Alternate Takes #4
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 7.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 21, 2017
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
We laid down in the spring of 2016 in second-use French oak barrels and barrel-fermented it with Brettanomyces bruxellensis. Then we blended the barrels together with apricot and refermented it with a Belgian saison yeast. It’s juicy, tart and funky with strong notes of apricot, stone fruit and citrus.
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Reviewed by GeoWitt from Canada (NS)
4.26/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.26/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had this on a tap takeover at Pinehurst in Baltimore. The oak and wild yeast notes are very apparent but it's not quite as challenging a brew as some naturally fermented and refermented offerings. Very refreshing and drinkable, with a good balance.
Apr 09, 2017Reviewed by citizencane from Pennsylvania
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Looks unimpressive poured into a flight glass- zero head or lacing. Smells fruity with sour notes. Taste is similar but stronger- sour tangerine. Mouthfeel is crisp and refreshing but not thin. Looks unimpressive but is quite a good beer.
Apr 04, 2017
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