Noble Toil #1 "A Friend's Tree"
The Furrow Blendery
- From:
- The Furrow Blendery
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 20, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 20, 2022
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.36/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
The Furrow Blendery "Noble Toil #1 "A Friend's Tree""
750 ml brown glass bottle "Packaged 1/2022 Bottle # 7 / 30". Sampled on 19 February 2022
Notes: From the hand applied additional label "Lush, pithy cherries foraged from a friend's tree with just enough acidity to brighten 4 lbs. per gallon of fruit."
Look: Hazy pinkish-ruby body beneath a white head that rises up but then immediately falls. No lacing is left behind.
Smell: The aroma suggests acidity, oak, cherry, fruit punch, and sweet red wine.
Taste: The first sip appears sour but your palate quickly becomes acclimated to it and it seems only moderately tart. It's fruity, vinous, and clearly cherry based. The oak is noticeable but not overdone, and it's woody but smooth. There's very little mineralish character, which is generally an indication of a lactobacillus driven fermentation, but there's also not a lot to indicate that it's Brettanomyces so I'm not sure where the acidity came from. It may be that the beer was mostly fermented and then picked up Brett when the cherries were added, or perhaps from the barrels - I'm assuming it spent time in barrels although there's nothing on the label. There's very little bitterness but none is needed as the acidity and oak dry it in the finish. A light drop of sweetish malt and fruit softens the finish but it fades quickly.
Feel: In the mouth it's medium-light in body and smooth with a moderate carbonation level. That explains the lack of head retention but I don't expect much from sour beers to begin with.
Review #7,792
Feb 20, 2022750 ml brown glass bottle "Packaged 1/2022 Bottle # 7 / 30". Sampled on 19 February 2022
Notes: From the hand applied additional label "Lush, pithy cherries foraged from a friend's tree with just enough acidity to brighten 4 lbs. per gallon of fruit."
Look: Hazy pinkish-ruby body beneath a white head that rises up but then immediately falls. No lacing is left behind.
Smell: The aroma suggests acidity, oak, cherry, fruit punch, and sweet red wine.
Taste: The first sip appears sour but your palate quickly becomes acclimated to it and it seems only moderately tart. It's fruity, vinous, and clearly cherry based. The oak is noticeable but not overdone, and it's woody but smooth. There's very little mineralish character, which is generally an indication of a lactobacillus driven fermentation, but there's also not a lot to indicate that it's Brettanomyces so I'm not sure where the acidity came from. It may be that the beer was mostly fermented and then picked up Brett when the cherries were added, or perhaps from the barrels - I'm assuming it spent time in barrels although there's nothing on the label. There's very little bitterness but none is needed as the acidity and oak dry it in the finish. A light drop of sweetish malt and fruit softens the finish but it fades quickly.
Feel: In the mouth it's medium-light in body and smooth with a moderate carbonation level. That explains the lack of head retention but I don't expect much from sour beers to begin with.
Review #7,792
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