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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Burley Oak Brewing Company, Sour Ale, USA

Burley Oak J.R.E.A.M. Blood Orange Strawberry Pineapple

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Brewery: Burley Oak Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: Sour Ale
Other Notes: Due to the use of natural fruit this beer must be kept cold

Brewer Description: (from can) Sour Ale with blood orange, strawberry, pineapple, and lactose.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.25

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a Bokke tasting glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a slight pinkish tinge, and a half finger white head that dissipated quickly to nothing and left only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Fruit punch with mainly, strawberry, pineapple, and orange zest.
Taste: Carbonated fruit punch, slightly sour, sweet notes, Fanta orange, strawberry, pineapple.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: It’s the kind of thing (aroma and flavour) that I would enjoy, but I get that it’s not for everyone. Drinks easy and more like carbonated fruit punch than beer though.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Het Boerenerf Eylenbosch, Lambic - Fruit

Het Boerenerf Kriek Bourbon

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Brewery: Het Boerenerf Eylenbosch
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.9%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: Kriek·Lambiek, 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This intense Kriek is crafted from three different varieties, macerated with both young and old lambics. This exceptional blend has been aged for seven additional months in Bourbon whiskey barrels, deepening the complexity and character of the Kriek.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.47

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2023 vintage, botted on 26th June 2024. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very nice slightly hazy cherry ruby red colour, with a one finger pink head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, cherry, red berries, wood, lemon zest.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry, red berry candy sweet, lemon zest, with notes of wood.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Looks good with great flavours as the bourbon comes through as enjoyable candy sweetness.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Bofkont, Lambic - Fruit

Bofkont Nebbiolo (White Label)

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Brewery: Bofkont
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2022 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Blend of 1, 2, 3, years old lambic with Nebbiolo grapes from Piëmonte in Italy. The blend is a collaboration with our friends from La Carlina Winery near Alba. This blend had a second fermentation in the bottle.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.5

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2022 vintage, bottled on 18th December 2022. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: It was a very lightly hazy reddish orange colour with a one finger white (maybe very slightly pinkish) head that had good retention, and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Red wine grapes, vinous, cherry skin, lemon zest, with a hint of leather.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, red wine grapes, vinous, cherry skin, lemon zest, leather and wood.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Very enjoyable aroma and flavours, with lots of vinous notes.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Butcher’s Tears, Netherlands, Smoked Beer

Butcher’s Tears Rök

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Brewery: Butcher’s Tears
Country: Netherlands
ABV: 5.2%
Style: Smoked Beer
Other Notes: 2022 BXL BeerFest beer pack

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Oak-smoked Mild ale.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.83

Intro: A 750ml bottle, bottled in August 2022. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear copper brown colour with a big two finger white head that had great retention, and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Malt, burnt toast, smoke, light caramel notes, and a touch of apple peel.
Taste: Sweet malty, bready, burnt toast, smoke, with notes of caramel and apple peel, lightly bitter on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: It’s fine for what it is. Easy drinking with some interesting aroma and flavours.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, Bofkont, Lambic - Fruit

Bofkont Bloedrood

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Brewery: Bofkont
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6%
Style: Lambic – Fruit
Other Notes: 2021 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Blend of 1, 2 and 3 years old lambic with merlot grapes from 2021 aged as a grape lambic for one year on a Bordeaux barrel. The Gorsem cherries aged also for one year on a Bordeaux barrel before the barrels were blended together.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.33

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, 2021 vintage, bottled on 20th August 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A deep reddish purple colour with a half finger pink head that had decent retention, eventually settling to a ring around the glass, while leaving sparse lacing.
Aroma: Tart, red wine vinous, cherry, mixed berries, oak, with a splash of lemon zest.
Taste: Sour, tart, red wine vinous, oak, with hints of red berries, cherry and lemon.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: I loved the aroma which had both the grapes and cherries. The taste was also good but dominated by the merlot grapes while the cherry and barrel were a bit muted in the background.