WiLD Sour Series: Flemish Amber
DESTIHL Brewery
- From:
- DESTIHL Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.57 | pDev: 13.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 29, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.05/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.05/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Rating from notes taken in Spring 2015:
Low C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
May 29, 2017Low C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.37/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Sour with a touch of musk and funk. Right from the first sniff, you get an idea of the character of this beer. However, it lacks some of the body and fullness of the Belgian originals. Not bad, not great.
Feb 01, 2016
Reviewed by BeerFMAndy from Wisconsin
3.64/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500 ml bottle poured into a Destihl tulip.
6.5% ABV
A - This burnt apricot-colored beer is hazed completely through and pours with a firm off-white head that disappears quickly due to the beer's bold acidity.
S - Sharp acidic tartness lends a vinegar-like presence to the biscuity malt aroma while suggestions of red grape skin tannins and plum mingle in the background; very inviting!
T - The assertive aroma would lead one to believe the beer might taste just as bold but it's surprisingly thin in flavor. Dry, biscuity malt starts the beer with a bready profile that's further dried out by light lactic sourness and punctuated with ever-so-slight fruity undertones; all of which don't quite come together like the aroma foreshadows.
M - Light carbonation continues to push this beer in the 'thin' direction as this medium-light bodied brew finishes with just a touch of vinegar-like sourness that dries the palate out - a very redeeming quality of the beer.
O - Out of the three Wild Sour beers from Destihl, I'm enjoying this Flemish Amber the least. It's aromatic qualities are open and inviting with underlying complexity but it doesn't translate to its flavor very well due, almost wholly, to thin carbonation. *As this beer was bottled from draught by the brewery and sent to me, I'm guessing that's a major contributing factor to it's thinner feel and flavor, unfortunately. I'll be on the look-out for this to arrive in cans and adjust the review accordingly!
Jan 03, 20156.5% ABV
A - This burnt apricot-colored beer is hazed completely through and pours with a firm off-white head that disappears quickly due to the beer's bold acidity.
S - Sharp acidic tartness lends a vinegar-like presence to the biscuity malt aroma while suggestions of red grape skin tannins and plum mingle in the background; very inviting!
T - The assertive aroma would lead one to believe the beer might taste just as bold but it's surprisingly thin in flavor. Dry, biscuity malt starts the beer with a bready profile that's further dried out by light lactic sourness and punctuated with ever-so-slight fruity undertones; all of which don't quite come together like the aroma foreshadows.
M - Light carbonation continues to push this beer in the 'thin' direction as this medium-light bodied brew finishes with just a touch of vinegar-like sourness that dries the palate out - a very redeeming quality of the beer.
O - Out of the three Wild Sour beers from Destihl, I'm enjoying this Flemish Amber the least. It's aromatic qualities are open and inviting with underlying complexity but it doesn't translate to its flavor very well due, almost wholly, to thin carbonation. *As this beer was bottled from draught by the brewery and sent to me, I'm guessing that's a major contributing factor to it's thinner feel and flavor, unfortunately. I'll be on the look-out for this to arrive in cans and adjust the review accordingly!
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