97
Overall
Aroma
12
Flavor
19
Mouthfeel
4
Appearance
3
What Our Panel Thought
Aroma: “Apricot with a touch of peach, light smoke and pepper phenols, like a spicy sweet barbecue sauce with light vanilla. Smells like a great marinade. It’s a nice mélange of elements that hang together better than they read on paper.”
Flavor: “Juicy sweet and tart apricot. Noticeable but well-balanced tartness, sourness, and slight funk. Bready malt characteristics as the fruit and tart fade. Subtle oaky tannins. Slight vanilla and caramel. It tastes like a fruity habanero.”
Overall: “Very pleasant, refreshing, fun, and easy to drink, though quite sour. Nice complexity and nice jammy apricot notes eagerly invite you to the next sip.”
What the Brewers Say
“American sour ale fermented with our house culture in wine barrels and finished on apricots.”

Review printed in: Wood-aged Beer (Dec 2018-Jan 2019)
View All IssuesDate Reviewed: October 31, 2018