Riley
Lamplighter Brewing Company
- From:
- Lamplighter Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.27 | pDev: 10.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 05, 2019
- Added:
- Dec 29, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Walty102 from Massachusetts
3.5/5 rDev -18%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.5/5 rDev -18%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Not too sour, reminds me of a light red wine
Feb 17, 2019Reviewed by Egglands_Beast from Rhode Island
4.68/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.68/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
An absolutely brain-bustingly good wild ale. I don't give ratings like this lightly, but I've literally only had one better beer in my life.
Is a dark, subtle red. Reminds me of a Flanders red ale. Smell is very similar to that with a lot more fruit.
The taste is extraordinarily complex and develops as it warms. The most persistent flavors are raisin/date/plum/fig, raspberry, grape marmalade, and wood from the barrels.
Other flavors include grape, grape marmalade, dried mango, raisin bread, kiwi, teriyaki sauce, balsamic, bbq sauce, extra sour mandarin oranges, eel sauce, cherry cordials, leather, brown sugar, apple/banana, graham cracker, caramel, and mulled peach. I'm no sommelier or anything - all these flavors just jump out at you. Very, very long finish. You don't want to have any food with this.
You really have to try it for yourself to understand, but obviously avoid it if you hate slightly sour/funky beers. Lamplighter's such a young brewery but this beer tastes like it survived 3 medieval invasions and both world wars. It's a bit pricey but you and a friend can split it for a nearly unparalleled beer experience.
Jan 15, 2019Is a dark, subtle red. Reminds me of a Flanders red ale. Smell is very similar to that with a lot more fruit.
The taste is extraordinarily complex and develops as it warms. The most persistent flavors are raisin/date/plum/fig, raspberry, grape marmalade, and wood from the barrels.
Other flavors include grape, grape marmalade, dried mango, raisin bread, kiwi, teriyaki sauce, balsamic, bbq sauce, extra sour mandarin oranges, eel sauce, cherry cordials, leather, brown sugar, apple/banana, graham cracker, caramel, and mulled peach. I'm no sommelier or anything - all these flavors just jump out at you. Very, very long finish. You don't want to have any food with this.
You really have to try it for yourself to understand, but obviously avoid it if you hate slightly sour/funky beers. Lamplighter's such a young brewery but this beer tastes like it survived 3 medieval invasions and both world wars. It's a bit pricey but you and a friend can split it for a nearly unparalleled beer experience.
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