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Crooked Stave Origins Grand Cru - Leopold Whiskey Barrel Aged
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
- From:
- Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.27 | pDev: 8.2%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 30, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2013
- Wants:
- 61
- Gots:
- 26
No description / notes.
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Ratings by dbc5:
Reviewed by dbc5 from Arizona
4.39/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
375 ml waxed bottle poured into Barley Creek wine glass.
A: Pours a deep brown with hints of ruby; very appealing color. Light only passes through the very edges of the glass. A slow to moderate pour yields a one finger, cream head that slowly recedes, leaving a barely present foam ring atop the glass. Mild lacing on the way down.
S: The aroma immediately lets you know this one is going to be tart. The nose leans more to the sour than funk. Dark fruits; cherries, plums, and raisins. There is also an interesting caramel aroma lingering in the background.
T: This is tart, a bit funky, and finishes dry, leaving your mouth watering. Tart fruits up front; plums was the first thing that came to mind. Finishes dry and the funk kicks in at the very back end. Picking up some wood in there as well.
M: I would call this a medium bodied sour. Carbonation is in the low to moderate range for the style.
O: This is the first Crooked Stave beer I've had the pleasure of enjoying and I am left supremely impressed. A fantastic sour. Highly recommended if you have the opportunity to try this one.
Jun 21, 2013A: Pours a deep brown with hints of ruby; very appealing color. Light only passes through the very edges of the glass. A slow to moderate pour yields a one finger, cream head that slowly recedes, leaving a barely present foam ring atop the glass. Mild lacing on the way down.
S: The aroma immediately lets you know this one is going to be tart. The nose leans more to the sour than funk. Dark fruits; cherries, plums, and raisins. There is also an interesting caramel aroma lingering in the background.
T: This is tart, a bit funky, and finishes dry, leaving your mouth watering. Tart fruits up front; plums was the first thing that came to mind. Finishes dry and the funk kicks in at the very back end. Picking up some wood in there as well.
M: I would call this a medium bodied sour. Carbonation is in the low to moderate range for the style.
O: This is the first Crooked Stave beer I've had the pleasure of enjoying and I am left supremely impressed. A fantastic sour. Highly recommended if you have the opportunity to try this one.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania
3.64/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
2013 vintage 375ml bottle into a snifter appears dark brown with a couple bubbles.
Nose is vinegar tang...acedic smelling and really nothing else.
Tastes sour with a sort of apple cider note and a bit of drying oak tannins.
Light in body and modestly carbonated. Its ok, I dont need to have it again.
Mar 30, 2018Nose is vinegar tang...acedic smelling and really nothing else.
Tastes sour with a sort of apple cider note and a bit of drying oak tannins.
Light in body and modestly carbonated. Its ok, I dont need to have it again.
Reviewed by Floydster from California
3.87/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle wax dipped
Appearance is dark brown with hints of red, one inch of off white head, no retention, no lacing
Smell is a mixed bag of cherries and berries, brettanomyces, balsamic vinegar, vanilla, honey, and oak
Taste is tart at first and fades into a whiskey bite in the finish, no real sweetness to balance things out, does not change all that much as it warms, more vanilla mixes in with the tart but hard to identify any one fruit in the sourness, needs more complexity
Mouthfeel was a bit heavy, some booze came through, carbonation was too low, not much bite
Overall this was not Crooked Stave's finest showing, the whiskey barrel helped make this more unique but the sourness was a bit overshadowed and did not have as much fruit character as a lot of their others do
Mar 16, 2015Appearance is dark brown with hints of red, one inch of off white head, no retention, no lacing
Smell is a mixed bag of cherries and berries, brettanomyces, balsamic vinegar, vanilla, honey, and oak
Taste is tart at first and fades into a whiskey bite in the finish, no real sweetness to balance things out, does not change all that much as it warms, more vanilla mixes in with the tart but hard to identify any one fruit in the sourness, needs more complexity
Mouthfeel was a bit heavy, some booze came through, carbonation was too low, not much bite
Overall this was not Crooked Stave's finest showing, the whiskey barrel helped make this more unique but the sourness was a bit overshadowed and did not have as much fruit character as a lot of their others do
Crooked Stave Origins Grand Cru - Leopold Whiskey Barrel Aged from Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
178 ratings
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