Tart Of Darkness - The Bruery

grotonmarketguy

Massachusetts

5/5  rDev +19%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

My boy Nevins came through with this bottle. We both agreed if you close your eyes you'd think this was a Cantillon. Some sort of blend between a stout and a Geuze. A black Geuze. Simply amazing. Not alot of barnyard funk in the nose as this is pretty young still but tons of sour. How did they do it? I'd say a bit more body than say Cantillon Geuze and a very faint (toffee) sweetness is hiding way in the corners. Wish I had more of this bad boy for the beer cellar.

Serving type: bottle

07-24-2011 17:54:38 | More by grotonmarketguy

aknight

California

4.9/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Opening my first bottle of Bruery's Tart of Darkness I wasn't sure what I was going to think but I love all things sour and all things Bruery so I had to load up. This is amazing. It pours a dark, deep brown with a finger of head which quickly dissipates. The aroma is of sourness, almost vinegary. This is a truly sessionable stout, not huge like a certain other Bruery stout but if you love sours you would be able to drink this all night long. There is so much sourness going on that I don't get much else. There is some malt that is noticeable but this is largely about the sour. This is an amazing beer. I'm going to have to go back for whatever the Provisions store will let me buy.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2011 04:25:54 | More by aknight

AdamBear

Pennsylvania

4.9/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

A-very dark brown wih a thin tan head

S-wow! Smells super funky with dark fruits and some cocoa. Strong scent! Unique.

T-oh my. This is amazing! It comes in with a super sour taste of dark fruits and faint cocoa. Very sour! The after-taste is mostly dark roasted with a pretty good hint of coffee. This might be one of the most sour beers I've ever had.

M-heavy creamy carbonation with a dry finish

O-this pretty much just drinks like an American wild ale with a twist of darkness to it. It's freaking awesome!! It's good enough that I'm going out and buying a few more bottles if I can find them! Its awesome. The tastes are powerful and great tasting

Serving type: bottle

09-04-2012 02:49:02 | More by AdamBear

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

4.85/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Cool light brown appearance, almost transluscent despite the dark color. Aroma was definitely tart, sour, salivation inducing. Stay around, you'll get the usual suspects in a stout aroma, chocolate, mild coffee, even a little wood, even though I don't think this was barreled. Might even be cherry and another citrus aroma/flavor to it. Very impressed.

Oh yeah, big ol' sour taste surges in the lead, the typical irish dry stout flavors follow, this is SO easy to drink, no alcohol, no massivity of most (but excellent) Bruery stouts. Very easy to drink, while complex, unique, and loveable. I dunno if its the sour component, but I'd swear this has the slightest touch of cherry to it. Its like a soured, sessionable, small beer version of Cherry Chocolate Rain. It ain't equal parts sour/stout, its sour first, stout later.

Pretty good deal to at ~$15 for a 750. Wish I bought more. This is my favorite new beer of 2011 so far.

Serving type: bottle

07-01-2011 00:17:14 | More by Beerandraiderfan

shand

Florida

4.66/5  rDev +11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

This bottle haunted me for weeks at the local bottle shop. With a 20 dollar price tag staring me down, I kept passing it up. Finally, I had to give in. I knew I'd regret not picking it up. Tart of Darkness pours out a dark brown color with a tiny head. The aroma is absolutely awesome. It's got a strong tart cherry thing going on, along with oak and a vinegar sourness. The taste, again, is fantastic. It's extremely tart straight from the get-go, puckeringly so. There's a bit of roast in the background that quickly gets tossed out the window by a very tart lemon juice thing going on. The finish is lingeringly tart and sour. The mouthfeel is light and crisp, and the drinkability is fantastic. Overall, Tart of Darkness is one of my favorite sours I've had so far, and easily one of the best available in this cursed sour state of Florida.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2013 02:09:54 | More by shand

ngeunit1

California

4.65/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A - Pours a dark black with just a hint of brown and a finger of frothy khaki-chocolate colored head. The head fades down fairly slowly leaving behind some lace.

