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Tart Side Of The Moon
Brewery Vivant
- From:
- Brewery Vivant
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 11.57%
- Reviews:
- 64
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 03, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 60
- Gots:
- 41
Hearty stout is kettle soured and blended for a slight tartness along side big dark chocolate notes and hints of black cherries.
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Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan
3.84/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from howler to tulip. Dark chocolate in color, with a finger of foam that's here and gone. Aroma of roast, baker's cocoa, dark fruit, and a little vinegar. Flavors of roast, bittersweet cocoa, dark fruits: figs, cherries, prune. Some tartness, not sour.
Apr 12, 2018Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
3.9/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Relatively subdued head production; OK retention for the style. Body is dark and inviting.
Chocolate covered cherries on the nose, topped off with vinegar, molasses, and licorice. Some toffee, banana, brown sugar, and toast as well.
Flavor follows, with a surprising amount of the nose represented. Tons of char, but also thick cords of vanilla and banana lacing through chocolate, coffee, and cherries. Plenty of toffee and caramel. It really comes across as a traditional English stout, with a bit of fruit and tartness.
Surprisingly thick on the palate; quite smooth.
Mar 25, 2018Chocolate covered cherries on the nose, topped off with vinegar, molasses, and licorice. Some toffee, banana, brown sugar, and toast as well.
Flavor follows, with a surprising amount of the nose represented. Tons of char, but also thick cords of vanilla and banana lacing through chocolate, coffee, and cherries. Plenty of toffee and caramel. It really comes across as a traditional English stout, with a bit of fruit and tartness.
Surprisingly thick on the palate; quite smooth.
Reviewed by JamarcusMarinovich from California
4.12/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
wasn't sure what to expect from a 'tart imperial stout' (that's what my can says...others appear as 'Dark Farmhouse Ale'), but impressed. Doesn't strike me as 'imperial' but there is a definite tartness (although mild). Chocolate and cherry notes for sure, tastes and feels more complex than aroma. Does not come across as too malty, really a good balance between tart and heavy.
Feb 23, 2018Reviewed by lewdwig from Michigan
4.08/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured opaque black from a can, grey-brown head soon dissipates. Smell like figs; taste of figs with light tartness. Tart aftertaste. Light mouth feel, very drinkable.
Dec 31, 2017Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This was poured into a tulip. The appearance was semi-dark brown almost black in color with a finger’s worth of white foamy to fizzy head that quickly dissipated. Lace is barely there. The aroma had a nice blend of black cherries to a dark chocolate malt. A light sour grape skin trickles out underneath and some signs of grassy hops lay underneath with a settling Belgian yeastiness. The flavor brings about a nice sweet to sour to tart to semi-bitter tastes flowing into each other with a light Belgian yeasty/breadiness strolling in underneath. Blends right on into the aftertaste and slides into the finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable to sipping contour over my tongue. Good carbonation. ABV felt appropriate. Overall, nicely done Belgian dark ale worthy of having again if I could get it.
Jun 16, 2017Reviewed by Slack from Virginia
4.08/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16 oz
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Brown / deep brown in color and clear on the edges. A nice head that settles to a solid ring. Visible lacing.
Nose is sweet, a booze note, chocolate, and mild maraschino cherries.
Taste is sweet chocolate and cherry, a bit of coffee, a bit of wood, and a tart finish.
Mouthful is medium, smooth, a touch creamy. Carbonation is lowish. Finish is semi sweet.
An interesting beer. Blending the sour with a stout works well. This reminds me of Chocolate Covered Black Angel but more stout like. The balance is definitely in favor of stout and not sour. The finish is all sour though but in a mild cleansing way. Drinkable but perhaps a bit too sweet. Still recommended.
May 14, 2017No date
$?
Brown / deep brown in color and clear on the edges. A nice head that settles to a solid ring. Visible lacing.
Nose is sweet, a booze note, chocolate, and mild maraschino cherries.
Taste is sweet chocolate and cherry, a bit of coffee, a bit of wood, and a tart finish.
Mouthful is medium, smooth, a touch creamy. Carbonation is lowish. Finish is semi sweet.
An interesting beer. Blending the sour with a stout works well. This reminds me of Chocolate Covered Black Angel but more stout like. The balance is definitely in favor of stout and not sour. The finish is all sour though but in a mild cleansing way. Drinkable but perhaps a bit too sweet. Still recommended.
Tart Side Of The Moon from Brewery Vivant
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
387 ratings
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