Petit Mutant
The Alchemist

4.18/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
by ScaryEd from New Hampshire

2020 vintage poured into a stemmed tulip glass.

Pours a hazy ruby color with a finger of pinkish white head. The head is gone in a hurry, leaving zero lacing as it settles into a thin ring. Expected appearance for the style.

The aroma brings some strong barnyard funk and oak chips followed by every cherry in existence. There's a bit of vanilla and vinegar in here as well. Very tart and earthy.

The flavor starts with a wave of cherries, earthy oak chips, and vanilla, followed by a good amount of brett funk and grass. Finishes with a vinegary, lemony tartness.

The feel is light bodied with very good carbonation. Extremely crisp and dry with a lingering tartness.

Overall, this is a great American wild ale. It pretty much comes exactly as advertised: Tons of cherries with a good brett character and plenty of tart flavors.

Feb 24, 2020

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
by BEERMILER12 from Maine

Bottled 10/18/18

A: Pours a ruby red color with a fingers worth of head that fades down to a thin cap

S: Cherry, tannins, funk, oak, fruity esters, and some almond notes

T: Follows the nose. Starts off with the cherries, Brett funk, and light oak and tannins. Some fruity esters and almond notes make their way in towards the end. Finishes with lingering cherry notes and a touch of tartness

M: Medium bodied with moderate-high carbonation

O: A very good sour cherry ale that is good to sip on. Lots of complexity going on. Definitely worth checking out

Mar 07, 2019

4.43/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
by Hyptochrons from Massachusetts

its a gusher... otherwise though an absolutely perfect looking beer, just fucking beautiful. smells like oak and vanilla, cherry, strong tart flavors, vinegar, peppery spice. huge amount of tart and funky vinegar notes, hay, green, cherry, mellow unripe raspberry, oak, vanilla. the feel is excessively carbonated, it almost works but just a bit too much.

Feb 09, 2019

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
by Ciocanelu from Romania

Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2018, Red Session. Ruby pink color. Aroma is fruity and a bit funky with lots of berry notes. Taste is tart, refreshing and fruity with berries and fruit pits flavors.

Jun 06, 2018

3.91/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by NotAlcoholicJustAHobby from Vermont

Bottled 08-18-2017

L- The beer pours a hazy plum color with almost no head formation. What little there is reduces to a thin ring. There is no lacing
S- The nose is a strong sour cherry component over the top of a musty funk from the Brett.
T- Like the nose the sour cherries are the dominant component. The brett funk makes it's appearance at the tail end of the palate and helps the beer to finish somewhat dry.
M- Overall mouthfeel is medium. There is very little carbonation left in the beer. I suspect that isn't typical and a problem of this bottle.
O- With proper carbonation this beer would be a joy to drink for those into brett or sour cherries. This bottle was lacking in that department and suffered some. I'll revisit in the future to see if I can get a properly carbed bottle.

May 27, 2018

4.02/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by frekky from Massachusetts

Nov 2016 btl.

Mar 23, 2017

4.35/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
by jhavs from New York

750ml bottle poured into fluted snifter.

Pour is colored like bing cherry juice. Maroon and mostly clear. Pink foamy head pops itself out fast and leaves a tiny ring around the glass.

Aroma is bright cherry juice, sweet and tart.

The flavor is cherry. Sweet cherries, tart cherries and a hint of background funk and grass. A crisp and clean flavored brew.

Moderate carbonation comes through a bit effervescent and lighter bodied.

I think this tasted and looked fantastic. Refined and layered flavors.

Mar 06, 2017