S - Aroma is a mix of dark fruits with sour cherries, roasted chocolate and toffee malts, some oak, and a hint of coffee.

T - Starts off with mix of sour cherries and other sweet dark fruits with some roasted chocolate and caramel malts, and quite a bit of tartness. Through the middle, some oak flavors come through with some more chocolate and sourness. The finish is a mix of sourness, tartness, sour cherries, chocolate, and oak.

M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a sour, tart, and sweet finish.

D - Very drinkable. Really nice dark sour beer. The tartness and sourness are nice and strong and balance really nicely with the stout base.

Serving type: bottle

04-19-2012 06:07:36 | More by ngeunit1

brentk56

North Carolina

4.63/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Appearance: Pours a fudge brown color with a modest amount of bubbling foam that quickly fades, leaving a ringlet; not much lacing

Smell: Sour cherry, with generous undertones of chocolate and oak, along with hints of coffee and smoke

Taste: The cherry flavors become increasingly tart as the beer is swirled across the tastebuds, releasing chocolate, oak, smoke and coffee elements; the acidity only increases, after the swallow, though the chocolate and roasted malt returns to add depth and the finish presents a hint of tobacco

Mouthfeel: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation and a moderate pucker factor

Overall: Just outstanding; really enjoyed the layers of flavor and the interesting approach to the style; easily my favorite beer from The Bruery

Thanks, nicks6217, for the opportunity

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2012 18:24:31 | More by brentk56

bigfnjoe

Pennsylvania

4.63/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75

A- pours black with a paper thin offwhite head that immediately fades.

S- dark cherries and a lot of barnyard funk. Oh yes

T- incredibly sour and viciously tart. Tons of dark cherries, oak, and leather come through with a vicious pucker.

M- medium bodied, on the thin side.

O- unreal beer. The price tag is outrageous (as you'd expect), but the beer is so good that you need to try it once.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2013 00:32:24 | More by bigfnjoe

kjyost

Manitoba (Canada)

4.55/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Consumed Nov. 19, 2011 at Inaugural Bottle Share. From notes. Thanks tbadiuk!

A: Sure looks like a thin stout. Quite dark, though not even close to opaque. More like a dark ale. Pale ring of tan head.
S: Sourness dominates with strong flowery notes that seemed to lily flower. Interesting, and enjoyable.
T: Acetic and tart with a strong sourness . As time passes a lingering sweetness builds.
M: Sourness hammers the back of the mouth and stick on the tongue. Average carbonation.
O: If you had told me this was a stout and I was unable to see, I would question your sanity. Does this make it a bad beer? No. They could work towards incorporating more roasted notes in the future, but as it is this a great beer.

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2011 04:22:47 | More by kjyost

vfgccp

New York

4.53/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

A - Midnight black with trace ruby highlights. Thin khaki halo sits low with low retention and poor lace.

S - Bright, sour oak nose. Sweet Tarts candies, rice vinegar, copper, and fresh cut wood.

T - Holy crap that was not what I was expecting. Raw, bright, acidic lemon juice. Touch of agave sweetness. Crisp oak. Mouth-puckeringly deep sour center. Lemon rinds and a trace of caramel on the backed. Outrageous.

M - Light, crisp, and bracingly sour.

O - An awesome, uncompromising american wild. It's fresh lemonade with the sugar cut to 1/10th of the original recipe.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2012 23:57:55 | More by vfgccp

Overlord

California

4.5/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

What a surprising treat.

Pours a robust dark brown/blackish color with a small light head.

Smells is overwhelmingly acid washed funk, with maybe the tiniest bit of roasted chocolate. Very tiny. The stout aspect of this really only presents itself in the appearance and in a tiny bit of residual "heaviness" in terms of malt profile. It adds very little in terms of flavor or aroma.

Taste is a ton of overlapping sour notes, both an unidentifiable, quasi-citrus front-end, plus a surprisingly funky, earthy back-end that crinkles with barnyard mustiness.

I must say, I was very pleasantly surprised by this. Only slightly heavier than a "standard" sour, it is a complex, robust addition to the breed.

