Bersalis Sourblend
Brouwerij Oud Beersel

Bersalis SourblendBersalis Sourblend
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From:
Brouwerij Oud Beersel
 
Belgium
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #660
ABV:
6%
Score:
84
Ranked #23,187
Avg:
3.65 | pDev: 10.14%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
35
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 28, 2023
Added:
Jul 29, 2016
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by Bruno74200:
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Rated by Bruno74200 from France

3.89/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Aug 20, 2019
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Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas

3.86/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours an effervescent & hazed amber with one finger of cream colored head. Average head retetion & better lacing

S: Pear notes, some woodiness, plums & brown sugar once warm

T: Follows the nose, oaky dryness/tartness, a little leafy hops & just a hint of acidity up front. Certainly get a lot oakyness as this beer warms up, hints of white grapes and pears as well, plus some figgyness. Finishes with pears, white grapes, leafy hops, figgyness & dryness

MF: Medium body, fairly lively carbonation

This was alright, but not one I would revisit
Aug 28, 2023
 
Rated: 3.89 by Rhetion from Florida

Jul 06, 2021
 
Rated: 3.38 by BoodahMoogle from Arkansas

May 09, 2020
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Reviewed by octortus from Canada (ON)

4.09/5  rDev +12.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330 mL Bottle. ABV 6%.
Appearance: Veiled orange, Half a finger of frothy off white head, Decent retention.
Aroma: Slightly sweet, Barnyard funk, Stone fruit, Wheat, Slightly tart.
Mouthfeel: Medium body, Slightly prickly carbonation, Off dry finish, Soft once warmed up.
Flavour: Wheat, Soft bready malt, Barnyard funk, Stone fruit, Peppery, Slightly vinous, Slightly tart lemon.
Overall:

Review: 120
Jan 23, 2020
 
Rated: 3.56 by sdm9465 from Canada (NS)

Oct 19, 2019
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Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland

3.65/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
5 oz pour on tap. This beer starts out very sweet, threatening to be cloying, but then develops into a slightly more complex (cherry, brett, leather, red wine tannins, vanilla) beer than it initially appeared to be - but still disappointing overall.
Jul 31, 2019
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Rated by emerge077 from Illinois

3.67/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Unfortunately, a 11.2 oz. bottle of this exploded in my hand when it bumped a wine bottle. Be careful!
Apr 22, 2019
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Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden

4.19/5  rDev +14.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours an unclear orange with massive,soft foam.

Smell is lemony with notes of yeast, apples and pepper.

Taste is rich and slightly sweet to start, then adds a yeasty perpperiness and a nice tartness with notes of apples and apricots. Pretty complex.

Mouthfeel is medium to full, well carbonated.

Overall,a very interesting mix of yeasty tripel and tart lambic. Very nice.
Jul 31, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hanyuu from Finland

Apr 02, 2018
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
is this new? i have not seen it before now, a cool blend of wild beer like their lambic with some belgian blonde or tripel or something pale and a little sweet. i honestly prefer the beersel lambic by itself, i think they have one of the more interesting wild profiles around and it doesnt need to be blended down like this, but i like the beer that this process yields as well. honey colored from the little bottle, bright and blonde and a little hazy under a tall active white head, airy and light and lasting pretty good. some light white wine and woody funk, some clean citric acidity but not quite enough to make my mouth water, and then some light honey sweetness and round wheaty malt. the flavor is about the same, not a ton of sourness here, just a little acidity, cleaner than expected, with a floral component that makes if feel springy and some oxidation like its been in the bottle on the warm shelf a little too long. cardboard and staleness, not uncommon in some imports, but also a light berry note in here with the white grape character, interesting decomposition, flattering even. simple when compared to the beersel lambic, but a nice beer, seemingly designed to be a little more drinkable with less sourness and attention demanding complexity. id love to try this fresher!
Feb 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.56 by Hockey_Fan from Maryland

Jan 06, 2018
 
Rated: 2.56 by Andnkuhn from Virginia

Jan 01, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by Dutchcraftbeergeek from Netherlands

Nov 19, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by Stofko1992 from Pennsylvania

Jul 07, 2017
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.84/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brouwerij Oud Beersel "Bersalis Sourblend"
330 ml. brown glass bottle, "BEST BEFORE: 20.06.2019" and sampled on 26.06.2017
$5.99 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: So what's this? Oh, it's from Oud Beersel, that's OK. I just haven't seen it before. It has an interesting smell that I identify with Belgian beers but I can't really explain. It's candyish and woody, and a hint musty and grassy. The body is a hazy deep gold with a brass sheen beneath a short head of white that initially rises up fairly full but then drops readily. The flavor is tart as expected, with some sweetish grainy malt to balance it. It's a bit grassy, and unfortunately, oxidized. It's a good thing this stuff's got two more years before its "best before" date comes due! It's fruity with apple and soft pear, apricot, and some other non-descript tropical fruit.

So I'm looking it up and there's some interesting information here: Bersalis Sourblend, a mixture of a blond hooggistingsbier and Lambic (30%) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the revival of the Oud Beersel brewery. Well I wanted to find out what a hooggistingsbier is but I got nothing, although some weird webpage (http://www.name-list.net/worldwide/surname/Geuze) gave me this hilarious stuff about geuze:
Geuze is a beer that is strictly defined by the European regulation number 2082192.
Geuze is helping his country peru already for a long time by executing operations on children from time to time.
Geuze is immediately going to keep Office hours.
Geuze is ordered by bef to disturb on 135 000.
Geuze is the spiritual father of this new water city on the edge of vathorst.
Wow, sounds like fun. Maybe that was just a translation issue (it's actually about people with the last name Geuze, but still funny out of context).

Anyway, it's only 30% geuze and it's really just mildly tart, and limited in Brettanomyces character. It's even a little sweet in the finish. It's medium bodied with a dextrinous side to it, and delicately crisp. Anyone could drink this, it's not at all inaccessible, and it does have a charm about it, but for myself I want something with a little more edge. So, points for simple drinkability, but dinged for lack of character. On the other hand I can't help but feel there's something special about it. At the very least, I've never had a beer quite like it.
Jun 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.33 by djrn2 from New Jersey

Jun 24, 2017
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Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
It pours golden and clear with a bug head of ling retention. The aroma is a combination of sour and sweet, with lemon notes at the end. The taste is sour with some bitterness at the end. Medium body and intense carbonation. A very refreshing yet pretty complex beer.
Jun 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.84 by desint from Belgium

Apr 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.71 by MaxOhle from Illinois

Apr 06, 2017
Bersalis Sourblend from Brouwerij Oud Beersel
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 35 ratings