Collaboration Series: Ichigo Highway - The Bruery

inlimbo77

Delaware

4.1/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

750ml, Fall 2012 release
Pinocchios restaurant tulip

A: Pours a cloudy pinkish orange color. Initially I got a slight layer of fairly white head. Basically no lacing. Faded quickly.

S: Big strawberry on the nose. Pretty incredible. Hard fruit to work with, from what I have heard. You also get some of the red wine barrel character. Seems like a dryness you can pick up even on the nose.

T: It's tart, especially on the tip of the tongue but certainly not crazy on sourness scale. Get some of that strawberry but not as much as the nose. Some tannic dryness from red wine barrels I guess. Fairly dry finish. As this beer warmed, I really started to taste more of that strawberry flavor. Really nice!

M: Medium bodied. Fairly good carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2012 16:11:26 | More by inlimbo77

Beerenauslese

California

3.84/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

Body is clear red color with a brown tint. Poured with a good head that dissipated to a ring with only fleeting lacing. Nice appearance.

Nose of strawberries, but there is a note of overripe ones. Some vegetal element and funk.

Tastes of tart strawberries at first, but that is quickly followed by an odd chemical plastic/glue taste in the finish that is not very pleasant. It may be just that the strawberries were overripe.

Body is light and carbonation is crisp. Combined with the sourness level, it has a refreshing mouthfeel.

Nice to try a strawberry beer, and the initial strawberry taste and the sourness level are good points, but the chemical residue in the finish is off-putting.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 00:30:56 | More by Beerenauslese

tastyville

California

4.5/5  rDev +15.1%

05-16-2013 22:26:07 | More by tastyville

moonknight31

California

4.25/5  rDev +8.7%

05-14-2013 22:10:28 | More by moonknight31

thegerm87

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%

05-11-2013 14:37:37 | More by thegerm87

drlovemd87

Colorado

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-10-2013 04:00:45 | More by drlovemd87

billab914

Virginia

4/5  rDev +2.3%

05-05-2013 00:25:28 | More by billab914

IPAyForHops

California

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%

05-03-2013 01:02:54 | More by IPAyForHops

Nightrain87

California

3/5  rDev -23.3%

05-02-2013 06:18:26 | More by Nightrain87

cosmonick

Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +15.1%

04-29-2013 00:22:04 | More by cosmonick

Douvalis

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +15.1%

04-29-2013 00:16:02 | More by Douvalis

alpinebryant

Connecticut

3.76/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

A: Pours a hazy murky strawberry brown with white bubbles at the top.

S: Aroma of funky overripe strawberries. Similar to what one would expect when pulling out some over ripe strawberries from the fridge after they have warmed up to room temperature and practically melt when you touch them. Tart acid and some lemon rind.

T: Whew this is sour. There are some of those Red wine tannic flavors along with American oak and over-ripened strawberries. Sour lemon rind and sweet strawberries dueling it out for top flavor. Some of that battery acid flavor and of course the Bruery sour lacto flavor.

M: Medium body that is dry with a lot of carbonation.

O: Overall, not horrible, slightly too may strawberries however I have never been a Strawberry beer fan so this automatically made me a bit harder on this beer. It has a nice color to it which I liked probably most out of all the characteristics in this beer as it reminded me more of an Oude brune at least in color.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2013 17:47:26 | More by alpinebryant

dhbiker0889

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -10.5%

04-13-2013 19:50:42 | More by dhbiker0889

largadeer

California

4/5  rDev +2.3%

04-11-2013 22:45:38 | More by largadeer

notchucknorris

California

3.25/5  rDev -16.9%

04-05-2013 22:04:50 | More by notchucknorris

aranton

New York

4.25/5  rDev +8.7%

04-03-2013 19:14:13 | More by aranton

ngeunit1

California

4.33/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Hazy red-orange with a finger of frothy slightly off-white head. Fades fairly quickly.

