Leitmotif - Opus 09
Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company
- From:
- Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 3.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 29, 2018
- Added:
- May 24, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Kettle sour with cherries, raspberries, and cranberries.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.22/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a pink glossy color with a controlled transparency about it. No head no matter how hard I poured. No lace either.
The aroma had a wonderful blend of raspberries and cranberries up front brushing against a slight cherry sour to tart underscore.
The flavor yields to the sour structure initially but seems to grasp a quick little sweet to tart fruity berry skin-like character to mesh with red cherries fairly nice. Mild aftertaste of red raspberries with some cranberries.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps a touch under. Fairly decent sessionability about it but I'm chalking that up due to the excessive heat here in Vermont. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt on par. Mild dry sour to tart cherry and raspberry finish.
Overall, super nice fruited sour ale, well worthy of coming back to this time of year.
Jun 29, 2018The aroma had a wonderful blend of raspberries and cranberries up front brushing against a slight cherry sour to tart underscore.
The flavor yields to the sour structure initially but seems to grasp a quick little sweet to tart fruity berry skin-like character to mesh with red cherries fairly nice. Mild aftertaste of red raspberries with some cranberries.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps a touch under. Fairly decent sessionability about it but I'm chalking that up due to the excessive heat here in Vermont. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt on par. Mild dry sour to tart cherry and raspberry finish.
Overall, super nice fruited sour ale, well worthy of coming back to this time of year.
Reviewed by Blackrobe from Massachusetts
4.13/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dated 5/22/18 on the bottom rim of the can, 3.5 weeks since brewing.
Pours a hazy pale pink-magenta with a half of finger of light pink head that dissipated in seconds. Nose starts off with raspberry jam and moves in to cranberry, slight Balaton cherry, lactobacillus mustiness. Taste bring in a yeast character as well as a little more cranberry than was in the nose. Soft red berries all around, smooth tartness and medium carbonation. Mouthfeel is a soft medium with prickly bubbles. Easy to drink and not mouth puckering tart, great summer brew!
Jun 16, 2018Pours a hazy pale pink-magenta with a half of finger of light pink head that dissipated in seconds. Nose starts off with raspberry jam and moves in to cranberry, slight Balaton cherry, lactobacillus mustiness. Taste bring in a yeast character as well as a little more cranberry than was in the nose. Soft red berries all around, smooth tartness and medium carbonation. Mouthfeel is a soft medium with prickly bubbles. Easy to drink and not mouth puckering tart, great summer brew!
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.4/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Canned 5/22/18, didn't get over to the brewery to have on draft
Pours a mild pinkish fizzy head that fades at a very quick pace, hazy murky rosy pink color
Nose loads of tart berry, raspberry, a bit of tart cranberry, some cherry if you really nose it, a bit of a creamy wheat and lacto base, little bready doughy malt and wheat, touch of yeast
Taste brings more doughy toasted bready wheat and malt, a little yeast later, tons more berry, juicy raspberry, tart cranberry skin and juicy flesh, a little tannic seed note, a little sour sweet cherry that really increases as it goes and warms, tart semi sour acidic bite and nice creamy lacto, esp on the creamy lacto finish, bit more acidity lingering loads of cranberry flavor as well and more cherry a bit flemmy
Mouth is med bod, decent fizzy carb, bit of a flemmy finish, bright acidity
Overall pretty nice, great berry and cherry flavors especially the nice cranberry, wish there was a bit more raspberry, good lacto acidity and mild flemmy funk, very enjoyable fruit sour
Jun 13, 2018Pours a mild pinkish fizzy head that fades at a very quick pace, hazy murky rosy pink color
Nose loads of tart berry, raspberry, a bit of tart cranberry, some cherry if you really nose it, a bit of a creamy wheat and lacto base, little bready doughy malt and wheat, touch of yeast
Taste brings more doughy toasted bready wheat and malt, a little yeast later, tons more berry, juicy raspberry, tart cranberry skin and juicy flesh, a little tannic seed note, a little sour sweet cherry that really increases as it goes and warms, tart semi sour acidic bite and nice creamy lacto, esp on the creamy lacto finish, bit more acidity lingering loads of cranberry flavor as well and more cherry a bit flemmy
Mouth is med bod, decent fizzy carb, bit of a flemmy finish, bright acidity
Overall pretty nice, great berry and cherry flavors especially the nice cranberry, wish there was a bit more raspberry, good lacto acidity and mild flemmy funk, very enjoyable fruit sour
Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts
4.48/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Enjoyed on tap at the brewery.
A - Poured into a standard tulip a nice hazy pink hue with a good two finger white head that fades to leave a light wispy head.
S - Aromas of nice lacto and tartness. Good cherry notes along with nice red tart raspberries. Little bit of cranberries too. Flashes of lemon as well. Subtle and balanced fruit.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with nice tart red berries. Good slightly sweet cherries, tart red seedy raspberries, and nice slightly juice cranberries. Solid lacto funk along with pleasant lemon brightness.
M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, little crisp, little puckering and flemmy.
O - Overall this was a very solid kettle sour, certainly one of the better ones lately. Really nice red fruits going on here. Incredibly enjoyable summer beer.
Serving Type: on tap
May 25, 2018A - Poured into a standard tulip a nice hazy pink hue with a good two finger white head that fades to leave a light wispy head.
S - Aromas of nice lacto and tartness. Good cherry notes along with nice red tart raspberries. Little bit of cranberries too. Flashes of lemon as well. Subtle and balanced fruit.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with nice tart red berries. Good slightly sweet cherries, tart red seedy raspberries, and nice slightly juice cranberries. Solid lacto funk along with pleasant lemon brightness.
M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, little crisp, little puckering and flemmy.
O - Overall this was a very solid kettle sour, certainly one of the better ones lately. Really nice red fruits going on here. Incredibly enjoyable summer beer.
Serving Type: on tap
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