Serving type: bottle

06-30-2011 00:16:13 | More by Overlord

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

opaque black with a huge tan head on top. Great rings of lace forming all around it. Huge smell of tartness, perhaps raspberries or just straight yeast, but there is a fruit like character to it, chocolate and caramel, vanilla and hints of wood and with some kinda weird dark fruitiness that seems to accentuate the tart flavor. Flavor was huge, after the assault of chocolate dipped raspberries and cherry, a ton of roasted malts, lots of caramel and lactose were really strong on this.. Very sugary and full. A slight taste of cookie dough in the finish

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2011 17:39:32 | More by mikesgroove

DovaliHops

California

4.5/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a pitch black with a medium, tan head. Scent is tannic sour notes with vinegar and hints of chocolate. Slight oak aromas and a little bit of funk, but not too much (is there such thing as too much funk?). Taste starts out with mouth-puckering sour flavors...cherries? Not nearly as much coffee or chocolate as I was expecting. Much more sour than I was expecting, which is always a good thing. Finishes with some funky cherry/raspberry flavors. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with a puckering finish. Drinkability is HIGH! Overall, this is another amazing beer from The Bruery...it's just so hard to keep up with these guys considering all the fantastic beer they're putting out in such little spans of time. I wish I had more of this beer...

Serving type: bottle

09-06-2011 06:00:23 | More by DovaliHops

Mertzy81

Maryland

4.49/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Okay, so I had no idea what to expect and I still can't isolate half of the flavors I tasted. It's a pretty in-your-face and complicated brew.

Appearance: Pours with a beige-cream 1 inch head, opaque black.

Smell: Sour cherries, not very complicated.

Taste: Filtered kombucha vinegar, sugar-less sour cherry and grapes, dark chocolate, coffee and a very tiny amount of caramel; aged cheddar on the aftertaste. Totally bizarre, but I like it!

Mouthfeel: Nothing denoting a stout, but it matches fine with the flavor. Very thin for a stout, but it has a light, creamy texture.

Overall: Unexpected, exciting, and completely amazing.
The best part about it is that I've never had anything like this, but feel like this could be a fun style to see other breweries try out. It's rare to come across something like this that doesn't just end in reach exceeding grasp.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2013 07:13:54 | More by Mertzy81

TheBrewo

Michigan

4.49/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

We crack the top on our 750mL of Batch 2 and pour a brew of the deepest ruby red-brown into our Ola Dubh tulips. A bit of light is let up around the extremes of the edges, but otherwise no haze or sediment is noted. It puts up a two finger head of creamy coffee colored bubbles, showing decent retention, and an audible fizz. Steaks of lacing are left around the glasses as it goes. The aroma gives sweetly roasted chocolate malts, soy sauce salts, light lactics, and sweet booziness as a base. Mixing high across the top are massively funky Brett twangs, soured cabernet oakiness, biting raw cherries, drying red grape skins, mild vinyls fruit punch sugariness, smoked poblano peppers and portabella mushrooms, golden honey sweetness, wet rose petals, and the mineral coolness of freshly fallen snow. Our first impression is that there is surprising smokiness to the malts, but otherwise the flavoring lives up majorly to its tart side as you would expect. As we sip, the taste begins with vinegar acidity, astringently drying and soured red grape skins, red wine oakiness, lemon flesh, and, as in the nose, that gloriously tart Brett slam. The middle comes to a peak with continued lactic and vinegar acidity, fermented souring chokecherries, blackberry fruitiness, big Brett, yeasty metallics, thin chocolate malts, soy sauce, and unfiltered apple cider sweetness and grittiness. Washing through the finish is the most pronounced oakiness of the sip, with hearty musk, dust, and moss. To balance is tart, tart yeastiness, smoky chocolate malts, hints at raw coffee beans, herbal mint, peanut dust, and generalized lactic, milky sourness. The aftertaste breathes of graphite, basement muskiness, chalky oakiness, char blackened chocolate malts, lemon zestiness, puckering Brett juiciness, apple juice, grapefruit zest and sweetness, bready plum pudding, and vinyl plastics. The body is on the thin side, and the carbonation is medium. There is excellent slurp, sip, cream, froth, and finishing pop. The mouth is initially coated with creaminess, only to be sucked dry with pucker and dense astringency from the yeast. The abv is shockingly easy, and the beer drinks very, very well.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this beer was a tossup between the aroma and the taste, with the latter winning by a hair. From the time you crack the bottle you get this insanely complex, deep, dark, and wild aroma filling your nostrils. The “darkness” does get a bit lost here, and if you closed your eyes while whiffing you would be surprised at the beer’s color when you opened them. The taste, however, rectifies this gap. While the funk takes up a large, and continuing, portion of the sip, it leaves enough room for not only the depth and roast of the malts to shine though, but the barrel aging (spent Black Tuesday barrels) as well. The amazing thing is you can actually taste the similarities in the wood, with all that inherent dirt, graphite, and muskiness, without the intense boozy heat all soaked into Black Tuesday. This is a fantastic blend of styles and is extremely well executed. As a warning, the level of tartness and pucker here are quite high, and if you aren’t a big fan of the style, expect to be shocked.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 02:39:23 | More by TheBrewo

