Keowee
Carolina Bauernhaus
- From:
- Carolina Bauernhaus
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 7.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 01, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 27, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Keowee is a Cherokee word meaning ‘Place of the Mulberries’ and we think it fits perfectly for our 18 Mile Red sour ale aged on loads of locally foraged mulberries.
18 Mile Red is our native fermented Belgian-inspired sour red ale brewed with North Carolina grown heirloom Wrens Abruzzi rye malt and fermented in regional wine barrels. This unique regional ale draws its acidity from a strain of lactobacillus isolated by SouthYeast labs from opuntia fruit in La France, SC, a blend of yeast strains captured from Clemson University's Musser Experimental Fruit Research Farm, and some of our favorite species of Brettanomyces.
After aging the beer for four months, we blended in red mulberries and aged for another three months before bottling. The resulting rustic refined ale has a bright acidity and is filled with jammy and dark fruit notes rounded out by a vinous barrel character.
18 Mile Red is our native fermented Belgian-inspired sour red ale brewed with North Carolina grown heirloom Wrens Abruzzi rye malt and fermented in regional wine barrels. This unique regional ale draws its acidity from a strain of lactobacillus isolated by SouthYeast labs from opuntia fruit in La France, SC, a blend of yeast strains captured from Clemson University's Musser Experimental Fruit Research Farm, and some of our favorite species of Brettanomyces.
After aging the beer for four months, we blended in red mulberries and aged for another three months before bottling. The resulting rustic refined ale has a bright acidity and is filled with jammy and dark fruit notes rounded out by a vinous barrel character.
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Reviewed by beersampler6 from Michigan
3.24/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev -19.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Quite an interesting beer. Very tart and a little sour, good fruitiness. 11/16/19 date printed on bottle. Pours a darker amber-red color with a little white head that slowly dissipated and minimal scant lacing. Smells of tart fruit - raspberries and strawberries - as well as some malt, light yeast and a little dankness. Taste follows the nose, decent balance and fairly tart. Sourness hits you upfront. Mild thin mouthfeel. My first one of this beer style.
Feb 10, 2020
Reviewed by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington
3.76/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L: A muddy reddish liquid with a fizz and flash of a head and no lace or retention
S: Intensely sour and dry, more wine infused than red ale, and sour than jammy.
T: Follows the nose with a pucker. This is dry and tart and the mulberry is an interesting character.
F: What I’d expect for the style and a surprise there was not a mountain of grape must sediment at the bottom.
O: Wowee Keowee! That was a tart slow sipper. Not bad but not repeatable for me.
Jan 12, 2020S: Intensely sour and dry, more wine infused than red ale, and sour than jammy.
T: Follows the nose with a pucker. This is dry and tart and the mulberry is an interesting character.
F: What I’d expect for the style and a surprise there was not a mountain of grape must sediment at the bottom.
O: Wowee Keowee! That was a tart slow sipper. Not bad but not repeatable for me.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.07/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Reddish orange brown, thin layer of foam and momentary skim, edge ring and spotty lace.
Aroma is fruity with a slight impression of grape jelly, though drier and semi-vinous. Taste is more unique, the mulberry has a distinctive tannic berry flavor with a moderate sourness. Dry finish, light oak and grape aftertaste. Moderate acidity and fruitiness, not especially funky.
It's pretty good and pairs nicely with cheese.
Feb 18, 2017Aroma is fruity with a slight impression of grape jelly, though drier and semi-vinous. Taste is more unique, the mulberry has a distinctive tannic berry flavor with a moderate sourness. Dry finish, light oak and grape aftertaste. Moderate acidity and fruitiness, not especially funky.
It's pretty good and pairs nicely with cheese.
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