Solaire Reserve - Forest & Main Brewing Company

callmemickey

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +5.6%

01-31-2013 23:25:30 | More by callmemickey

jacewg

District of Columbia

3.75/5  rDev +5.6%

05-11-2013 00:13:38 | More by jacewg

SPRichard

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

02-25-2013 21:51:06 | More by SPRichard

rolltide8425

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +12.7%

02-25-2013 00:56:19 | More by rolltide8425

Beerontwowheels

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

02-22-2013 12:07:30 | More by Beerontwowheels

mendvicdog

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

02-20-2013 14:23:59 | More by mendvicdog

duceswild

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

02-20-2013 04:56:42 | More by duceswild

oline73

Maryland

3.65/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5

Bottle 52 of 64. Served in a tasting glass.

The beer pours a cloudy golden yellow company with a half finger of fluffy white carbonation. The smell is light and herbal. This is a very light beer with a strong brett characteristic. There isn't a sour note to be found, but lots of brett. There is a slight bitterness in the finish. There is a lot of fluffy white carbonation with an extremely dry finish. This is a pretty solid offering.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2013 03:47:40 | More by oline73

yourefragile

District of Columbia

3.25/5  rDev -8.5%

01-27-2013 16:27:45 | More by yourefragile

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.08/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

Bottle split with callmemickey, yourefragile, raveskdr, and Amyliz4 yesterday at Forest & Main on the day of the release. Served in a goblet.

Pours a fairly-hazy yellow straw color. Nice fluffy white head as it is poured. Good retention and nice lacing along the sides of the glass as it goes down. Thin cap throughout.

The nose carries a lot of bread and quick-rising yeast. Murky appearance along with this seems like it needs a bit more time in the bottle to develop. Underneath these notes are some notes from the underlying Solaire base, with light lemon and a bit of peppery yeast and spice.

Flavor is similar, but a bit less yeast. Some underlying earthiness and Brett funk. Touch of citrus and a light graininess. Still a bit of bread and bread yeast.

Body is medium with good carbonation. A bit thick right now. Again, probably the yeast not being quite ready.

Overall, I could see this ending up nice, but I think it needs some additional time in the bottle to settle. Probably won't be all that long before bread yeast character falls through, and then I could see the Brett taking this one in a nice direction.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 16:03:53 | More by Thorpe429