BarryMFBurton

Indiana

4.48/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Interesting idea for a beer, and I hear this one delivers. Glad to finally be cracking it open.

A: A deep brown decant leads to a thick, almost impenetrable darkness in the body and a dense, foamy head. The cream’s color is just that – cream – contrasting nicely with the richness of the body; I’m guessing that the juxtaposition between light and dark is something this beer is trying to pull off, and it shows here. Cream is slow to settle, leaving thin yet frothy lacing.

S: An immediate eye-opener of a nose: coffee and vinegar, oak and cherry, vanilla and berry puree. It holds its head high as a dessert beer, bringing to mind hints of cherry cordial, though with a lot more sour kick. Luscious chocolate and dark, rich caramel stand together, ever-present in the background of the more intense aromas – not bold, but not timid, they keep the nose grounded in a dark, sugary place. There’s a lot going on here, but there’s nothing over the top or out of place; everything is absolutely top-notch.

T: Like a little raspberry flavor in your coffee from time to time? I certainly do. And when this beer first crossed my lips, it’s one of the reasons why I was instantly satisfied. First and foremost is a rush of sour flavor, propelling the palate into tart raspberry and juicy lemon before crashing into heavily roasted coffee and grain – love that mix of flavors. Now, sours do take up the majority of the palate, but there’s still room amongst the darker flavors for salty caramel and cashew, as well as candy corn, maple, and sweeping chocolate undertones. Plus, there’s this constant taste of smoke lingering behind every individual flavor, which is just different enough to be evident at every moment of this palate; astounding. Aftertaste has that smokiness in force, with only light reminders of sour acids.

M: This beer is definitely built like a sour, evident most of all here: taut bubbles on the tongue that make this sizzle with every sip. In fact, I’m glad it isn’t as thick as it could have been; I can just imagine something with the viscosity of Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge being too much, even though stouts are normally very full-bodied.

O: And with that, a new favorite emerges in the world of sours. Even though it was a damned expensive bottle and the balance was shifted more toward sour than anything, to me, every ounce is worth its weight in gold. Superb.

Serving type: bottle

09-07-2012 19:28:03 | More by BarryMFBurton

PeprSprYoFace

California

4.47/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured into my Bruery Snifter. Pours a deep black. Had a nice tan head but dissapated to a ring. Ok lacing.

Aroma is interesting. Has that coffee roasted smell. Not a ton but then has that tart funkiness that a good sour has.

Taste is similar. You get that tart sourness of a good sour like temptation and then on your tongue lingers that roasted malt flavor in the finish.

Mouthfeel is nice and dry. Mid to high carb.

Overall im impressed by this one. Didn't think much of it at first glance but I'm glad I picked it up to try.

Serving type: bottle

07-09-2011 03:35:10 | More by PeprSprYoFace

Sideswipe

California

4.47/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

750ml bottle.

