Black Currant Soak
Trillium Brewing Company
- From:
- Trillium Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #433 - ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #8,747 - Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 8.43%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 23, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Soak: our line of sour wheat ales, aged in oak, featuring a variety of single fruit additions. We place a base brew crafted with 60% wheat grist in 600L oak puncheons for 3 months with fermentation duties shared gracefully between lactobacillus and our Native New England mixed culture. Loosely inspired by the cold-maceration process used in winemaking, we blend fruit directly into the barrels to “soak” for enhanced extraction of unique colors, aromatics, and flavors. Delightfully acidic, but not funky, our Soak series is an approachable sequence of wild offerings that we are proud to share.
Black Currants bring a slightly hazy ruby red hue and a pleasantly tart and deep profile of dark mixed berry compote, underpinned by a light tannic structure. Black Currant Soak is dry with undertones of oak and wheat accentuated by an effervescent carbonation for a crisp, quenching finish.
MALT: Pilsner, White Wheat, Flaked Wheat
HOPS: US Goldings
Black Currants bring a slightly hazy ruby red hue and a pleasantly tart and deep profile of dark mixed berry compote, underpinned by a light tannic structure. Black Currant Soak is dry with undertones of oak and wheat accentuated by an effervescent carbonation for a crisp, quenching finish.
MALT: Pilsner, White Wheat, Flaked Wheat
HOPS: US Goldings
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Reviewed by Jack_14 from Italy
4.11/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Just uncorked intense smell of wild berries (I would have said just black currant, but also blackberry probably).
Ruby color, foam (tasty, red fruit of the forest) initially more abundant than I expected, but after a while the beer rises, returning it to a small "hat" that accompanies the whole drink.
The drink releases a taste of berries, in this case currant, but again I find a taste very similar to blackberry, also reflections that refer to blueberry.
The note is sour, more than acid in the strict sense. A minimal and delicate astringency that stands out in the taste of berries.
On the final pleasant intervention of woody and barrel scents that give a truly high-class closure to this beer in which all the elements of which it is prized are detectable to the senses (especially to the taste) and are in perfect balance with each other.
A very tasty aftertaste of black currant remains on the palate, while the tongue comes out quite clean and dry.
Well structured beer with a body to the height (light, but not watered down), which gives a pleasant, refreshing and decidedly satisfying drink.
Splendid balance (explosion of black currant - slightly astringent note: acid, but not intrusive - final with notes of wood, to round off both the taste of the wild fruit and the sour "wild" note) in which all the elements make their contribution in a recognizable way.
Sep 23, 2021Ruby color, foam (tasty, red fruit of the forest) initially more abundant than I expected, but after a while the beer rises, returning it to a small "hat" that accompanies the whole drink.
The drink releases a taste of berries, in this case currant, but again I find a taste very similar to blackberry, also reflections that refer to blueberry.
The note is sour, more than acid in the strict sense. A minimal and delicate astringency that stands out in the taste of berries.
On the final pleasant intervention of woody and barrel scents that give a truly high-class closure to this beer in which all the elements of which it is prized are detectable to the senses (especially to the taste) and are in perfect balance with each other.
A very tasty aftertaste of black currant remains on the palate, while the tongue comes out quite clean and dry.
Well structured beer with a body to the height (light, but not watered down), which gives a pleasant, refreshing and decidedly satisfying drink.
Splendid balance (explosion of black currant - slightly astringent note: acid, but not intrusive - final with notes of wood, to round off both the taste of the wild fruit and the sour "wild" note) in which all the elements make their contribution in a recognizable way.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
2.68/5 rDev -35.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.68/5 rDev -35.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
330 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.3%. Hazy deep red to purple colour, small pink head. Intense aroma of blackcurrants and oak, hints of yoghurt. Intensely sour flavour of lemons and blackcurrants, hints of oak. Not a beer for me.
Jun 26, 2021
Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece
4.54/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.54/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
L: Hazy deep purple color, one finger beige head, thin lacing, light carbonation.
S: Black currant, sour, oak. Room fills with aroma as soon as you crack it open!
T: Black currant, sour, oak, high acidity. Just wow.
F: Medium to full bodied, tons of flavor.
O: Outstanding sour.
Apr 04, 2021S: Black currant, sour, oak. Room fills with aroma as soon as you crack it open!
T: Black currant, sour, oak, high acidity. Just wow.
F: Medium to full bodied, tons of flavor.
O: Outstanding sour.
Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark purple with thick, fluffy pink head.
Smell is tart with a big hit of black currants followed by notes of lime, oak, red currant jelly and a hint of vanilla.
Taste is properly sour with nice acidity. Notes of currants, lime, oak and hints of spritzy youghurt, wheat and bourbon vanilla. Dry and vinous, with great complexity.
Mouthfeel is medium, dry and well carbonated.
Overall, a terrific sour, complex and deep.
Mar 09, 2021Smell is tart with a big hit of black currants followed by notes of lime, oak, red currant jelly and a hint of vanilla.
Taste is properly sour with nice acidity. Notes of currants, lime, oak and hints of spritzy youghurt, wheat and bourbon vanilla. Dry and vinous, with great complexity.
Mouthfeel is medium, dry and well carbonated.
Overall, a terrific sour, complex and deep.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
A puffy pale pink head floats over a hazy magenta-purple body.
This is quite sour of tart currants that are herbal and seedy while popping with raspberry characteristics. A big push of red wine oak, tannin and toasted seeds follow.
The medium body is crisp, with an almost firm carbonation, finishing tingly semi-dry. It's puckeringly sour, almost acetic and just barely avoiding that, with a balsamic quality.
Jul 09, 2019This is quite sour of tart currants that are herbal and seedy while popping with raspberry characteristics. A big push of red wine oak, tannin and toasted seeds follow.
The medium body is crisp, with an almost firm carbonation, finishing tingly semi-dry. It's puckeringly sour, almost acetic and just barely avoiding that, with a balsamic quality.
Reviewed by StoutSnob40 from California
4.23/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This beer will make the back of your jaw ache just by smelling it. First few sips are eye-wateringly sour, but eventually your palate adjusts, and the jammy, berry sweetness emerges. Finish is reminiscent of unripe berries. Great stuff.
Aug 10, 2018
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