Closer Glimpse - Merlot
The Veil Brewing Co. - Production Brewery
- From:
- The Veil Brewing Co. - Production Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Fruit Lambic
- ABV:
- 5.9%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 13.33%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 22, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 07, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Spontaneously fermented lambic-inspired ale blend on Virginia Merlot grapes
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BergBeer from California
3.11/5 rDev -23.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev -23.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Poured from a bottle into a wine glass
Look: Murky purple with a thin pinkish head
Smell: Tart, salinity, oak, and a plastic note. Not too pleasing.
Taste: Tart flush up front with notes of salinity and lemon zest. Then a huge plastic band aid notes some up with some farty notes and a grape finish.
Feel: Medium acidity and sourness. Light bodied. No alcohol. Mild bitterness.
Overall: I can’t get over that bandaid note. It doesn’t destroy this beer but it certainly makes it worse. Just okay.
Jan 06, 2020Look: Murky purple with a thin pinkish head
Smell: Tart, salinity, oak, and a plastic note. Not too pleasing.
Taste: Tart flush up front with notes of salinity and lemon zest. Then a huge plastic band aid notes some up with some farty notes and a grape finish.
Feel: Medium acidity and sourness. Light bodied. No alcohol. Mild bitterness.
Overall: I can’t get over that bandaid note. It doesn’t destroy this beer but it certainly makes it worse. Just okay.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.4/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours a hazy lavender with a one finger mauve head; a few splashes of lace
Smell: Earthy red wine grape and oak barrel aromatics; pushes the boundary of where a fruited lambic ends and a red wine begins
Taste: Lactic tart grape flavors forward with an earthy red wine tone; the oak aspect builds, through the middle with a considerable amount of tannins that linger into the finish
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation; rather puckery
Overall: The Veil has pushed the envelope here; quite an achievement
Oct 08, 2019Smell: Earthy red wine grape and oak barrel aromatics; pushes the boundary of where a fruited lambic ends and a red wine begins
Taste: Lactic tart grape flavors forward with an earthy red wine tone; the oak aspect builds, through the middle with a considerable amount of tannins that linger into the finish
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation; rather puckery
Overall: The Veil has pushed the envelope here; quite an achievement
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