The beer pours a dark brown with glimmers of ruby when held up to the light. A finger of light brown foam floats atop the dark hued liquid. Minimal lacing. Aromas of roasted malt and sour cherries combine in a pretty incredible nose. Taste opens witha blast of tart cherry acidity. Wow! This is exquisitly tart! Initial pucker gives way to a complex malt profile that features notes of roasted malt, coffee and vanilla. The finish is tart, dry and acetic. A prickly level of carbonation contributes to a lighter body, making the beer extremely drinkable. I really like this offering from The Bruery. Tart, tasty and refreshing. Hopefully they will add this brew to their regular rotation. Highly recommended.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2011 06:32:32 | More by Sideswipe

flayedandskinned

California

4.46/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

2012 Vintage
Poured into a Duvel tulip.

HUGE thanks to rrryanc for being insane and just hooking me up with this beer! Thanks man!

Appearance: Pours a cloudy black with a wisp of a finger tall, dark khaki head that recedes very fast, leaving no lacing behind what so ever. The head retention is consistent with barrel aged beers, especially sours.

Aroma: Wow, sour cherries right away; imagine smelling tart pie filling. There is a strong, funkiness from the Brettanomyces that absolutely fills your nostrils as soon as you smell the beer; damp, musty hay and even a little bit of pineapple. You can definitely tell that this has spent quite a lengthy time in bourbon barrels. Rich, woodsy aromas of oak, vanilla and coconut leap out toward your nose. There is only a mere flirtatious hint of the roasted malts that the base stout is comprised of. The roastiness definitely melds well with the oaky aromatics.

Taste: Very acidic, vinegar soaked cherries right away with cascading notes of lemon juice, lime peel and a sublime pineapple forward mustiness from the Brett. Insanely dry and mouth puckering with it's sour astringency. There are huge and complex lingering notes on this beer, as with most sours. The oak barrel slaps your palate as soon as the dry finish closes; with it's high tannin presence and in your face impressions of bourbon(duh), vanilla and toasted coconut. Then a very unusual flavor rears it's head; Something i've never tasted before in a sour, or beer in general for that matter: A whisper of a smoky moldiness that carries a distinctly woodsy characteristic. A very interesting and unique flavor to say the least. Its only there for a moment, but it is definitely there. A consistent presence of lemon juice is loitering around during all of this very complex and long finish.

Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate to high carbonation.

Overall: An exercise in excess; The Bruery takes it to the next level in every regard in this batch of Tart of Darkness; They decided that aging a sour stout in oak barrels wasn't enough, so decided to age the next batch of it in bourbon barrels which have previously held their 19% stout, Black Tuesday. Craziness, but it works very well, overall. Although the roasted malts poke through a bit more in the finish as the ale warms up, I do wish that they poked through the myriad of sour and barrel complexities a bit more assertively. I'd highly recommend this beer to any sour fan in a heart beat. I couldn't ask for a more interesting beer to drink for my 50th review.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 23:31:53 | More by flayedandskinned

drgarage

California

4.45/5  rDev +6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Bottle from the 2012 general distribution release.

A: Pours dark brown though non-opaque. 2-finger fizzy white head, slowly retreating to nothing with no lacing. Jetstream of carbonation up the exact middle leading to dancing bubbles on the surface.

S: Sour. Sour. Sour. Cherries.

T: Sour cherries with a hint of dark roast. Like Supplication fused with a session coffee stout. So unbelievably delicious.

M: Nice, gentle carbonation on the tongue for most of the pour. A bit thin, though, even for a wild ale.

O: This is greater than the sum of its parts. My favorite beer that the Bruery has ever made (including Melange 3, Black Tuesday, Oude Tart, Sans Pagaie, and Fruet). I'm beyond ecstatic that it's finally in distribution.

