Beret
The Bruery Terreux

 

 

Bottled 5/19/15 and consumed early August 2021. Not a huge fan of wits or wheat beers in general but this is a truly special interpretation. An impressive improvement upon a base beer I'm sure they could release separately. Subtle fruitiness complements the funk. Seriously drinkable, especially on a warm day. This is almost in farmhouse/saison territory.

Tasted in a snifter from draft at Consume on July 31, 2020.

Enjoyed this beer with a fine gourmet Cajun meal that included seafood étouffée. Poured a clear golden yellow. At the end, the sediment added both some murkiness and flavor. Very tart but clean taste. Smell and taste of lemons and other tart fruit. Floral and a bit spicy, peppery. The sediment gave a new funky dime to the beer. This was at the end of the beer, but it was sufficiently good to boost the taste score. Enjoyable beer and a very enjoyable date night with my wife.

 

 

750ml capped bottle into a Brooklyn Brewery snifter. Shared by schen9303.

Nice fluffy head but for a Raspberry beer I'd expect this to be more bright red. Nose is tart peach, apricot, vinegar, seedy raspberry and other stone fruit. Nice and very aromatic. Beer opens tart peach and vinegar up front. Super duper sour. Seedy raspberry appears in the middle that imparts a touch of bitterness. Foamy at the finish but puckering all the way through. A little too acidic for me. Body is light with ample carbonation. Prickly and foamy on the palate and goes down puckering. Lingering, filmy aftertaste.

This has to be one of the most sour and acidic beers I've ever had. Not a fan of how over-the-top this one is.

Another great sour from Terreux. Poured from a 750ml bottle into a tulip.

L: Hazy Golden with a slight pink hue from the raspberries

S: Tart lemon fragrances hit the nose initially and are followed by a slight raspberry aroma. Finishes with a nice brett and funk smell. Complex enough that each whiff smells a bit different than the last.

T: Very tart, lemons, raspberry, wheat backbone and some barnyard funk at the end. Finishes very dry and makes you pucker. ABV is completely hidden despite being 9%

F: Medium bodied and well carbonated

O: This is an extremely sour and tart beer with not as much raspberry flavor as I was expecting, but great nonetheless. However this one might be a bit too sour even for the most seasoned wild ale veteran. Sadly the taste is not as complex as the nose except for some complexity in the barnyard funkiness which only presents itself towards the end of each sip, which I chalk up to the tartness overpowering other less present flavors. I really enjoyed it but others I split the bottle with were not so pleased with the tartness and were expecting more wit and berry flavors. Picked it up on sale at a local store for $4.99 and at that price I'll be returning to buy out every other bottle they have very soon, assuming someone doesn't beat me to it.

 

Tasted from a 750 ml bottle in a red wine glass.

L - Medium gold color with a hint of pink. Slightly hazy. Fizzy white head from the initial pour quickly fades to a ring around the glass made of infinitesimal bubbles. Light lacing.

S - Complex blend of aromas. Sharp, lemon-like sour note over strong raspberry. Below that is oak and at an even lower level there is some faint barnyard Brett. character.

T - Lemon juice tartness wrestles with fresh raspberry flavor. Later in the palate are some earthy and tobacco flavors, along with Brett funkiness.

F - Medium body with low carbonation. Hops bitterness is not detectable. Huge sourness burns the back of the throat and tongue and burns some more on the way down the throat. Moderate alcohol heat that pales in comparison to the sour burn.

O - This is a supremely sour beer with deep, complex flavors and aromas. I'm not shy about sour beers, but the acidic bite here is a bit more than I prefer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 750ml bottle, 2015 vintage, bottled on 20th May 2015. Poured into a Holy Mountain tulip glass.

Appearance: A cloudy dark golden orange colour with a big three finger white head that had decent retention while leaving some nice lacing.

Aroma: Tart and sour, raspberry, wheat, barnyard funk, oak with hints of lime.

Taste: Sour, tart, raspberry, cranberry-apple, wheat, lemon-lime and Belgian yeast with only a hint of oak and funk.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall: This was ok, but not quite as much raspberry as I hoped for. I was surprised by the higher than expected ABV though, as the alcohol was well hidden.

750 ml bottle, Brewdog, Bristol - Pours golden orange with thin white lacing. Aroma - Sour and tart feel with some berry notes at the back. Taste - Sour, oaky feel, acidic, sweetish light berry feel. Nice berry led sour.

Picked up a 750ml of this stuff for $9.99, bottled 03/13/16 so just over two years old.

Hard pour into a brandy snifter produces a inch of white fizzy head, body is slightly dark gold with no lacing

Aroma is funky sour raspberries, very acidic and tart but that barnyard funk dominates

Taste follows accurately, very acidic sourness, raspberry is very evident with slight touch of dry oak in the finish

Feel is great, well carbonated and semi light mouthfeel makes this an easy drinker, resin stickiness coats the mouth

Overall I was anxious about buying this due to the age but it held up great, very sour to the point of being puckering, they nailed this one and will definitely be seeking out more of the Terreux offerings.