Scratch Beer 197 - 2015 (Belgian-style Brown Ale)
Tröegs Brewing Company
- From:
- Tröegs Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Oud Bruin
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 9.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 06, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Aside from our recent experimentation with the Gose style (a tart wheat ale), we haven’t really dabbled with sour beers as part of our Scratch Beer Series. We’ll, that’s about to change with the release of Scratch #197, a sour Belgian-style Dubbel brewed with fresh blackberries. The addition of blackberries adds another dimension to the flavor of this ale by peppering hints of rose, cedar, mint, and mild clove with the dominant toffee and stone fruit flavors of the base beer. Dark Belgian Candi and Demerara sugars (the latter, an unrefined, large-grain golden sugar) bolsters the ale’s sweetness. Throwing caution to the wind, we decided to introduce lactobacillus into the fold. This process produces lactic acid, which imparts a subtle mustiness and soft, pleasant tartness (think Sour Patch Kids candy). It’s time to get your “bramble” on!
10 IBU
10 IBU
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Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
3.72/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the brewery on June 30, 2015.
It pours reddish brown color with a modest off-white head.
The blackberries are the first aroma notes I pick up then quickly followed by the sweet malts of a brown and a sour fruit character.
Light body.
The taste has an array of sweet and sour characteristics but the blackberries are always present.
Jul 02, 2015It pours reddish brown color with a modest off-white head.
The blackberries are the first aroma notes I pick up then quickly followed by the sweet malts of a brown and a sour fruit character.
Light body.
The taste has an array of sweet and sour characteristics but the blackberries are always present.
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