Gothic Funk
Blue Island Beer Co.
- From:
- Blue Island Beer Co.
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Red Ale
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 27, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 27, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Beginning with an amber base, we began the journey for this beer more than 3 years go. Gothic Funk is a blend of: red wine barrels with Lactobacillus, red wine barrels with Brettanomyces, bourbon barrels with Lactobacillus, and bourbon barrels with Brettanomyces. The blend is a delicious combination of wild and sour characteristics all around an amber beer platform with slight toasty and caramel notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
3.72/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Uh, really weird.
Not like any Flemish sour ale i’ve had, more of an experimental wild ale without any style designation. The bourbon and wine blend is odd in itself, there’s a lot of vanilla from the bourbon barrel, popcorn kernel notes of THP, with mild twangy acidity from the wine barrels. Brett character is overpowering, cheesy and a lot of THP popcorn kernel for some reason. It’s unique, but all the disparate elements don’t really coalesce. Interesting to sample, but I pity the fool that tries to dome a bottle solo.
Sep 27, 2019Not like any Flemish sour ale i’ve had, more of an experimental wild ale without any style designation. The bourbon and wine blend is odd in itself, there’s a lot of vanilla from the bourbon barrel, popcorn kernel notes of THP, with mild twangy acidity from the wine barrels. Brett character is overpowering, cheesy and a lot of THP popcorn kernel for some reason. It’s unique, but all the disparate elements don’t really coalesce. Interesting to sample, but I pity the fool that tries to dome a bottle solo.
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