Fabulous Acres
Ellison Brewery & Spirits

 

 

 

A - Pours a hazy golden orange with a one finger creamy white head. Heavy amount of soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is yogurt, green apple skins, lemon and oak.

T - The taste is lemon, lime, green apple, white wine vinegar, oak, yogurt and light earthiness.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Soft mouthfeel with a crisp dry finish.

O - A really nice and well rounded sour. The flavors are on point with the alcohol unnoticeable.

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2018 vintage bottling. Pours lightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense white head with solid retention, that reduces to nothing eventually. Light spotty lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red/green apple, melon, red/white wine, hay, straw, grass, peppercorn, toasted oak, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, leathery/musty funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, red wine barrels, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red/green apple, melon, red/white wine, hay, straw, grass, peppercorn, toasted oak, wheat, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, leathery/musty funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate lactic tart/sourness, and yeast/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, red/green apple, melon, red/white wine, hay, straw, grass, peppercorn, toasted oak, wheat, cracker, white bread, vanilla, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, red wine barrels, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness and yeast/oak spiciness balance; with zero puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tart/sourness and spicy yeast/oak. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is an awesome wine barrel aged sour/wild ale! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, red wine barrels, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Awesome well rounded Brett/bacteria complexity, red wine barrel presence, and pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected of the brewery.