Frucht: Boysenberry
The Bruery Terreux

This is a straight up "berry burst with a hint of acidity pop that goes light on the funk" ride.
Beautiful, red hued liquid capped by a pink to lavender head. Great retention.
Nose and flavor are bright and acidic, with a clicking of the tongue boysenberry and raspberry mix.
Mouthfeel is light with active carbonation.

Ruby/purple color with a big pinkish head ( quickly disappears) . Berries, wood, and acidity in aroma. Sour ( not puckering though) taste with flavors of berries, oak, and wheat. Well-balanced acidity.

 

Bruery Terreux "Frucht - Boysenberry"
16 fl. oz. can coded "B159514:00:45 PKG 9/2/21"
$5.29 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: This is a foeder aged American wild ale with boysenberry. I wonder when the fruit was added. Wow, they've even listed the pH on the label. The body is a hazy ruby-amber, or is that amber-ruby? You get the idea. The head was a short cap of white but it disappeared almost immediately as expected given that this is a pretty sour beer. The nose suggests acidity, and it has just a bit of berry-like fruitiness, oak, and a mineralish quality. The taste follows. It's pretty acidic, and I'm definitely going to call it sour as opposed to tart. This is more acidic than most gueuze. It's clean, which is great, and the little bit of crushed mineral character is the only thing there besides the fruit. As far as that goes, the boysenberry, it's what you'd expect. Having said that it's a little one-sided in my opinion. I like the touch of oak, and there is the acidity and the mineral character but that's it. I'm not really even getting any malt character. Yeah, it's there, but the acidity and fruitiness run roughshod over it. That's not to say that it's not good, just that it is what it is. In the mouth it's got a snap of acidity that's amped up by a fine-bubbled, median carbonation. The body is light to light-medium in girth. As you might expect it finished dry, acidic, and biting with the fruitiness hanging about like a ghost.
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Pours a very pretty opaque reddish-pink with a short lived modest head. Aroma of berries & lemon. Tart. Delicious flavors: boysenberry jam, lemon, wheat, oak & very mild funk. Mouthfeel is on the thinner side if medium with adequate carbonation which combined with alcohol & tartness provides enough entertainment for the tongue very refreshing & a great thirst quencher after working outside in the yard.

 

Canned 9/8/21

So I’ve never actually had a beer brewed with boysenberry before. Funnily enough, this is 1 of 2 entirely different boysenberry beers I purchased this past Saturday, the other being a Wild Ale from Springdale. It should be interesting to see how these stack up against each other

Pours an opaque reddish purple with a finger of very light pink head that quickly fades to a thin ring and leaves minimal lacing

I’d like a bit more funk in the nose given the foudre-aging treatment, but it’s not bad. I’m picking up on aromas of tart boysenberry, jammy blackberry, wheat bread, lemon yogurt, and a touch of oak

There’s also not much funk in taste, but I think the intense tartness makes up for it. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting sour boysenberry, cranberry, lemon juice, crackery malt, smooth oak, and light wheat. The swallow brings notes of sour boysenberry, lemon juice, wheat bread, jammy blackberry, sharp oak, and tannic red wine

A light medium body pairs with gentle tingling carbonation, resulting in a refreshing beer. Finishes a tad sticky but it’s tart enough where it doesn’t hurt it much

This one is very good, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the Springdale one will be better. Not sure when I’ll get to that one, but I’ll keep this one in mind

 

 

very crisp and dry. the taste is subdued but the feel and overall quality are remarkable.

A: Poured into a Duvel tulip to a deep red beer which is topped by a dense and slightly rocky two finger off white to pinkish head which fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing.
S: Smells of pleasant sourness and boysenberries with a touch of oak and some creamy wheat.
T: Taste is boysenberries and a building sourness with some creamy wheat, light funk, and a touch of oak. On the swallow there's more boysenberries and sourness with some lingering oak and wheat.
M: This beer has a body which is on the lighter side of things but it is not watery. Carbonation is effervescent and prickly at times while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: This is another well done iteration of the Frucht series from The Bruery. Really nice flavors and while it isn't the most complex thing out there they did a really nice job at brewing this one to style which makes it very enjoyable. Definitely worth a try if you're a fan of the style.

 

 

 

750ml bottle. 2017 vintage.
Clear, cherry red colored body. One finger of pinkish head upon initial pour quickly fizzes away. No lacing.
Aroma is tart, with boysenberry and oak.
Taste is tart fruit (boysenberry), the oak barrel, and a little funk. Expresses a little fizz on the tongue. End is dry.
Crisp and medium mouth feel. Good carbonation.
More tart than sour. Refreshing to the palate.

 

 

 

I enjoyed this one. Says drink fresh but I had it 2 & a half years aged and wow this is pretty sour. Almost comes off like juice or like a gueze. Pretty well made from American brewery as it has a Belgian feel. There is also some oak and boysenberry fruit flavors. Hard to finish bottle by myself and glad I shared it with the wife as it is a true slow sipper that is super tart and sour. It definitely is worth aging as it was pretty damn good with 2 & a half years in it.

Very nicely done, as is so often the case with The Bruery. Beautiful to look at and nicely light and effervescent on the tongue, it has an excellent balance between the fruit and sour elements. Some reviewers have said that the fruit overpowers the sour, but I found that the sour actually stood out, which is just what I like - this bottle was a bit over a year old, so maybe a little aging helped. I’d love to try another after another year!