Supreme Clientele (2017)
Casey Brewing & Blending and Barrel Cellar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

absolutely amazing beer, i think better with these fruits than the ones they used last year, apricot and nectarine in this, and its just so fruity and awesome, but its not sweet enough from it to lose the lambic-esque quality in the base beer, which is super funky and oaky and refined. oh man, the nose on this just makes my entire mouth water from every corner, head snapping pucker, ripe juicy nectarines, which are out in front of the apricot i think, but the essence of both fruits is there for sure, like slicing open and taking a deep sniff of the real fruit in the peak of ripeness, nothing candied, preserved, concentrated, whatever, its just real fruit. beery still too, with an obvious dry earthy cereal complexion there underneath supporting the fruit. the flavor is as good as the nose, more equal between the two, with the apricots adding a fuzzy delicate fruitiness thats just gorgeous. i get the aged hop element, and i like all the oak in here, white wine tannins and similar acidity in the bacterial aspect, heaps of horsey bar funk to this too, somehow more mature than a lot of the other casey beers i have had recently. juicy nectarines extend the finish for miles, back and forth with the lemon pucker in the yeast profile. this one really is brilliant! casey is definitely doing this type of thing as well as anyone in the country now...

 

 

750ml cork and caged bottle. "Sorry 4 the Weight", bottled 8/23/2017. Served in a Casey stemmed glass. Pours a slightly hazy medium yellow body, slight golden hue, one finger white head, fair retention that is slightly more short-lived than typical, a bit of lacing. Smell is rich nectarine flesh, apricot skin, moderate lemon, a bit of zest, more stone fruit, mild acetic acidity that is rounded out by a fruity tartness. This beer is stonefruits galore, and I really enjoy it. That being said, I think it could use a little more oak and vanillin to add some more complexity. Flavour is an unreal combination of rich stone fruit, nectarine flesh, light citrus and lemon, more apricot, mild-moderate house mineral funk, a bit of oak and only a mild-moderate acetic acidity. It's been very easy to get too much acidity or too much rubber in these heavily stonefruited beers, but this has none of that. It's what I had always hoped Chez Monus or Veritas 013/015, even Fuzzy/Smooth/La Fosse, et al, to be. It achieves the massive stone fruit character without the acidity or burnt rubber character. It's well-executed and absolutely sublime. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, good carbonation- standard Casey carbonation if that makes sense. Slightly dry, but reasonably bubbly with a fresh feel. While there are a lot of American wilds with stone fruits, this has to be my favourite and most balanced one; I think De Garde's The Peach b1 had a bit more complexity, but otherwise these are on that sublime level.