Crooked Stave Persica Blend #1
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project

Crooked Stave Persica Blend #1Crooked Stave Persica Blend #1
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From:
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.97 | pDev: 12.34%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
142
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 02, 2018
Added:
Nov 16, 2013
Wants:
  13
Gots:
  20
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Ratings by mozim:
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Rated by mozim from Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +7.1%

Sep 17, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Pale gold with no head.

The aroma is toasty toasty toasty, but also airy with a peach-apple sharpness on the tail end.

Feel is more watery than I'd prefer, with flavors of apple and pear that are less sour than the smell indicates, as a vibe of peach farm slowly creeps in as it warms, all via a thin dry body.
Apr 02, 2018
 
Rated: 3.97 by dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania

Feb 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by PA-Michigander from Pennsylvania

Jan 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.16 by aasher from Indiana

Mar 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by BMart from Pennsylvania

Jan 19, 2016
 
Rated: 4.12 by trxxpaxxs from New York

Jan 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.11 by orangesol from Pennsylvania

Nov 09, 2015
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Reviewed by rodmanfor3 from Vermont

4.16/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I think that after two years, this beer has settled into a flavor that is as good as a Crooked Stave beer is going to get.

The nose is barnyard funk with peaches, the taste essentially a well carbonated sour peach soda with a strange acidic aftertaste.

Overall, a pretty good beer but certainly not worthy of reserve society status. It may not have even been worth the 4-pack of Heady Topper I traded to acquire it.
Sep 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by imperialking from Illinois

Aug 26, 2015
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Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon

4.13/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
375ml bottle. Cellar Reserve 2013, Blend #1. Served in a stemmed glass.

Pours a hazy yellow-orange body as you'd imagine peach juice. Two finger white head with fair retention time, eventually dropping into a placid liquid without much film or collar. Smells of sweeter peach behind a somewhat sharp layer of lemon zest, oak, mild biscuity grain. It smells fairly stonefruit-forward, primarily peaches, but as it warms up, it loses a bit of that initial intensity. Zero diactyl. Flavour is similarly stonefruit-forward; in fact it reminds me a fair bit of the recently released WWB Batch #50 (which was released about two years after this beer). Oak, soft lemon (in comparison to the nose) tartness, a mild-moderate acidity, a small bit of mustiness that lingers on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, lower in carbonation. Very easy to drink with fair amounts of complexity, but it isn't overwhelmingly acidic by any means. Zero diacetyl at this point. Overall, a tasty peach sour with mild-moderate acidity, fair bit of lemon behind a solid stonefruit flavour and aroma. It's well-rounded; not too intense in any one way with a fair bit of complexity altogether.
Jul 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.15 by IrishColonial from Texas

Jun 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by Dactrius from Netherlands Antilles

May 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by MNBeerGeek from Minnesota

May 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.62 by Guzzle_McBrew from Connecticut

May 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Agentveba from North Carolina

Apr 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4.28 by EB1 from California

Apr 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.75 by nathanmiller from New York

Apr 12, 2015
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Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California

4.38/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to mrbubber for sharing this one at his tasting.

2013 vintage.

Pours a hazy golden-orange with a foamy bone head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. No lacing on the drink down. Smell is sour with grain, peach, peach juice, peach puree, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with sour peach, peach juice, and peach puree flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with fantastic different types of peach characteristics all around.

Serving type: bottle.
Apr 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.36 by Rado from California

Apr 12, 2015
Crooked Stave Persica Blend #1 from Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 142 ratings