New Beer Sunday (Week 793)

We beer nerds are a fickle lot.

 

KCBC Viking Hula

 

Good afternoon NBS and a special thanks to @zid for stopping in and starting us off today.
Spent the bulk of the morning tearing out bittersweet at the cemetery, a rotating zone every spring, its a constant battle. If you see it kill it.
I have been frquenting Coopers Corner in Florence for some time, and in recent months they have been having a fire sale on most botted offerings. The usual suspects, sours, barrel aged, fruited. So I picked up a few over the past months. Thats where todays offering comes in.
The Bruery Terreux Ode Tart, a wonderful oaked Flanders style, lots of tannins, excellent acidity, Although sharing this with my sweetheart is just enough sout/tart for me on any given day
Stay well all

Oude Tart

Bruery Terreux
Flanders Red Ale | 7.5% ABV

4.19/5 rDev -2.6% | Average: 4.3
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Poured from a 750 ml bottle 2015 version into a tall goblet.
A - Red cedar colored backdrop, light can penetrate to show the tiniest carbonation very refined. A thin off white cap quickly exits. During the experience tiny islands develope , dissipate, and reform as a ring on the surface, cling to the glass perimeter.
S - Dark cherry, toasted oak, grape skin, roast malt, some balsamic, hazelnut, that funk from the basement stall. Add some warmth and a lovely fig, and tobacco sneak in as well
T - Dark fruit then cherry, add a bit of cider vinegar, cheese rime, grape seed, interestingly hints of bitter bakers chocolate, red wine vinegar, and subtle tannins
M - Tart to start, balanced acidity, softened by the oak treatment, and time in this case. Initial pass on the palate is sweeping then it steps out in waves, sweet, tart, sweet tart, the linger is forever and cherry candy in a good way.
O - A very good offering, so glad to have had the oportunity, the time has treated this one well, at 5 years, the sweet and the tannins are still a match for the tart side. Well done to the team at The Bruery

 

I had that one friday. I got a cedar like woodiness from it I found off putting. Weird.

 

I'll definitely look to see if this is available around me now. I have enjoyed their other offerings on occasion, some I find a little too much for me. Others I love, but regardless if its not always to my tastes I always really respect the brewery. Maybe its available at Specs or Total Wine and been hiding in plain sight. If I find it, I'll make sure to review here next Sunday.

 

I sincerely mean that, there’s some great posters here that I really respect their opinion, your one, but there’s dozens out there that are amazing BAs. I’m really humbled by the scientific knowledge that guys possess, the international components from guys who lived and traveled into the beer Mecca’s. More understanding of the product and process than I’ll ever know. Great site, if your open here you’ll learn a lot.

 

This post is making me think of Mad Season.

 

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. A Czech pilsner by Threes Brewing in Brooklyn.




Theres a large, lingering head after an aggressive pour. Appears golden in color with some haze. Smells of sweetly of malt, in a good way. Taste is bready up front with a bit a bit of spicy dryness on the back. An enjoyable beer to share with you all on a day I’d rather be outside.

Brewed in collaboration with Smith & Lentz from Tennessee, who got hit hard by a tornado a few weeks back...that is certainly some bunk luck.

Appreciated this quote from Three’s website: Life is what happened when we were busy making other plans; beer is what happened when we began to figure out where to go from there.