Golden Sower
Against The Grain Brewery
- From:
- Against The Grain Brewery
- Kentucky, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 8.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 19, 2014
- Added:
- Jan 19, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Golden Ale brewed entirely with three strains of Brettanomyces. Fermented in used Angel's Envy bourbon barrels.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.14/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.14/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Yea, I had to say it out loud too before I got it.
The "sower" ale pours with a murky lemon drop color- hay and goldenrod in the body, yellowish in the highlights. Initial fizz provides an airy white head before the carbonation ran out of steam and the head falls like champagne, with little signs of lace. The foam and carbonation become subject to the low pH of the beer- common among sour ales.
Fruity and must aromas fill the nose with the scent of oak aged apple cider. Overtones of green apples join forces with limes, aged wood, light vinegar, and a brisk scent of sea air. Even light saddle leather, latex, and white pepper make short-lived appearances.
The dense taste of apple and a mix of fresh peeled granny smiths and mildly oxidized red varieties. Its intense cider flavor inhibits a gallant effort to balance with dried limes, sea brine, aged leather, moss, straw, dry oak, and peppercorn. Lightly medicinal to taste, the finish is long and seemingly of apple peel. It's sourness is medium, as fruit sweetness and acidity rivals the tartness with ease.
While the carbonation is present, the sour ale leaps from the tongue and ushers in a quick acidic refreshment. But as the bubbles flee the glass, the light residual sweetness weights on the mouth with a dull cider character that seems to intensify the taste of fresh green apple. Finishing moderately tart and mildly astringent, the beer's apple flavor extends well into the next sip. Light on dryness, but bold in alcohol- peppery warmth accompanies the apple taste.
Golden Sower is a beer in progress. It has a lot of the signatures of well made sour ales, but seems incomplete and immature. As is, the apple balance is rather dominating and prevents other lambic-like qualities to grow.
Jan 19, 2013The "sower" ale pours with a murky lemon drop color- hay and goldenrod in the body, yellowish in the highlights. Initial fizz provides an airy white head before the carbonation ran out of steam and the head falls like champagne, with little signs of lace. The foam and carbonation become subject to the low pH of the beer- common among sour ales.
Fruity and must aromas fill the nose with the scent of oak aged apple cider. Overtones of green apples join forces with limes, aged wood, light vinegar, and a brisk scent of sea air. Even light saddle leather, latex, and white pepper make short-lived appearances.
The dense taste of apple and a mix of fresh peeled granny smiths and mildly oxidized red varieties. Its intense cider flavor inhibits a gallant effort to balance with dried limes, sea brine, aged leather, moss, straw, dry oak, and peppercorn. Lightly medicinal to taste, the finish is long and seemingly of apple peel. It's sourness is medium, as fruit sweetness and acidity rivals the tartness with ease.
While the carbonation is present, the sour ale leaps from the tongue and ushers in a quick acidic refreshment. But as the bubbles flee the glass, the light residual sweetness weights on the mouth with a dull cider character that seems to intensify the taste of fresh green apple. Finishing moderately tart and mildly astringent, the beer's apple flavor extends well into the next sip. Light on dryness, but bold in alcohol- peppery warmth accompanies the apple taste.
Golden Sower is a beer in progress. It has a lot of the signatures of well made sour ales, but seems incomplete and immature. As is, the apple balance is rather dominating and prevents other lambic-like qualities to grow.
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