S - Caramel malts, strawberries and other berries, oak, red wine, vanilla, Brett and other funky yeasts, some sourness.

T - Sweet caramel malts, lots of tart strawberries and other berries, oak, red wine, brett and other funky yeasts, lactic acid, vanilla, some sourness.

M - Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Smooth with a tart, funky, and sweet finish.

D - Super tart, but nice and complex and still has some balance.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 06:56:59 | More by ngeunit1

ehammond1

California

3.8/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle (2012)

The Bruery
Orange, CA

(Aged for 6 months)

An initially clear ruby and crimson with a quickly forming, though immediately disappearing, noisy head. The leave the glass dotted with stick. The later pours have significantly more cloudy sediment. A pretty color, no doubt, but the beer doesn't have much stick or head retention.

The aroma is my favorite part of this beer. This smells of fresh, smashed strawberries, and little else. There's perhaps a touch of a green vegetal character as well, but I'm really searching for anything but strawberries. At times, I wished this had more of a complex aroma, but I'd only be criticizing this for something that it simply isn't. This is a mildly sour strawberry ale, and in that venue (small as it is), this aroma succeeds marvelously.

The flavor isn't quite as successful as the aroma, though there's still good amounts of fresh strawberry character left after 6 months of sitting. There's a mild to moderate sour presence, along with some Band-Aid character, and a bit of a bread crust flavor on the finish. Incredibly drinkable.

Thin to medium bodied with low to moderate carbonation.

A very drinkable, strawberry-forward (slightly) sour ale. I like it quite a bit.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2013 01:36:18 | More by ehammond1

OleDixie

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +2.3%

03-25-2013 02:11:10 | More by OleDixie

merc7186

New York

3.94/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Big bottle poured into tulip glass.

A: Hazy Reddish/Pinkish Hue, Passes Some Light, White Head Ring, No Lacing

S: Bitter Strawberries, Mild Red Wine

T: Red Wine, Bitter Strawberries, Tart Cherry

M: Average Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Semi Tart, Bitter

Overall, i can see why strawberry sours arent common because the strawberry taste melds with the red wine barreling...decent still.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2013 00:12:12 | More by merc7186

writerLJBerg

Oregon

3/5  rDev -23.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25

750mL courtesy of Shane. Thanks!

A: Off-brown with a dark creme head. Doesn't leave appreciable heads, and it's not an attractive beer.

N: Strawberries, funk, acetone, and some diacetyl. Has some cheese flavors and a slight nutiness. Some glues smell is a turn off. Grapefruit and apricot round it out.

T: Funk, oak, strawberries, bleu cheese. Bracingly sour with a high amount of horse blanket and dry leather. Oak, and more of the glue taste. Grapefruit and oak.

M: Lively carbonation, light body. Normal range for Bruery led sours.

O: Complex but it never comes together in an appropriate way. Not really worth the 18 dollars. But then again, I don't know why breweries insist on trying to create strawberry sours. They don't seem to work very often.

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2013 03:28:49 | More by writerLJBerg

jsanford

Georgia

3.5/5  rDev -10.5%

03-20-2013 23:55:18 | More by jsanford

jeonseh

Indiana

3.99/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle shared by nasty31

A - Hazy orange with light brown and light strawberry red

S - Strawberry margarita with light lactic acid and lemon that gives it a slight tartness

T - Tart lemon and slight lactic acid up front. As it goes on, there is light strawberry sweetness. The finish is light funk and lemon tartness that carries on with the strawberry aspects

MF - Light body with lots of carbonation. Finish is slightly astringent from the tartness

O - Interesting sour with the strawberry sweetness that interacts with the tartness of the lemon and the lactic acid

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 02:47:55 | More by jeonseh

alysmith4

District of Columbia

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%

03-13-2013 17:15:43 | More by alysmith4

dctriman

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -4.1%

03-11-2013 15:56:51 | More by dctriman