Embrace The Funk - Never Again
Yazoo Brewing Company

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From:
Yazoo Brewing Company
 
Tennessee, United States
Style:
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
ABV:
11.6%
Score:
93
Avg:
4.27 | pDev: 6.56%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
36
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 13, 2018
Added:
Apr 17, 2016
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  11
A two-year journey of a Belgian Dark Strong Ale, fermented with Brettanomyces and souring bacteria, and aged in 40-year-old Oloroso Sherry casks, Merlot wine barrels, and Bourbon barrels.
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Ratings by Buck89:
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Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee

4.2/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A muddy cola brown with a 1/2 finger tan head that lingered for a bit. Aromas of berries, cherries, vanilla, oak, and musty wine barrels. Moderately tart with blueberry, cherry, vanilla, oak, sweet red wine, and barnyard funk. All the flavors played well together with no real dominant aspect. The big ABV was hidden except for a pleasant warming on the finish. Complex and interesting.
May 21, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.18 by MI_beerdrinker from Texas

Mar 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4.4 by NolaHopHead from Louisiana

Aug 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by AngusOg from North Carolina

Mar 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4.23 by BubbleBobble from New York

Dec 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4.24 by OtisCampbell007 from Tennessee

Nov 07, 2016
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Reviewed by MadEyeJay from Tennessee

4.84/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
My favorite of the ETF brews I have tried, and I try all I can. Very complex brew, though not surprisingly when you read the story of how it came to be. If you enjoy a funky beer, this is a great one. The alcohol is hidden well. Very drinkable. Warms nicely. I love it.
Nov 03, 2016
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Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts

4.69/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Pours a dark brown, minimal head. All of the barrels present themselves in the aroma. There's tart lactic character up front, some vinous barrel, vanilla, with some dried fruit on the finish. It's like the most complex chocolate covered sour cherry that I've ever had. You don't really feel the alcohol either. The evolution of the different flavors and the way they present themselves on the palate is truly remarkable and is what makes this a truly great sour.
Oct 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.65 by emottram from Massachusetts

Sep 17, 2016
 
Rated: 4.55 by khargro2 from Tennessee

Aug 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by AmeriCanadian from Tennessee

Aug 28, 2016
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Reviewed by jrawlinsGA from Georgia

4.4/5  rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Could be my favorite ETF beer I've had. Nice nose and coke brown color. The taste is so complex it's hard to pinpoint all the flavors coming through. I get lots of barrel, mild funk. Some cherry and vanilla notes come through. Fairly tart but not over bearing. Mouthfeel isn't very thick, and alcohol is almost unnoticed. Very well done.
Aug 06, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Jul 25, 2016
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

4.24/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
It's like they say, "Good things happen to those who wait". And the patience of Yazoo brewers are aptly rewarded with their stronger, darker Belgian-style ale that's undertaken an oaken, souring cocoon and transformed this immature ale into a blossoming, complex and alluring adult. Never Again should definitely happen again.

Tawny crimsons and burgundies take a dark and highly oxidized appearance with a fast dissolving froth that quickly renders the beer's appearance to a burnt sherry showcase. The scent that wafts upon the nose is rife with dark fruit, stone fruit, red wine, dark candies, pepper and cellar-like funk. Sweet to taste, its the flavor of charred molasses, hard candy, cola, steely caramels and cherry juice that bounces on the front of the tongue.

And that's just the start- the flavors keep blooming with the lift of sweetness and the acceleration of sourness. Gaining fruity ground, the taste divulges black cherry, red currant, blueberry, plum, fig and prune with those strong winey tethers of red grape, brandy and robust burgundy wine that pull the fruit and fledgling sweetness together. Balancing with a charge of fresh cracked black pepper, cumin, clove and vanilla, the ale takes a spicy and earthy tone as weathered oak, leather and sandalwood dry the late palate with ease.

Sour to taste, the strong sense of balsamic, breaks up the beer's medium-full body and gives the session an irresponsible sense of drinkability. Spicy, winey and dry, the ale's drinkability is that of stronger merlot and cabernet wine but with a stern vinegar, cherry and oak display that provides a light powder-fine texture to close. Lingering acidity is enough to squint the eye and wet the mouth as its cidery acids far outlast all other flavors in aftertaste.
Jul 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Jul 16, 2016
 
Rated: 4.19 by TheBishopco from Tennessee

Jun 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.99 by leroybrown10 from Missouri

Jun 22, 2016
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Rated by Eliuglez from Missouri

4.59/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75
Exceptional sour. Smell is very aromatic. You Can pick out the cherry and bourbon barrels.
Jun 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by stereosforgeeks from Virginia

Jun 08, 2016
 
Rated: 4.37 by Resuin from Massachusetts

Jun 08, 2016
Embrace The Funk - Never Again from Yazoo Brewing Company
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 36 ratings