Ernest 1953
Pollyanna Brewing Company

Tasted in a Rastal Teku glass from a 750 mL bottle on November 15, 2020.

750 ml bottle into a tulip snifter. Had 7/26/17.

Pours a dark brown, fairly opaque, with a half inch, quickly dissipating head and some slippery, foamy lacing. The smell is tart, sour, yeast, cherries, chocolate, some cocoa, a little red wine, light toffee and oak, a little funk. The taste continues to be tart, but less sour than the nose. Malt, vanilla, some chocolate and molasses, more oak and lighter cherries than the aroma, light caramel. Smooth, a little creamy, solid medium body, well carbonated.

Very good aroma and flavor, nicely balanced between being a stout and a sour. Very enjoyable.

 

Taste: dark almost smokey malts, tangy dark sour fruit mix with Brett yeast, and woody oak boozy notes. Complex malt, oak nose. Black/Brown, mostly opaque, tan foam head with a ringed lattice of lace on the snifter glass. Medium/full body.
I had the bottle version which I poured into the glass. Barrel aged detected as it warms up, and acid sour s come out more.
25 IBUs

 

Had on tap. A weird combo of wild ale and porter. Actually tastes pretty good! The creamy and dark flavors go well with the slight sour finish. But the smell is not the most pleasant with sour malt