Winter 2010/11.
My review on RateBeer:
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
AHTOH (34) - San Diego, USA - FEB 1, 2011
750 mL bottle. Poured into Bruery tulip.
APPEARANCE: Pours bright, deep gold. Color seems to have a faint hint of burnt orange/blood orange hue. Emits plenty of light, though has a bit of hazy character. Some bubbles make a brief presence as beer poured into glass, however, these bubbles disappear very quickly leaving zero trace of any foam.
AROMA: Vinous, lemon, strawberry, raspberry, mild floral vanilla sweetness evident when smelled a littler further away, subtle sour white grape juice scent, and faint hay-like funk. Unable to pick out much oak aroma.
TASTE: Huge sour lemon citrus on front palate. Subtle grape (almost like a faint version of a grape candy [eg, purple grape Jolly Rancher) on mid palate. Barely noticeable alcohol warmth on back of palate; which is largely masked by sourness. Back of palate also seems to have an extremely faint Welch’s grape juice taste in the background. Finish is more sour, little bit of funk, and a hint of straw-like grainy dryness. Upon carefully focused inspection, there does seem to be an extremely faint bit of smokiness on back of palate/finish (presumably from the char of the oak barrel).
MOUTH FEEL: Mild. Low carbonation. Alcohol well masked by sourness. Refreshing. Pleasant semi-dry finish.
OVERALL: Excellent sour. Wonderfully complex aroma. Grape is fairly identifiable in taste. Highly quaffable and thirst quenching – almost too easy to drink for the ABV. Would make excellent aperitif.
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