One Way Or Another
Bruery Terreux

 

A: Poured into a Duvel tulip to a deep purplish beer topped by a finger of dense and rocky pink head which fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing.
S: Smells of funky oak, marionberries, light sourness, and some lemons
T: Taste is nice and tart up front with some marionberries and lemon zest along with some funky oak. On the swallow there's a mix of marionberries, lemon zest, sourness, and lingering funky oak
M: This beer has a pretty modearate amount of heft on the body with a slightly creamy feel. Carbonation is effervescent and adequate while the acidity ensures that this beer has a drying finish.
O: Overall this is a really nice beer with some good flavors and a decent amount of complexity. It does pretty much everything that I'd want a fruited sour beer to do and I'm not tasting any faults in this beer. It's also held up well over time as I've been sitting on this one since late 2017.

Bottled 07/19/17, consumed 07/30/21! Held up well, but what a strange sour. The dark berries combined with lemon zest creates a strange contrast. But it’s delicious regardless and has plenty of that sour funk you expect in a beer from this brewery.

2019 version.

 

 

Spilt with rudzud
Light fizzy bubbly off white head fades fairly quickly, clear mahogany maroon cranberry color

Nose tart souring bacteria funk, big tart marionberry and boysenberry, very faint lemon, huge buttery oak and weird yeasty bread thing

Taste very tart, big souring bacteria funk, toasted buttery oak, tons of berry, boysenberry, marionberry, general sour berry, little lemon on the back end, little tripel spice, a touch of alcohol, candy like sweetness flemmy acidic finish, lingering berry

Mouth is med bod but a bit syrupy, flemmy acidic, medium carb, little alcohol

Overall pretty good, most of the expected flavors are there, aroma muted a bit and overly oaked

Split with JLindros.

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark ruby hue with a thin white head that fades to leave light wisps.

S - Aromas of some buttery oak, flashes of sticky berries. Not much lemon and as it warms the buttery oak comes out even more.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of tart berries and bright lemon peel. Finish is super tart lingering almost berry pie like. The tripel is really just there as a high ABV base, though the alcohol is slightly noticeable.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, good tartness, alcohol hidden well. It is quite flemmy though.

O - Overall this was a very solid sour ale, the berries are quite nice along with good lemons. Very enjoyable.

Serving Type: bottle

L: Dark red hue.
S: Weak smell of berries.
T: Soft berry notes lead to a strong lemon kick in the middle that fades in the end. Extremely sour ending that fades away.
F: Very sour lemony punch. More sour than anything else I've had.
O: Unique beer that's worth trying. It is very sour with lemon flavors but isn't just only that flavor.

 

 

 

 

 

That alcohol and residual fruit just dominate the tartness for me to love it. I like the flavor, but just wish it wasn't so unbalanced. Maybe aging would help