Beers with a "leather" flavor?

I think brett brux can produce a leathery flavor. Orval and Saison-Brett both have a leather note to me.

 

Many Brett beers have a leathery aroma and sometimes it translates to the flavor.

 

I thought this was going to be a joke, like if I wanted to get a good look at a T-bone, I could stick my head up a bull's ass, but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it.

To the OP, this tasted very strongly of leather to me:

José Martí India Porter - French Oak

I can't imagine it would be too hard to trade for.

 

lol made my day lmao

 

I picked it up a lot in Toronado's 25 Anniversary from Russian River. Very tasty IMHO

 

I found Meantime's Naval College Old Porter to be loaded with leathery notes. Also DFH's Immort Ale

 

Drei Kronen Memmelsdorf's "Stoeffla" smoked beer.

 

Please describe the flavor of leather. Thanks.

 

Smell some quality leather and you should be able to taste the smell. If not, your sensory system isn't in sync.

 

Describe the flavor of oranges.... How about, like oranges?

 

But people don't eat leather everyday like they do oranges. If you were to say "describe the flavor of laminate flooring" it would have been a relevant comparison.

 

Your sense of smell is strongly linked to your sense of taste. Ever notice how oranges taste the way they smell? I'm sure you've smelled leather before. The taste would be similar to that.

 

FIS has it, at least to me.

 

I've tasted everything I've smelled, but have only put a small percentage of the smells in my mouth, thankfully.

 

Most of what we think we taste is actually smell. Our tastebuds are actually fairly blunt instruments. They pretty much handle the following: sweet, salty, sour, and bitter (some add umami). Even if you hold your nose until something is in your mouth, the aromas still move up through nares (the holes where your nose passage meets your mouth/throat) and into your nose to be smelled. So even when you think you "taste" leather, or citrus, or whatever, it is actually being smelled, just while it's on your palate rather than in your glass.

To the OP question, as some have said previously, Brettanomyces can add a funky leather note, often referred to as sweaty leather or saddle leather. Think of Lambics, Gueuze, or other spontaneously fermented ales. Often oxidized beers have a leathery note as well, often described more like leather bound books or old leather. Think of an Old Ale, aged Barleywine, or really any aged beer. In bigger, intentionally aged beers, it is usually considered to add complexity. In smaller beers, it is usually considered a flaw. If it is from being oxidized, it can sometimes also be accompanied by a papery or cardboard aroma, which accentuates the flaw in smaller beers.

 

Adam from Hair of the Dog

 

I guess Ill reveal my secret....Let your wallet soak in ANY beer, about 15 minutes or more works the best.

 

Idiot's Drool - leather and tobacco.

 

I "dry shoe" with fresh leather moccasins instead of waiting six months for the Brett to work.