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Fantasia Reserve
Upright Brewing Company
- From:
- Upright Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.75%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 14.96%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 09, 2012
- Wants:
- 25
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Ratings by PHBoiler:
Reviewed by PHBoiler from Illinois
4.31/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Definite dessert drink. Like a peach ice wine. Chardonnay carries the huge rounded peach nose and flavor. A balanced acidity and pure peach finish. Nuanced and interesting.
Aug 24, 2015More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Kurmaraja from California
4.52/5 rDev +18.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.52/5 rDev +18.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
I can only compare this to a dry sherry or a vin jaune. And, to be fair, this is what Upright pegged it as. They told us that's what they're going for. So, at the risk of being judgmental, all the people rating it as "beer" are doing it wrong. Tasting this along with BA Dark Lord or whatever the fuck is just ... stupid? Or, less, harshly, meaningless. Imagine someone saying "I drank this 1er cru champagne alongside all these awesome Tree House IPAs and it didn't stand out at all". This is not that beer. It's not a share beer. They TOLD us that. The aroma on this is nuanced and lovely. Peach, bitter almond (maybe something sweeter too, marzipan?), dried orange peel, noyaux, seaside ... there's a salinity and oxidized dryness very reminiscent of some sherry. Drank this with some Spanish cheeses and marcona almonds but I could see oysters, clams, even a seafood stew being incredible.
Jul 01, 2014Reviewed by acurtis from New Jersey
4.03/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.03/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Corked but not capped, very small pop when opened. bottle #47 of 240
Pours with no head, just a few bubbles. Orange/Peach in color, Smells peachy with some white wine. Taste is orange, peach and white wine, very gueuze like. there is a lot of white wine but is somehow still mellow, not over powering the peach. White wine and oak on the finish. I enjoyed this more than expected. Even though it is still, it was quite enjoyable and drinkable.
Jun 13, 2014Pours with no head, just a few bubbles. Orange/Peach in color, Smells peachy with some white wine. Taste is orange, peach and white wine, very gueuze like. there is a lot of white wine but is somehow still mellow, not over powering the peach. White wine and oak on the finish. I enjoyed this more than expected. Even though it is still, it was quite enjoyable and drinkable.
Reviewed by anteater from Oregon
4.56/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2014 release
A: Peachy orange, still
S: Peaches, white wine, funk
T: Is this white wine or beer? Whatever it is, the taste kind of blew my mind. Huge punch of white wine with juicy peach and a pretty intense layer of sour. Totally unique, totally delicious.
M: Drinks like wine.
O: This one goes into the category of one of the most unique beers I've had, it also happened to be delicious!
May 11, 2014A: Peachy orange, still
S: Peaches, white wine, funk
T: Is this white wine or beer? Whatever it is, the taste kind of blew my mind. Huge punch of white wine with juicy peach and a pretty intense layer of sour. Totally unique, totally delicious.
M: Drinks like wine.
O: This one goes into the category of one of the most unique beers I've had, it also happened to be delicious!
Reviewed by oregonskibum from Oregon
3.35/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
3.35/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
Poured into a large snifter. Pours almost completely flat with little to no sign of carbonation. Color is a pale gold or straw color. The smell is disappointing compared to the regular Fantasia. The peach and apricot flavors, while present, are really muted. Some grassy, straw like flavors with some funkiness as well. Not sure if it's because I know there was wine added to this beer, but I do think there was a hint of it in the aroma.
Taste was suprisingly tart with the peach showing faintly, unfortunately. The white wine is more apparent in the taste, although doesn't add much to the overall impression of the beer. More fruit flavors would be nice. And carbonation. The beer lacks a brightness. Of course, mouthfeel is mostly flat and definitely hurts this beer.
Overall... This was tasted after a series of heavy hitters (BA DL, BA Speedway, etc.). The aromas and flavors in this are subtle. Since you expect the fruit to fade, the biggest knock on this beer is the lack of carbonation. And compared to the Flaming Fury that followed this beer (Fantasia Reserve tasted far better), I bumped the overall score a bit. This isn't a great beer on par with Fantasia, but is interesting and something I'm glad I got to try.
Dec 16, 2012Taste was suprisingly tart with the peach showing faintly, unfortunately. The white wine is more apparent in the taste, although doesn't add much to the overall impression of the beer. More fruit flavors would be nice. And carbonation. The beer lacks a brightness. Of course, mouthfeel is mostly flat and definitely hurts this beer.
Overall... This was tasted after a series of heavy hitters (BA DL, BA Speedway, etc.). The aromas and flavors in this are subtle. Since you expect the fruit to fade, the biggest knock on this beer is the lack of carbonation. And compared to the Flaming Fury that followed this beer (Fantasia Reserve tasted far better), I bumped the overall score a bit. This isn't a great beer on par with Fantasia, but is interesting and something I'm glad I got to try.
Fantasia Reserve from Upright Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
24 ratings
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