FBS: Barrel No. 1 (2018)
Wild Mind Ales

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From:
Wild Mind Ales
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
7.2%
Score:
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Avg:
4.28 | pDev: 0%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
1
Status:
Retired
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Feb 18, 2020
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Feb 18, 2020
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Forgotten Barrel Society Barrel No.1, is a barrel-fermented, barrel-aged saison that waited in that first barrel we filled for more than a year and a half. It is the first barrel we ever filled prior to opening doors to the public for the first time.

Finally ready, this once-simple saison has a tantalizing nose of apricot, fresh-cut oak, and citrus and tastes even better with notes of red wine, apricot, light vanilla, and rustic funk. The Minnesota oak barrel from Kelvin Cooperage (a Tennessee distillery) provides a hint of oaky flavor to round out perhaps our most complex beer so far. Barrel No.1 is a well-balanced, tart saison that grew from its humble roots to become something truly special.
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

4.28/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750ml bottle.
Opaque, pale gold colored body. Very brief fizzy head, but the bottle did gush a bit upon de-capping. No lacing.
Aroma of lemon citrus, funky yeast, and oak barrel.
Taste is lemon sour, with barnyard funk and a vanilla smoothness from the oak barrel. Other fruit flavors involved are apricot and cherry. Quite dry at the end.
Medium mouth feel. Very good carbonation.
More sour than a lot of saisons, but has a real base of the grassy and barnyard funk that is a reminder of summer lunches at the farm. Quite layered and nuanced with flavors. Only a barrel aging process can yield the depth and blending of flavors.
Feb 18, 2020
FBS: Barrel No. 1 (2018) from Wild Mind Ales
Beer rating: 4.28 out of 5 with 1 ratings