The Cut: Merlot
Casey Brewing & Blending and Barrel Cellar

The Cut: MerlotThe Cut: Merlot
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From:
Casey Brewing & Blending and Barrel Cellar
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.36 | pDev: 7.57%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
40
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 12, 2017
Added:
Dec 17, 2015
Wants:
  15
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by MarkyMOD:
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Rated by MarkyMOD from Colorado

4.68/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Jun 07, 2016
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Reviewed by spoony from Colorado

3.89/5  rDev -10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From a 750 ml bottle (dated December 18, 2015) to a tulip.

A-The beer is a lovely magenta/ruby color and almost perfectly clear. Pretty dark in hue. The head is pink and very quick to fade. It leaves no lacing. Carbonation is not active in the glass.

S-The aroma is quite sour with a big acidic punch that barely fades as my nose adjusts. After a minute, I start to pick up some fruit, red grape mostly, but also some raspberry and sour cherry. The oak is drying and a little rough around the edges. Intense, but not a fruit-forward as I would have hoped.

T-The taste tracks the smell closely. High levels of acidity make for a very sour beer with less complexity than my favorite Casey beers. Flavors include red and white grape, tart raspberry, sour cherry, and the same slightly harsh oak note. It is very dry and slightly vinous. The acidity almost overpowers the fruit, but once it warms to room temp, things open up a bit.

M-The carbonation is active and chunky on the palate. Heft is medium and the finish is a bit sticky.

O-Not that this is a bad beer, its pretty good, actually, but I was hoping for a little more vinous fruit character out of this one.
May 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.24 by AlexFields from Tennessee

Nov 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4.41 by SimcoeKid from California

Oct 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.64 by PSU_Mike from Pennsylvania

Sep 17, 2016
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Rated by Marius from Netherlands

4/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at CBC 2016 - day 2. Hazy red pour. Red fruit, some vinegar, fruit sourness. Good.
Aug 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.75 by tblack4d from Georgia

Aug 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.38 by WTKeene from New Mexico

Aug 14, 2016
 
Rated: 4.29 by IrishColonial from Texas

Jul 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.19 by Deltoro from Florida

Jul 18, 2016
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Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon

4.49/5  rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
750ml cork and cage bottle, dated 12/18/2015. Served in a Casey stemmed glass.

Pours a dark ruby and reddish body, slight purple hue, one finger white head, short-lived, no lacing. After a few minutes, it certainly looks like a lighter red wine, perhaps apropos for what is being accomplished here. Smells of rich complex grape sweetness, grape must, a light background lemon acidity, touch of leather, tannin, light oak presence, mineral. Holy cow. Flavour is equally as impressive; with a big red wine grape presence, blackberry and stone fruit, oak, touch of wheat, the slightest hint of lemon, fair bit of lactic acidity, mild musty funk. The fruit quotient is in brobdingnagian proportions, yet the base beer holds up nicely to it by the fact that I can easily pick out the underlying lemony geuze-like characteristics that Oak Theory is known for. Plenty of oak, vinous character, mild amount of funk, mildly earthy and floral bitterness keeps this from tasting like straight fruit juice. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, good carbonation, appropriately dry and refreshing. Tart grape and lactic acidity finishes things out. An overall wonderful fruited wild ale with a lot of grape character and complexity. Merlot and wild ales seem to be a great partnership as merlot tends to have more straight red fruit character, versus say cabernet franc which tends to be more peppery and have darker fruit sometimes. All that aside, this is a fantastic grape wild and worth whatever it takes to land.
Jul 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by drone from Oregon

Jun 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4.45 by MammothTarantula from Colorado

Jun 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.31 by dcmchew from Romania

Jun 08, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by suckaj from Florida

Jun 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.39 by TychoNDC from Colorado

May 30, 2016
 
Rated: 4.71 by hollywood_15063 from Pennsylvania

May 24, 2016
 
Rated: 4.35 by Ciocanelu from Romania

May 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by DeadeyeOTDO from Arizona

May 17, 2016
 
Rated: 4.52 by Raziel313 from California

May 17, 2016
The Cut: Merlot from Casey Brewing & Blending and Barrel Cellar
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 40 ratings