Austin Boysenberry
Equilibrium Brewery
- From:
- Equilibrium Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.39 | pDev: 5.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 04, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 01, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
We have been continually testing and refining our farmhouse fermentations and processes to bring you Austin Boysenberry, which is one of the finest farmhouse ales we’ve produced to date. Austin is a farmhouse ale built by the inspiration to share beer with people close to heart. It is pale, tart, delicate, and complex with a bit of pleasant funk. Austin was then refermented on boysenberries at a rate of more than 2 lbs of fruit per gallon for additional months. The result is a bright jammy-fruit character boosted by the expression of our microorganism. This beer has a beautiful drinkable balance from the heartiness of the boysenberry and the dryness of the base ale. This beer is unfiltered, unpasteurized, naturally carbonated and will continue to evolve over time if properly cellared.
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Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.98/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.98/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
very good mouthfeel. bold flavour and mouthfeel. featured brett soured, and pretty sour. worth trying but impossible to finish but in a group. fresh at the source.
Mar 24, 2019
Reviewed by Tkaupp from California
4.12/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
It was a hot day, but I still insisted that my friend accompany me to the park to drink this beer. I'm of the mind that farmhouse ales, saisons, and sours should all be consumed outside, preferably on a hot day in the shade of a tree.
The cap came off and we filled our glasses with an ale that looked as though it had been squeezed from fresh boysenberries, a light red-purple with a fine white lacing over the top. The first scent I recognized was jam, followed by boysenberry, over-ripe blueberry, fresh cut grass, and a slight funkiness. My friend claimed she smelled Earl Grey, though she drank out of a nonic pint, while I had my trusty tulip in hand. I digress.
At the top of the bottle, the flavor was plenty sour, with a crisp carbonation and jammy mouthfeel that kept the almost spicy citric acid flavor at bay. With an advertised 1.5 lbs of boysenberries per gallon, the beer had plenty of boysenberry flavor in the mix, accompanied by an interesting and unexpected acerbic bitterness on the backend. Have you ever eaten a box of blackberries in one sitting? If so, you're familiar with the green, tannic, bitterness I'm referring to.
At the bottom of the bottle, I found the jamminess increased as the carbonation died down, highlighting the berry sweetness of the beer. The acidity also began to lean more towards a citrusy grapefruit pith.
All in all, I found it to be a pleasant beer for a day in the park.
Aug 30, 2018The cap came off and we filled our glasses with an ale that looked as though it had been squeezed from fresh boysenberries, a light red-purple with a fine white lacing over the top. The first scent I recognized was jam, followed by boysenberry, over-ripe blueberry, fresh cut grass, and a slight funkiness. My friend claimed she smelled Earl Grey, though she drank out of a nonic pint, while I had my trusty tulip in hand. I digress.
At the top of the bottle, the flavor was plenty sour, with a crisp carbonation and jammy mouthfeel that kept the almost spicy citric acid flavor at bay. With an advertised 1.5 lbs of boysenberries per gallon, the beer had plenty of boysenberry flavor in the mix, accompanied by an interesting and unexpected acerbic bitterness on the backend. Have you ever eaten a box of blackberries in one sitting? If so, you're familiar with the green, tannic, bitterness I'm referring to.
At the bottom of the bottle, I found the jamminess increased as the carbonation died down, highlighting the berry sweetness of the beer. The acidity also began to lean more towards a citrusy grapefruit pith.
All in all, I found it to be a pleasant beer for a day in the park.
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