Barrel Select Gold - Captain Lawrence Brewing Co.

Busker

Connecticut

5/5  rDev +10.6%

05-22-2013 12:19:14 | More by Busker

beernads

Florida

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

05-08-2013 08:18:23 | More by beernads

Shilt

Virginia

4.75/5  rDev +5.1%

05-02-2013 15:37:50 | More by Shilt

stakem

Pennsylvania

4.63/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Thanks BA Dslim for hooking me up with a bottle of this in our most recent exchange, it is greatly appreciated. Prying the cap off reveals a bit of a gusher. Poured into a matching CL cervoise, the brew appears a hazed yellow to cloudy with a fizzy white finger of head. Stringy patches of lace stick to the glass.

This brew smells pretty fantastic. Lemony hints of yogurt with an overall tropical fruit feel. Mild raw oak and earth with a slight tingle of alcohol. It gets progressively more wild and funky as it swirls and warms up.

The flavor is tangy with citrus, oak and funk mildly like yogurt. A bit of rindy bitterness that finishes very clean. There is an overal tropical feel to this that blends well into the other components.

This is a light bodied brew with a lively amount of efforvescent carbonation. Overall this is a solid brew that is super easy drinking with a crazy amount of complexity to nerd out over. I would love to have more of this. It is unfortunate it is/was so limited. Thank you again Dan for the trade.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 19:26:12 | More by stakem

ncaudle

Virginia

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

04-10-2013 01:51:31 | More by ncaudle

axeman9182

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -11.5%

04-04-2013 02:40:50 | More by axeman9182

spycow

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -6%

03-31-2013 17:06:20 | More by spycow

Quackus

New York

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

03-12-2013 15:16:41 | More by Quackus

mikereaser

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

03-05-2013 01:16:05 | More by mikereaser

311kevin

New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +5.1%

03-03-2013 03:15:40 | More by 311kevin

tectactoe

Michigan

4.28/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25

Thanks to the person who brought and popped this open at our tasting! Pours a musky white, cloudy straw color with a light-white head that fades very fast, leaving nothing behind. The aroma is immediately sour - a nice combo of pears, peaches, and apricots. This one almost smells like a Sweetart, and ironically enough, shows signs of being mildly sweet and tart. Whouda thunk? Some light carbonation bubbles pop and explode into my nose as I'm taking a whiff, this one is pretty volatile. I wasn't picking up as much brett or funk as others have mentioned, kind of surprising. It's there, in a sort-of "wet wood" manner, but it's still more buried than I would have imagined.

The first thing my palate picks up on is the tartness, there's no holding back here. Sour, juicy green apple skins, pears, peaches, and even a touch of cherries make there way into the flavor profile. The tartness works quickly, exercising the cheek muscles nicely before settling into a drying sweetness. As the sour notes are fading away, out comes a nice, refreshing lemon zest flavor to wrap things up. The finish is pretty dry on this one with a mild oaky presence, probably due to the abundance of carbonation. Thin-ish body, crisp and slick.

Damn good wild ale/sour/whatever you wanna call it. Very drinkable and nearly puckering, this will give the sour freaks something to look forward to. The dry finish caught me off guard for being such a "juicy" beer in terms of flavor. Glad to have tried this one.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 17:50:31 | More by tectactoe

Romulux

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

02-11-2013 14:40:44 | More by Romulux

Franch

New York

4.75/5  rDev +5.1%

02-05-2013 22:22:56 | More by Franch

Treebs

Illinois

4.23/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Bottle shared by cosmicevan, served in a Half Acre tulip. Bottled 6/12.

A: Pours a hazy golden straw color with a thin white head forming on the pour. It recedes quickly to a thin white ring that leaves some splotches down the glass. Seems a tad undercarbed.

S: Tons of stone fruit and berry notes with a under ripe green apple tartness. Light lemon grass with some sweet white wine grapes.

