Brute - Ithaca Beer Company

jampics2

Ohio

4.53/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a cloudy gold into my Cantillon tasting glass. Just a great looking beer!

Smell is amazing. Apple skin, sour funk (this is a batch 2, so going on a year old I believe so the Brett is very present), strawberries.

Taste follows the nose. Sour peaches and a touch of zing from the yeast are present. The sour apple is dominating. Amazing on the pallate.

The mouthfeel on this beer is second to none IMO. The fizziness is in your face, but the body holds up and makes this just a delight. I think this is the best mouthfeel I've experienced on an American Wild. Nicely done!

Drinkability is exceptional. Not too acidic, just a pure joy as it makes its way down my throat. Wow. This is what great beer is all about, one of my faves!

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2009 15:52:02 | More by jampics2

chaseabeer

Oklahoma

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

06-19-2013 03:10:09 | More by chaseabeer

MMAJYK

Georgia

4/5  rDev -9.9%

06-18-2013 20:51:58 | More by MMAJYK

Cleaver35

Oklahoma

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

06-17-2013 00:59:50 | More by Cleaver35

EricLarcom

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

06-16-2013 02:09:22 | More by EricLarcom

doremite

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +7%

06-13-2013 21:01:25 | More by doremite

drummermattie02

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

06-10-2013 15:19:44 | More by drummermattie02

ninner00

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

06-06-2013 19:02:12 | More by ninner00

WillCarrera

Illinois

4.54/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

750 ml bottle, batch number E!037, poured into a snifter. Huge thanks to Eli for opening this.

A- Pours a hazy gold amber color, topped with a finger of white head, leaves nice lacing.

S- Really delicious aroma of fruit, mostly white grapes and some lemon, musty funk, straw, brett, also some nice perfumey notes. Incredible.

T- Restrained sourness, nice, soft fruitiness of white grape and lemon, as well as hay and bretty and earthy funk.

M- Medium-bodied, moderate to low-ish carbonation, smooth, soft feel, dry finish.

O- A really delicious sour, the flavors are subtle but highly complex, it's really too bad that this won't be made again.

Serving type: bottle

06-04-2013 00:52:44 | More by WillCarrera

Beerdy

Heard & McDonald Islands

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

06-03-2013 21:14:48 | More by Beerdy

4DAloveofSTOUT

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

06-03-2013 04:15:07 | More by 4DAloveofSTOUT

kawilliams81

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

06-03-2013 01:55:20 | More by kawilliams81

egrace84

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

06-02-2013 23:33:05 | More by egrace84

Duff27

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

2008 vintage.

Inch tall off white head, fizzy bubbly head. Body is a dull peach. Cap and collar. Recede after about 4 minutes.

Grapes. Tart peaches, champagne yeast influenced.

More with the sour grapes with a funk presence this time. Beneath all of this there is a balancing sweetness about it.

Very lively bubble mouthfeel and carbonation level. Unique and perhaps my favorite aspect of Brute.

A solid, well built sour. Balanced with a great lively mouthfeel and carbonation. Thanks kawilliams81 for the long time want share! Thanks Kent.

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2013 00:13:34 | More by Duff27

JayAre46

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

06-01-2013 06:32:38 | More by JayAre46

jkane101

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

05-29-2013 23:59:53 | More by jkane101

mobius387

Florida

4/5  rDev -9.9%

05-26-2013 10:22:32 | More by mobius387

BigbROB

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

05-22-2013 15:38:22 | More by BigbROB

grover37

District of Columbia

5/5  rDev +12.6%

05-22-2013 04:25:46 | More by grover37

dcloeren

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +7%

05-21-2013 20:57:32 | More by dcloeren

Busker

Connecticut

5/5  rDev +12.6%

05-21-2013 18:01:17 | More by Busker

CosmoHopHead

Kansas

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

05-21-2013 04:34:37 | More by CosmoHopHead

TheBronze

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -21.2%

05-19-2013 23:21:10 | More by TheBronze

ShawnMH

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev -4.3%

05-19-2013 15:47:25 | More by ShawnMH

lakersfan16

Alaska

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%

05-16-2013 01:12:52 | More by lakersfan16