Golden Sour #11 with Blueberry & Red Currant
Soquel Fermentation Project

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From:
Soquel Fermentation Project
 
California, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.71 | pDev: 0.81%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 2
Status:
Inactive
Rated:
Sep 24, 2020
Added:
Aug 21, 2020
Wants:
  0
Gots:
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A blend of beers aged 1 and 3 years in neutral oak. Effervescent, mildly tart and refreshing, with blueberry in perfect balance with the slight pepper from the red currants.
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

3.74/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A cloudy pink lemonade body, thick pinkish white collar, spotted lacing. Sour red currant jam, blueberry compote, tons of sour oak, yet has a biscuit not that sticks out like a sore thumb. Apple cider vinegar, huge red currant, blueberry, boozy pear, and a rising tartness, but the middle is very subdued giving it a hollowed out profile. Feel is thin verging on watery, tart, cumulatively acidic. Just doesn't come together enough to justify the sharp contrasts
Sep 24, 2020
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Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana

3.67/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Appearance - The beer poured a reddish color with a white head crowning the glass.

Smell - Disturbingly, the beer smelled like Fruity Pebbles swimming in lactose. Few things can smell as disturbing in a beer as a radioactive children’s cereal.

Taste - Under ripe berries set off the profile. I could detect blueberries, but not currants. The profile just comes off as tart and earthy. There was a dry wheat backbone toward the back.

Mouthfeel - The beer was aggressively carbonated with a profile that was somewhat thick.

Overall - This was a strange beer. I can’t pinpoint where it went wrong, but I know a mess when I taste one.
Sep 12, 2020