Terreux Bae
The Bruery Terreux

A: Poured into a tulip glass to a purplish beer which is topped by a dense and slightly rocky finger of off white head which fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing
S: Smells of what I'm guessing is ube with some nice sourness, a touch of oak, some vanilla, and a little coconut
T: Taste is ube sweetness, some coconut, a nice building sourness, a little vanilla, and a touch of oak with just a little leather like note on the back end. On the finish there's more ube, vanilla, coconut, oak, and a little lingering sourness.
M: This beer has a body which is on the moderate side of things with a slightly syrupy feel. Carbonation is lightly effervescent and adequate for the style while the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: Overall this is kind of a funky one. The flavors aren't bad and I find the beer to be interesting. I'll also admit that the color from the bottle didn't appear pleasant as it looked greyish green before showing the true color in the glass. Overall the flavors seem to blend well. The ube was an odd choice but it does sort of work. I feel that coconut and vanilla in a sour would have probably played together just fine.

 

Not sure if it's an optical illusion or what, but from the bottle this pours a grayish green before splashing down a ruddy muddy purple. As it settles out, however, that greenish, topaz hue starts to come back with a bit of clarity. Nice 2" head that stick around for a few minutes before settling out to a thin ring; light streaky lacing. At first, nose is like a sour baked potato. Very starchy vibes, which fits with the ube. Vinegar (more red wine than balsamic) pops through. Altogether extremely savory, however, and in a good way. Taste is super wild - it's lightly but pleasingly sour, with mouthwatering red wine vinegar notes. But that savory, potato starch element kick in huge to a degree that's extremely distinct. It's essentially like eating taro or purple potatoes, and it's effect hits me the most way back in the throat. It's not unpleasant at all, but I also don't see how that element vibes with he sour aspect - it just seems to me laid on top of the base sour for no rhyme or reason, as if they thought of the name of the beer and then worked backwards from there. Vanilla and wood finally comes forward after it warms up fully, but the woodsy element that these Bruery beers get from the barrel also doesn't jibe with the ube for me. Feel is pretty light given the ABV, and there is no trace of alcohol. Overall, this was a super interesting beer and definitely worth trying, though one I don't think was overall effective.

a weird one from these guys, my first of theirs in way too long, always get excited to see new ones. this is done with a purple tuber called ube, as well as coconut and vanilla, which all sound earthy and savory and decadent, except that the base beer is a sour, this is super strange. its darker but not viscous for its strength, has a low purple glow but its not super radiant like the label or anything, short fizzy whitish pink head, popping. mouthwatering nose, sour like vinegar, could be aged in wine barrels, could also be sort of flanders red-esque at its core, some sharpness here for sure, a little red fruitiness as well, and to me all of that is in front of ube, coconut, or vanilla, which actually clash with it a little bit in the flavor to my tastes. vanilla is natural bean-like, the coconut is toasted to me and kind of nutty and less tropical and sweet than it can sometimes be, and i get things like licorice, sharpie marker, and raisin in the mix, slightly chemical with the high acidity and the alcohol, solvent vibes in here. the ube is sweet and earthy in the flavor and its interesting, but it would do better in a less sour, less complex, lighter saison or something, its subtle and its obscured by all this other action, still though, i like what it does in here, not sure ive ever seen it in a beer. coconut is good, adds some needed sweetness against all this acid. red wine and acetic intensity, black currant and blackberry jammy elements, grape soda, piquant lemon, old decaying oak, ruby port, and enough vanilla on the swallow that its the last thing i taste. not sure about this one, i appreciate its uniqueness and the use of the ube which make it memorable, but a little still feels like a lot to me even without the booziness, and i wished for something a little more delicate. nice and fizzy which is flattering to these flavors. neat effort overall, ill always be pumped to try new stuff from these guys and appreciate the exotic ingredient, but im not sure the mixture of elements is quite compatible, despite the obvious quality execution. fully odd.

 

Purple to brown with a two finger light purple head. Nose is full of oak, almond, and musk. Taste follows the nose and opens with a slightly sour deep dark pitted fruit of black cherries and plums that had a bright and wonderful vanilla almond/fruit pit notes, that folds into a soft oak tannin. Body is medium with similar carbonation with a sense of starchiness. Ends semi dry with a lingering vanilla and oak. Overall a wonderful beer from the Bruery, wish I bought more outside my allotment.