors offer more of the same, pretty hoppy saison base, dry dead leaves, spice, very earthy as expected but not bitter at all, berries, oak, sour citrus lead to a light grainy finish. The mouthfeel is good, smooth, medium body, a bit heavier than expected, coating, very gentle with soft carbonation and a tart finish.
Verdict: A very nice wild ale from Great Raft. This is my first experience with this brewery and hopefully not the last. Plenty of hoppy saison base is still there, but the berries definitely help to balance this beer and add a very unique flavor. I'm not sure I've knowingly had a mayhaw before this but I will certainly look to try them more often.
Reviewed by JDice20 from Louisiana
4.38/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Congrats to GRB and their blossoming sour and barrel program.
Cranking out truly enjoyable beers.
Super impressed. Should have purchased more. Absolutely cant wait to see what else
is in store at GRB!
Aug 25, 2016Cranking out truly enjoyable beers.
Super impressed. Should have purchased more. Absolutely cant wait to see what else
is in store at GRB!
Reviewed by tbryan5 from Louisiana
4.35/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I'm not sure if I liked this or Come What Mayhaw more, but I'm leaning toward this brew. Even the twice used mayhaws still shine in this beer. I think all this treatment to a great beer to make it a completely different beer totally paid off. I can't wait until the next batch is released.
Jul 26, 2016
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