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Alus Darbnīca Labietis
- From:
- Alus Darbnīca Labietis
- Latvia
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 30, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 22, 2023
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A unique ale brewed with Brettanomyces lambicus since April of 2022 and matured on fresh cherries at ratio of 1/3 since July. The result is an ale with explicitly redish berry like acidity and a rich spiciness of wild yeast esters and phenols. All this in a carmine red with a penetrating fruitiness that belies the alcohol content. Maturation on cherrywood chips before bottling gives the ale a gently smoky sweetness with a pleasantly dry aftertaste that makes the glass empty faster than perhaps it should.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
4.31/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a cloudy, deep carmine red coloration with a small, fluffy head. Smells of light doughy malt, tart cherries and a strong woody presence, as well as hints of estery spice. Taste is a great balance of light doughy malt and intense tart and sweet black cherries and earthy, slightly smokey cherrywood, with some estery spice, with hints of clove and nutmeg, as well as slightly funky accents as well. Finishes with a light/medium tartness and some cherries, cherrywood and estery spice lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.
This makes for a very nice fruited Wild Ale that has both rather intense fruity and woody notes from the cherries and cherrywood, which work together brilliantly in my opinion, although that strong, woody, earthy, slightly smokey cherrywood character perhaps takes a bit of getting used to. There's a great balance of sweet, tart, spicy and woody notes to this as well, with a vibrant black cherry presence that is both sweet and tart, complemented very nicely by the cherrywood chips, as well as hints of spicy esters and musty funk.
Apr 30, 2023This makes for a very nice fruited Wild Ale that has both rather intense fruity and woody notes from the cherries and cherrywood, which work together brilliantly in my opinion, although that strong, woody, earthy, slightly smokey cherrywood character perhaps takes a bit of getting used to. There's a great balance of sweet, tart, spicy and woody notes to this as well, with a vibrant black cherry presence that is both sweet and tart, complemented very nicely by the cherrywood chips, as well as hints of spicy esters and musty funk.
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