Unite Expression
Toolbox Brewing Company
- From:
- Toolbox Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.23 | pDev: 3.78%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 05, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 02, 2017
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Toolbox Brewing Co. "Unite Expression"
750 ml brown glass bottle, corked & caged
$9.12 @ Kunda Beverage, King of Prussia, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: I'm hoping that age has been kind to this old bottle. It's a wild ale brewed with hibiscus, sea salt, and Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, and then aged in French oak white wine barrels for 10 months. Toolbox has been out of business since October of 2018 so this must be at least three and a half years old not including the time in the barrels. It's poured a hazy yellow gold body beneath a short head of white. The head is already dwindling but you should expect that of sour beers. The aroma is mineralish, delicately fruity, oaky, mildly funky with wet earth and leather, and it has the suggestion of acidity. On to the taste... it's tart, as expected, and they've even listed the titratable acidity on the label: 11.5 g/L. I'm not sure how that stacks up but I've had beers that were more sour from American brewers, and beers that were less sour from Belgian brewers. I think this is at a decent level. The mineral character found in the nose isn't as strong as I thought it would be. It's a little salty but I think that most of that mineral character came from the fermentation. The fruitiness is like a tart apple and pear with a hint of apricot behind that. The oak remains a mid-level note although it picks up in the finish. The Brett character is much lighter than I was hoping it would be given it's age, and I'm not finding much beyond the earthiness and leather found in the aroma, just some wet straw. It's moderately bitter, but of course that's to be expected as none is needed; the acidity, tannins from the oak, and salt are enough to dry it in the finish. It's not bone-dry, there's a touch of malt to it, neither is it really that acidic. In the mouth it's medium-light in body and gently bristling with a seemingly natural carbonation. All in all this is a really pleasant and refreshing wild ale. They kept the salt and acidity to a resonable level, and there's enough oak that you get it without it becoming harsh. I would have liked more Brettanomyces character but I can't fault them for that. Quite nice.
Review #7,950
May 05, 2022750 ml brown glass bottle, corked & caged
$9.12 @ Kunda Beverage, King of Prussia, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: I'm hoping that age has been kind to this old bottle. It's a wild ale brewed with hibiscus, sea salt, and Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, and then aged in French oak white wine barrels for 10 months. Toolbox has been out of business since October of 2018 so this must be at least three and a half years old not including the time in the barrels. It's poured a hazy yellow gold body beneath a short head of white. The head is already dwindling but you should expect that of sour beers. The aroma is mineralish, delicately fruity, oaky, mildly funky with wet earth and leather, and it has the suggestion of acidity. On to the taste... it's tart, as expected, and they've even listed the titratable acidity on the label: 11.5 g/L. I'm not sure how that stacks up but I've had beers that were more sour from American brewers, and beers that were less sour from Belgian brewers. I think this is at a decent level. The mineral character found in the nose isn't as strong as I thought it would be. It's a little salty but I think that most of that mineral character came from the fermentation. The fruitiness is like a tart apple and pear with a hint of apricot behind that. The oak remains a mid-level note although it picks up in the finish. The Brett character is much lighter than I was hoping it would be given it's age, and I'm not finding much beyond the earthiness and leather found in the aroma, just some wet straw. It's moderately bitter, but of course that's to be expected as none is needed; the acidity, tannins from the oak, and salt are enough to dry it in the finish. It's not bone-dry, there's a touch of malt to it, neither is it really that acidic. In the mouth it's medium-light in body and gently bristling with a seemingly natural carbonation. All in all this is a really pleasant and refreshing wild ale. They kept the salt and acidity to a resonable level, and there's enough oak that you get it without it becoming harsh. I would have liked more Brettanomyces character but I can't fault them for that. Quite nice.
Review #7,950
Rated by gehille from Pennsylvania
4.49/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Unite Expression
Wow a big boy sour with tons of funk and barrel aged taste.
This is a very SOUR beer that is on point with the best in its class.
Jun 27, 2017Wow a big boy sour with tons of funk and barrel aged taste.
This is a very SOUR beer that is on point with the best in its class.
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