Monthly Archives: November 2020

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Gose - Fruit, Omnipollo, Sweden

Omnipollo Bianca Raspberry Maple Pancake Lassi Gose

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Brewery: Omnipollo
Country: Sweden
ABV: 7%
Style: Gose – Fruit
Other Notes: Brewed by Omnipollo at De Proef Brouwerij (Belgium)

Brewer Description: (from can) Raspberry Maple Pancake Lassi Gose.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.41
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 500ml can, with a best before date of 14th November 2020. Poured into a Holy Mountain tulip glass.
Appearance: A hazy murky dark beetroot purplish red colour with a one finger pinkish head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Intense raspberry jammy, maple, vanilla, milkshake.
Taste: Sweet, raspberry jam, maple, pancake, vanilla, with a sour, tart, raspberry and lightly salty finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: The aroma was intense and near perfect, but the combination of sweetness and thick body made it a sipper. I note that there is maple in this, but still, I would prefer it to be less sweet. Despite all this, it was good.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, USA, Wild Ale

Crooked Stave L’Brett d’Blueberry

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Brewery: Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Country: USA
ABV: 6%
Style: American Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Golden Sour Ale aged in oak barrels with blueberries.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.23
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 375ml bottle, bottled in December 2015. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy reddish orange colour with a slight purple hue, and a near two finger off-white head that dissipated fairly quickly but settled to a nice thin replenishing cap while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Lightly tart, blueberry skin, lemon, blackcurrant, slightly herbal, with notes of oak and funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, blueberry, blueberry skin, lemon, blackcurrant, oak, funk, with light leather.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Enjoyable blueberry and blackcurrant flavours, with good oak and funk.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, USA, Wild Ale

Crooked Stave L’Brett d’Cherry

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Brewery: Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Country: USA
ABV: 6%
Style: American Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Golden Sour Ale aged in oak barrels with cherries.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.12
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 375ml bottle, bottled in September 2015. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy reddish orange colour with a one finger light pinkish head that dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Tart, sweet cherry, oak, and funk.
Taste: Lightly sour and tart with sweet notes, cherry, oak, light funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: The cherry comes through nicely and much more than both Petite Sour cherry variants, so I definitely preferred this more.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, USA, Wild Ale

Crooked Stave Petite Sour Tart Cherry

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Brewery: Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Country: USA
ABV: 5%
Style: American Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Wild Ale aged in oak barrels with Colorado Montmorency cherries.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.63
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.5

Intro: A 375ml bottle, with no bottled on or best before date. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Light cherry candy, cherry skin, hay, wood, funk.
Taste: Tart, lightly sour, funk, barnyard, oak, with only very slight hints of cherries.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: There is some fruitiness, but cherry flavours and even in the aroma were definitely lacking.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, USA, Wild Ale

Crooked Stave Petite Sour Sweet Cherry

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Brewery: Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Country: USA
ABV: 5%
Style: American Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Wild Ale aged in oak barrels with Colorado Bing & Attika cherries.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.81
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7

Intro: A 375ml bottle, with no bottled on or best before date. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very lightly hazy reddish orange colour with a two finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Cherry, cherry skin, lemon, citrus zest, oak, and funk.
Taste: Lightly tart, sour and sweet, lemon, cherry, funk, hay, and oak.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Nice and enjoyable, but it wasn’t as cherry forward as I hoped it would be, with the citrus, funk, hay and oak seemingly coming out on top.