230th Anniversary American Sour Ale
Natty Greene's Pub & Brewing Co.

Shared by Richard on 1-14-12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#19/230

Pours a beige head. Color is a dark amber copper.

Aroma: Very funky and sour. Lots of cherries and caramel. Brown sugar. Acidity and vinegar.

Taste: Super sour. Mouth-puckering intensity. Cherries, vinegar, lemon acidity. Oaky with vanilla.

Mouthfeel: Tart and acidic. Light bodied with a medium amount of carbonation. Ends clean.

Overall, this reminded me of a Santa Fe wild ale. Intense sour. Pretty tasty. Unique, but I liked my small glass.

 

Bottle # 72 of 230. Chilled and poured into a tulip. Big thanks to Stephen for hooking this up.

A - Pours muddy brown/ ruby color. Nice creamy looking head that has a faint pink/brown tint to it. Lots of nice lacing.

S - It smells sour alright. Tart cherries and a touch of funk.

T - Tart cherries hit you first, with a nice sour twang at the back of your tongue. Aftertaste has notes of oak, vanilla and earthiness. Subsequent tastes reveal more of the oak characteristics along with the tartness. Overall, very nice.

M - Medium body with moderate carbonation. Coats the mouth nicely and leaves the tongue dry and crisp.

O - Overall, this is a very nice sour. The tartness is there, the funk is there and the oak really rounds it out. I would definitely drink this again, if there were more than 230 bottles of it. A very nice treat from a great friend. If you can get a hold of it, try it, you'll like it.

big thanks to scott for sharing this with mike and i. packaged 12/2010 offered 3/15/2011.

#16 of 230

a - deep purple. thin head that was gone in an instant. ring around the surface of fizziness and some spotty lacing.

s - sour flanders smell. cherriness.

t - classic acidic cherry. classic flanders. nice sourness.

m - sour but not as intense as the others we've had this evening. good carbonation, smooth.

o - overall i dug this one a lot. solid and good. not amazing, but very solid flanders.

 

Thanks for sharing this, Richard.

Pours a cloudy pinkish red color with a small off-white head. The nose is certainly sour, mostly in the form of vinegar. A little bit of dark fruit and straw, but overall, it's a fairly simnple beer. Maybe a hint of oak. Tastes similar to how it smells. Perhaps a bit more lactic than the aroma lets on, but still fairly vinegary. There is some fruit character such as black cherry and raisin as well as a bit of lemon peel, straw, and grass. Medium body with medium carbonation.