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Jessup Farm Barrel House

 

 

This review is for the Cherry and Boysenberry variant. People seem to be reviewing different ones here.

The look is clear pink-red with no head.

The nose is cherry, peach, and tart lemon.

The taste follows, with added berry. Nice and fruity up front, with subtle bitterness and oak on the finish.

The mouthfeel is medium for the ABV.

Overall, pretty good. Not the most unique/complex sour but enjoyable.

Purchased from directly from the Barrel House at Jessup Farm. This version has a purple label and is described as "Oak barrel aged sour ale with cherries and boysenberries", same name as the listing on BA but an updated version of it.

Poured into a pint glass, this brew was a red with a hint of orange in color. Head was 2 fingers tall and lasted with foamy lacing and a slight pink in color.

Aroma was sweet with up front cherries and berries with a hint of yeastiness.

Flavor was tart and sour with a distinct berry flavor. Hint of bitterness.

Feel was very light and crisp but a touch thin.

Overall, this is hard to place. Doesn't feel much like a beer because of the berries dominated the pallet. Good if you like sour and good if you are not a beer guy.

 

 

 

 

a mixed fermentation beer in oak, very summery, and truthfully one of the more refined beers i have had from these guys so far, clear and a little bronze in color, good head from the tap but it relaxes fast, and there is a distinctive fruitiness to this, both from what i perceive to be new oak nuance, and also the hops in here, which i cant quite place, aside from saying that there is a real candied lemon thing to the nose and an actual fresh lemon zest and juice tang to the taste, some of that obviously from the souring elements in the fermentation profile, but some of it coming from the hops too, without a shadow of a doubt. its clear after one sip that these guys have already come a long way with their funky beers, this is way more mature than just about anything i have had from them yet, with some defined bretty farmy yeast, and a sharp hoppiness, dry though and with, not against, the grain. its drinkable and not too acidic, but tart enough to be clean and light and even refreshing for a wood aged beer. not a ton of barrel on it, but enough to increase my interest level, and lemony all the way through the finish. i woulld think southern hemisphere hops, but its not overly fruity there, basically just lemon. warm weather wild beer for sure, nice job here!