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Speciation Artisan Ales
- From:
- Speciation Artisan Ales
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #1,512 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #54,692 - Avg:
- 4.45 | pDev: 2.47%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 30, 2020
- Added:
- Sep 17, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Biere de Coupage w/ Blackberry & Boysenberry - Collaboration w/ Transient Artisan Ales - In January of 2018, Chris from Transient called me out of the blue and asked if we wanted to brew a coolship batch because the weather was great. We decided to blend a batch of spontaneously fermented beer with each of our fresh saison. After that we blended in blackberry & boysenberry puree. This beer is ultra complex, with notes of classic lambic funk, and fresh berries.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by TheGent from New Jersey
4.3/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Speciation in Collaboration with Transient
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Biere de Coupage with Blackberry and Boysenberry
First rating or review on this beer.
Look: The beer pours a barely translucent, deep crimson color. A light pink foam rises up, then subsides to a thin layer across the top and a thin ring around the edges. No lacing. Some visible carbonation streaming to the top. A very attractive beer from the fruit.
Smell and Taste: Prominent sweet berry jam, some bright lemon juice and a touch of white vinegar. A slight must stops short of any perceivable “funk” as I go in for the first sip. A flash of jammy, berry sweetness on the tip of the tongue. Shifts to a drier, more tart berry. Also some fruit skin. The more bitter, dry, gritty flavor from plum or grape skin, for example. As the beer warms up the aroma does takes on a slight, powdery, floral, barnyard funk. This is aspect is very soft and only comes out as the beer warms. Also a faint sulphuric / matchstick aroma. Back to the flavor, a tart and acidic lemon / berry juice hits the sides of the palate nicely, but I’d put the overall level of acidity in the medium to mid-high range. Not overly acidic and nicely drinkable. The beer has a low level of carbonation, aqueous and dries out in the finish.
Overall: This beer is delicious and a very well executed fruited sour. I think the nose offers some more complexity than the flavor of the beer as I’m not getting any funky tasting notes.
Oct 06, 2019Side Shift
Biere de Coupage with Blackberry and Boysenberry
First rating or review on this beer.
Look: The beer pours a barely translucent, deep crimson color. A light pink foam rises up, then subsides to a thin layer across the top and a thin ring around the edges. No lacing. Some visible carbonation streaming to the top. A very attractive beer from the fruit.
Smell and Taste: Prominent sweet berry jam, some bright lemon juice and a touch of white vinegar. A slight must stops short of any perceivable “funk” as I go in for the first sip. A flash of jammy, berry sweetness on the tip of the tongue. Shifts to a drier, more tart berry. Also some fruit skin. The more bitter, dry, gritty flavor from plum or grape skin, for example. As the beer warms up the aroma does takes on a slight, powdery, floral, barnyard funk. This is aspect is very soft and only comes out as the beer warms. Also a faint sulphuric / matchstick aroma. Back to the flavor, a tart and acidic lemon / berry juice hits the sides of the palate nicely, but I’d put the overall level of acidity in the medium to mid-high range. Not overly acidic and nicely drinkable. The beer has a low level of carbonation, aqueous and dries out in the finish.
Overall: This beer is delicious and a very well executed fruited sour. I think the nose offers some more complexity than the flavor of the beer as I’m not getting any funky tasting notes.
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