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Valise
Bruery Terreux
- From:
- Bruery Terreux
- California, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 4.25%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 10, 2021
- Added:
- Mar 07, 2017
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Ratings by VeganUndead:
Rated by VeganUndead from Virginia
3.91/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
May 24, 2017
3.91/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
May 24, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.97/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Here is another of the Bruery's beers that drink like a wine/beer hybrid.
Pours yellow, light cloudiness, head does not retain itself. The aroma hits with the white wine memories. That long named V grape comes out here, not really sure how it sets itself apart from other green grape varieties, smells like you know, chardonnay. Has a light sourness to it, i.e., not the usual high octane lemon sour power.
Taste is easy to vibe on despite its high abv. I think fans of Confession an Summa Vitis will like this, its pretty similar, just with different grapes for the most part. Seemed like it was imparting french oak notes, but this isn't the french oak version. Man that one must be huge in that regard. Its a nice marriage of grain and grape going on here. Just a light warming sensation from the alcohol. Moderate acidity and minerality. If there was anything going on here not in the other ones, this took on more of a wild/saison blend into the wine aspect. What a three way.
Sep 10, 2021Pours yellow, light cloudiness, head does not retain itself. The aroma hits with the white wine memories. That long named V grape comes out here, not really sure how it sets itself apart from other green grape varieties, smells like you know, chardonnay. Has a light sourness to it, i.e., not the usual high octane lemon sour power.
Taste is easy to vibe on despite its high abv. I think fans of Confession an Summa Vitis will like this, its pretty similar, just with different grapes for the most part. Seemed like it was imparting french oak notes, but this isn't the french oak version. Man that one must be huge in that regard. Its a nice marriage of grain and grape going on here. Just a light warming sensation from the alcohol. Moderate acidity and minerality. If there was anything going on here not in the other ones, this took on more of a wild/saison blend into the wine aspect. What a three way.
Reviewed by SHODriver from North Carolina
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Poured into a Duvel tulip to a bright golden yellow beer that has just a slight amount of haze to it. The beer is topped by a finger of white head which fades quickly without much of a trace
S: Smells of lots of grape on the nose with a hint of melon, some nice sourness, and some mineral like notes.
T: Taste is some nice sourness, a white wine grape flavor, hints of melon, and some sharp mineral like notes. On the swallow there's more sourness and white wine grape, a little more melon, some orchard fruits, and some lingering grape flavor.
M: This beer has a body which is about a medium level with a slightly slick feel. Carbonation is slightly effervescent but is lower than expected while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: Overall this is a really nice hybrid between beer and wine. The sourness is quick to be acclimated to which allows some of the other flavors in this beer to shine. Complexity is pretty good as well and the feel to this one definitely seems much closer to a wine than a beer.
Jul 27, 2021S: Smells of lots of grape on the nose with a hint of melon, some nice sourness, and some mineral like notes.
T: Taste is some nice sourness, a white wine grape flavor, hints of melon, and some sharp mineral like notes. On the swallow there's more sourness and white wine grape, a little more melon, some orchard fruits, and some lingering grape flavor.
M: This beer has a body which is about a medium level with a slightly slick feel. Carbonation is slightly effervescent but is lower than expected while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: Overall this is a really nice hybrid between beer and wine. The sourness is quick to be acclimated to which allows some of the other flavors in this beer to shine. Complexity is pretty good as well and the feel to this one definitely seems much closer to a wine than a beer.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Split with rudzud
Light fizzy head fades quickly, no lacing, hazy golden orange color
Nose tart lactic acid, cereal cracker grain, weird stale aroma, light citrus, a bit of tart grape skin, grapefruit and lemony, vinous white wine, mild sweet blond malt
Taste quite tart, bright acidity, lactic maybe acetic, citrus fruit, lemony with a little rind and flash of grapefruit, big white wine vinous but mostly grape skin, a little sweet fruit paste, minerality, medium acidity with little flemmy finish, little old aged character thing
Mouth is med bod, fizzy carb, fair acidity
Overall it's ok, just didn't do it for me
Aug 09, 2019Light fizzy head fades quickly, no lacing, hazy golden orange color
Nose tart lactic acid, cereal cracker grain, weird stale aroma, light citrus, a bit of tart grape skin, grapefruit and lemony, vinous white wine, mild sweet blond malt
Taste quite tart, bright acidity, lactic maybe acetic, citrus fruit, lemony with a little rind and flash of grapefruit, big white wine vinous but mostly grape skin, a little sweet fruit paste, minerality, medium acidity with little flemmy finish, little old aged character thing
Mouth is med bod, fizzy carb, fair acidity
Overall it's ok, just didn't do it for me
Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Split with JLindros.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice crystal clear golden hue a thin head that fades to leave nothing.
S - Aromas of soft blonde notes, nice vinous notes, loads of minerality and grape musk. Flashes of honey.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of slightly sweet and tart grapes. Just a ton of minerality on the finish. Flashes of honey.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, crisp, rather flemmy.
O - Overall this was a decent enough sour blonde worth lovely mineral grape notes. Liked the French oak one MUCH more.
Serving Type: bottle
Jul 27, 2019A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice crystal clear golden hue a thin head that fades to leave nothing.
S - Aromas of soft blonde notes, nice vinous notes, loads of minerality and grape musk. Flashes of honey.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of slightly sweet and tart grapes. Just a ton of minerality on the finish. Flashes of honey.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, crisp, rather flemmy.
O - Overall this was a decent enough sour blonde worth lovely mineral grape notes. Liked the French oak one MUCH more.
Serving Type: bottle
Reviewed by cvm4 from Mississippi
4.04/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L - Pours a slightly opaque golden straw body with a fizzy half finger eggshell head.
S - Funk and barnyard on the nose with tart white grapes.
T - Slightly funky with juicy white grapes. It's not overly tart by any means, more mildly tart. Reminds me more farmhouse than a tart/sour beer.
F - Light bodied and medium to high carbonation. Dry finish.
O - This is a solid beer that I enjoyed drinking. Loved the take on a wine hybrid.
Jul 31, 2017S - Funk and barnyard on the nose with tart white grapes.
T - Slightly funky with juicy white grapes. It's not overly tart by any means, more mildly tart. Reminds me more farmhouse than a tart/sour beer.
F - Light bodied and medium to high carbonation. Dry finish.
O - This is a solid beer that I enjoyed drinking. Loved the take on a wine hybrid.
Reviewed by Furlinator from California
3.71/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the Bruery Terreux tasting room on 03/23/17. A wine inspired golden sour ale with Viognier grapes. Only moderately tart. A good introduction to sour beers.
Mar 24, 2017
Valise from Bruery Terreux
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
18 ratings
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