Serving type: bottle

07-12-2012 03:30:45 | More by drgarage

Arenbeer

Connecticut

4.43/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

750ml bottle thanks to DarkMonk

Poured into a Goblet glass at fridge temperature

A- Pours a really nice deep dark reddish brown that appears black out of the light. No head on top other than a small khaki rim around the glass that continuously pops as the carbonation rises from the bottom. As the beer goes down it leaves splotches of lacing but not much.

S- Up front I'm getting nothing but funk, cherries, brett, barnyard, and lactic notes that smell insanely tart and dry. After a light swirl the roasted malts and burnt coffee aromas come out and blend really nicely. Almost has some tobacco or ashtray like notes to it and finishes with sweet oak must.

T- Wow, the funk dominates in the flavor! The second the beer its your tongue the funky tart flavors of cherries, barnyard, musty oak, and brett. The flavors of the stout actually don't come out until after the beer has been swallowed. It leaves a nice dry roasted flavor in your mouth that brings out characters of burnt coffee and bitter chocolate.

M- Medium bodied with a little more carbonation than I would normally like, the bubbles really completely fill the mouth like champagne. The finish is completely dry and extremely tart.

Overall I got to give it to the Bruery, this stout is absolutely amazing and so well balanced and drinkable. They really knew where they were going with this one.

SkÅL!

Serving type: bottle

08-13-2011 00:55:30 | More by Arenbeer

Bierlerner

Oklahoma

4.43/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A- A few shades from black. Very nice. Little to no head and little to no lacing. Hmm...curious.

S- Smells wonderful. Dark fruits, lemons, balsamic vinegar, and faint notes of chocolate and roasted malts. Great complex nose on this.

T- Just as complex as the smell. Sour cherries, lemons, a mild funk. Some vinegar. The finish of roasted bitterness and chocolate, like a stout. Quite surprising and excellent as I thought it was just going to blend everything, it was more like layers from start to finish. Excellent.

M- Medium body, low carb. Nice and smooth. A bit light.

O- Bruery nailed the head on what it takes to make a sour stout. This is a perfect example.

Serving type: bottle

08-17-2011 20:09:21 | More by Bierlerner

cavedave

New York

4.43/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

From notes. Shared with the Half Time crew on 10/13/11

Pours almost black, completely opaque though, with a thing lt. brown head and some beautiful lace legs.

Sour and bitter chocolate with dark caramel, roasty grain, and floral notes make for an aroma you wouldn't think could smell fine, but does. Simple and excellent, couldn't pull my nose away.

Wow, a strong flavor that starts yeasty tart, almost vinous, quickly accented by roasty goodness and chocolate, a bit of funk, with light hints of coffee and floral hop leading to a tart and perfectly med. dry end of sip. Great balance here that allows simple, incongruous flavors to shine and please.

Low carb., light bodied, easy drinking, great clear out,

This is a simple beer, a great beer, leave it at that.

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2011 11:32:55 | More by cavedave

Huhzubendah

District of Columbia

4.43/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bottle shared by drabmuh. Thanks Matt.

The beer is dark, walnut brown with an oily tan head. The aroma brings funk, wild yeast, cherries. It smells a bit like Russian River Consecration. More like a wild ale than a stout. Light and easy drinking, with sufficient tartness. Sour cherries, wild yeast, oak. A really tasty beer. Assertive acetic quality throughout. I would definitely have this again.

Serving type: bottle

11-14-2011 00:18:41 | More by Huhzubendah

chumba526

Oregon

4.43/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appears solid black in color with a off white frothy large head which gives the impression of a high carbonation level. The viscosity appears to be medium.

The aroma is comprised of tart dark cherries, acidic coffee, toasted oak, mild pear and strong undertones of dark chocolate/ coco nibs.

Taste initially is very acidic which makes the mouth water slightly. undertones of dark cherries and plumbs are associated with the strong acidity. Near the finish undertones of mild coffee, bitter chocolate strike the palate which creates a nice balance to the initial acidity.

There is medium viscosity but the carbonation is moderate high which creates a crispness in the mouth.

A well-balanced interesting take on the sour category. One of the more complex sours I have had for some time.

Serving type: bottle

02-10-2012 23:57:16 | More by chumba526