T: Same green apple from the nose with very mild sourness in the mid-palate. Tropical fruits with a mild pucker to them. Sweet vanilla notes with a touch of oak as well.

M: Light bodied with a low carbonation. Not prickly and effervescent like I would have liked, but still a tasty treat.

O: I enjoyed the mild sourness that this had in addition to a light acidity. The fruity flavors were great and I really enjoyed drinking this.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2013 12:28:34 | More by Treebs

woosterbill

Connecticut

4.59/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Waxed 375ml bottle into a Drie Fonteinen wine-style glass. Thanks Dan!

A: Cloudy pale gold body under a half inch of fine ecru head that leaves a good amount of delicate lace. Nice.

S: Fruity sourness, and lots of it. Peach, white grape, orange, lemon, and sugar-frosted grapefruit. A touch of acetic character in the background. Soft and intense at the same time. Excellent.

T: Follows the nose for the most part, with lots of citrus and some tropical notes up front. Raw lactic sourness midway through, with some cherry-tinged acetic notes on the clean finish. Delicious.

M: Soft, creamy, and well-carbonated at first, with the sourness ripping through with some tongue-numbing qualities. Perfect for the style.

O: Wonderful beer. We shared this right after enjoying a 3F Oude Geuze Vintage '08, and it was a real treat to compare a top-notch Geuze with a top-notch American Wild Ale. They could hardly have been more different, but each was amazing in its own way. Really, really glad I got to try it.

Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2013 01:27:27 | More by woosterbill

pmoney

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +5.1%

01-28-2013 16:09:33 | More by pmoney

phishbone23

New York

3/5  rDev -33.6%

01-23-2013 12:52:35 | More by phishbone23

jbuddle

New York

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

01-22-2013 21:40:42 | More by jbuddle

jl28r1

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +5.1%

01-19-2013 15:17:17 | More by jl28r1

SpdKilz

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

01-18-2013 04:09:53 | More by SpdKilz

DSlim71

New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +5.1%

01-15-2013 13:42:02 | More by DSlim71

Sean9689

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -6%

01-08-2013 14:34:08 | More by Sean9689

MasterSki

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Not sure who brought this to Ryan's place, but thanks! If it was Ryan, thanks again for hosting! Served in a Russian River tulip.

A - White foam settles to a collar, wisps, and spotty lacing. Murky peach flesh body.

S - Not at all what I was expecting - whoever put 'Sour' in the original beer name on here gets a fail. There's a massive tropical brett clausenii aroma, with some funk, as well as wine barrel and vanilla. Not very heavy on the 'sour', which is why I was initially puzzled, with only light lemon and apple peel tartness.

T - The taste has a bit more lemony acidity amid the fantastic tropical fruit. A tad more acidic than the aroma suggests, but heavier on fruity citrus and vinous flavors than anything else. There's a Saison-esque pale malt and vanilla lotion backdrop in there as well.

M - Zesty carbonation, medium body, dry finish, and only the mildest acidity. No perceptible alcohol.

D - Once I got past the fact that this wasn't really a 'sour' ale I enjoyed this quite a bit. Probably the best beer I've had in this series, as it eschews that plastic flavor I get from a lot of Captain Lawrence wilds. Would happily drink this again if it were easier to acquire. At least I know my palate isn't off, as digging up the beer description reveals this only had Brettanomyces added to it.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2012 16:43:15 | More by MasterSki

afksports

New York

4.5/5  rDev -0.4%

12-18-2012 21:17:11 | More by afksports

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

4.3/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

pour is hazed yellow with tight white head and small bubbles. Nose is brett forward, leathery and dusty up front with assertive tropical fruits, pineapple is nice with a touch of cheese. Taste is also very nice, very Brett forward but depth within it. Dry finish and leathery taste as tropical fruits and citrus take hold, heavy carbonation in a good way with a touch of cheese in the finish.

Serving type: bottle

12-10-2012 19:55:47 | More by cpetrone84