Batch 50: Grand Funk Ale Road - The Bruery

BearsOnAcid

Massachusetts

3.38/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Light hazy yellow pour with a tightly packed head that fizzes out to nothing. Looks legit.

Pear and apple cider identified right off the bat in the aroma. Subtle brett funk.

Cidery tart flavor. Slight vinegar. Touch of lemon. Subtle, light, not much to say about it, but it's an easy beer to put away. Sort of disappointing given the man behind this beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-05-2012 23:07:53 | More by BearsOnAcid

Pecan

California

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

05-16-2013 03:02:48 | More by Pecan

DarthKostrizer

California

3/5  rDev -24.6%

05-13-2013 01:55:13 | More by DarthKostrizer

coldmeat23

Oklahoma

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

05-12-2013 16:12:38 | More by coldmeat23

IPAyForHops

California

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-03-2013 01:02:11 | More by IPAyForHops

sgoro

Illinois

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-27-2013 17:22:33 | More by sgoro

drgonzo2k2

California

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

04-21-2013 19:14:07 | More by drgonzo2k2

SourinQns

New York

4.75/5  rDev +19.3%

04-14-2013 21:13:08 | More by SourinQns

liamt07

Ontario (Canada)

4.11/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Bottle shared by Sammy, 750ml into a tulip.

Unfiltered browned yellow, with some chunks of yeast. Only a wee bit of head and lacing. Nose is relatively malty, some oak, lemon and tart citrus, mild spice character but the fruity notes are quite nice. Taste has again a really nice malt profile, citrus character, mild oak and tartness is quite gentle. Medium body, medium low carbonation. A beautiful beer, easily consumed with enough complexity to keep me entertained.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2013 18:10:08 | More by liamt07

thagr81us

South Carolina

3.96/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Served from bottle into a Bruery snifter. Poured a golden yellow-orange that had a minimal white head that subsided to none quickly. Maintain minimal lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised sweet malt, tart, fruit, acetic acid, wood, earth, and funk. The flavor was of sweet malt, tart, vinegar, fruit, wood, and subtle funk. It had a light feel on the palate with low carbonation. Overall this was a fairly good brew. Based on the name I was seriously expecting to be completely overwhelmed by funk. However what I found was a rather acidic offering. This was a pretty nice thing though if you ask my palate. I was able to easily crush the full bottle of this. Nice job on this one.

Serving type: bottle

03-11-2013 22:49:08 | More by thagr81us

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

4.03/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Enormous waftng geuze aroma, pleasant. Yellow bodied, lots of yeast chunks, of course particularly at the last sample. Smooth mouthfeel. The potential tartness, which increases by sample, is well malted, so that drinkability is very good. A very good geuze.

Serving type: bottle

03-10-2013 21:50:18 | More by northyorksammy

Hopbrizio

California

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

03-08-2013 18:23:43 | More by Hopbrizio

t0rin0

California

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

03-01-2013 15:19:55 | More by t0rin0

duff247

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

02-25-2013 01:36:25 | More by duff247

VaTechHopHead

California

4/5  rDev +0.5%

02-22-2013 16:27:48 | More by VaTechHopHead

Azrael

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

02-09-2013 06:06:31 | More by Azrael

SpeedwayJim

New York

2.88/5  rDev -27.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3

Thanks to capra12 for this one. 750ml bottle poured into a Cantillon tulip. Shared with schen9303.

Cap comes off layered with a thick, orange-yellow scum. Beer pours a coarse, 1 finger white head that collapses quickly. Beer is an attractive, clear orange-yellow. Lacing is non0existent. No real legs either. Pretty blah.

Nose is light vinegar, fresh lemon, mellow sour peaches. Some light soapiness mixed in for good measure. Not the most aromatic. Not offensively bad but nothing stands out either.

Opens tart lemon and peach. Some sweet citrus, passion fruit and starfruit towards the middle with a rather sweet, fruity finish. Aftertaste is a slight funk with a touch of tropical fruit. Almost completely missing the funkiness of a typical gueuze as well as the big tartness. Too sweet for the style also.

Light bodied with ample carbonation. Prickly and lively in the mouth and abrasive and sparkling going down. Finishes soft with a lingering, mellow aftertaste. Wish this one was a big drier and not as oily. Still decent though.

To characterize this as a gueuze is doing it a disservice as it doesn't compare to the Cantillon, Drie Fonteinen, Girardin and even Hansenns and Lindemanns of the gueuze world. The funk component is almost completely missing from the nose and flavor and the feel just doesn't excite the palate. A decent beer overall but in the style, its way overmatched by its Belgian brethren.

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2013 03:03:46 | More by SpeedwayJim

SPRichard

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +0.5%

01-23-2013 23:19:07 | More by SPRichard

ShanePB

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

01-17-2013 14:58:28 | More by ShanePB

TonyTalon

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +0.5%

01-14-2013 23:35:50 | More by TonyTalon

atone315

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

01-14-2013 14:52:41 | More by atone315

MordorMongo

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -12.1%

01-13-2013 21:33:34 | More by MordorMongo

spycow

Illinois

4/5  rDev +0.5%

01-13-2013 19:58:51 | More by spycow

westcoastbeerlvr

California

3.25/5  rDev -18.3%

01-09-2013 00:42:16 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

4DAloveofSTOUT

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

thanks to duff27 for the share! Thanks duff!

poured into snifter glass.

reviewed from notes taken 01/03/13.

Appearance: yellow bodied beer with no head.

Smell: lemon sourness, maybe a hint of dusty funk. Nose is farily bright and fresh.

Taste: lemons, oranges, and light green apple. hints of earthiness, a touch of dusty funk. The beer has a sweet wheat aftertaste that was a little weird, but not off putting. Maybe best described as honey and wheat.

Mouthfeel: low end of a medium bodied beer with low carbonation. easy drinking and a little flat.

Overall: This was a tasty beer, but the beer was almost flat. I dont really think this was a Gueuze, I would say closer to, but quite a Berlinner wiess bier. Its kind of an "inbetweener beer" that does really fit into one beer style, but could be close with a few different beer styles.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2013 20:07:37 | More by 4DAloveofSTOUT