Oude Suiker
Funk Factory Geuzeria

Oude SuikerOude Suiker
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Funk Factory Geuzeria
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
4.23 | pDev: 1.65%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 15, 2018
Added:
Sep 15, 2018
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
For the first release in our “Oude Suiker” series (spirit barrel-aged spontaneous beer), we began with an exceptionally expressive Méthode Traditionnelle barrel that had aged for 30 months. The beer was then transferred into five freshly dumped 10-gallon brandy barrels from Old Sugar Distillery and allowed to rest for an additional year. The small format barrels afforded their contents increased contact with the spirit-soaked oak, which infused notes of vanilla and caramel into the already mature base. Over the course of a year, evaporation in the barrels further concentrated those flavors and intensified the complexity of the beer, giving way to an immensely decadent spontaneous beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.16 by Dactrius from Caribbean Netherlands

Sep 15, 2018
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Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon

4.3/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
375ml bottle, taproom. Funk Factory stemmed glass. Medium copper, darker orange hue. One finger white head, short retention. Smell is big damp oak, a fair bit of sweet spirit, light lemon, leather, a bit of sweet grain, moderate acetic acidity. Flavour is a bit lighter on the spirit, with the usual lemon and leather, touch of crackery grain, moderate acetic acidity, with a warming oaky finish which I can only assume is the brandy barrel. It's a bit hot, but it does contribute to a bigger overall mouthfeel, medium in body with a good carbonation and a slight heat that warms up the chest a little bit. Overall, a nice brandy barrel MT beer that I think doesn't quite accomplish the funky complexity that 43N delivered two years ago, but I do wonder if this will get more interesting with time; as this was supposedly a single barrel, I'm not sure that we'll get the chance to see how this changes.
Sep 15, 2018