Askew - Two Brothers Brewing Company

glid02

Georgia

4.1/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle purchased from France 44 via mail order.

Pours a hazy bright ruby red color with a slightly off-white head that leaves decent lacing.

Smells of bright raspberry and strawberries with medium malts underlying everything. Also present are very slight hints of vanilla and funk.

Tastes similar to how it smells, though not as crisp. Slightly dry medium malts up front are joined quickly by slight tart raspberry flavors. Midway through small amounts of vanilla and funk come into play, fading out into a crisp ending. Mouthfeel is good, with active carbonation.

Overall this was a solid beer, although the fruit flavors didn’t come through quite as strong as the nose intimated. Still, worth a shot.

Serving type: bottle

08-24-2011 01:49:49 | More by glid02

chippo33

Vermont

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

05-24-2013 04:40:03 | More by chippo33

coffygrinder

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +17.6%

04-23-2013 11:10:05 | More by coffygrinder

westcoastbeerlvr

California

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

04-16-2013 04:09:22 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

Sparky44

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

03-25-2013 01:12:23 | More by Sparky44

bashiba

Iowa

4.09/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured a clean orange/amber with a thick and creamy long lasting tan head, good carbonation running throughout the beer for a good long while.

The nose is very tart and a bit cidery, lightly sweet with some touches of tropical fruit mixing in with the funky bretty charachter.

The flavor is mildy sweet with a bit of apple and pear and a touch of white cheese, finishes with a dry tart funky basement quality, has just a bit of sourness at the very end.

The mouthfeel is creamy with a dry finish.

Very nice wild ale, nice combination of fruit notes and sour qualities.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 23:03:08 | More by bashiba

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

03-04-2013 13:54:06 | More by t0rin0

CaptainNomihodai

Illinois

4/5  rDev -1%

03-03-2013 05:30:48 | More by CaptainNomihodai

JAHMUR

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

02-25-2013 14:20:09 | More by JAHMUR

Thorpe429

Illinois

3/5  rDev -25.7%

01-10-2013 22:08:58 | More by Thorpe429

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

4.05/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4

Two Brothers Askew. No bottle dating. Acquired in the summer of 2012. 12.7oz bottle split into Duchesse de Bourgogne goblets.

Pours a lovely color. It's like a sepiated rose or a pinkish cider. Some yeasty haze found its way into the beer at the end of my pour, but most was choked back. Hardly any head formed, and nothing but a very thin ring remains. This beer is simply pretty.

Super sour nose for a Flanders-style wild ale. Big imploding funk-rot from the combination of Saccharo- and Brettanomyces. Brightly woody. Sour fruit aromas include strawberry and apple. Maybe a bit of raspberry.

Big smack of fruit sour with a yield of green strawberry, unripe raspberry, and tart apple. Woody, vinegary, and decently funky. Tastes like a soured and unsweetened currant jam. I love the berry notes. This is a well-defined sour, if I may say so.

There is a hot sour burn in the throat that is an aspect to struggle through, drinkibility-wise. Otherwise, the body is pretty average for the style. Carbonation is medium.

Askew is a bright and wonderful sour ale. My girlfriend really took to it, as well. Time to seek out another bottle. Recommended.

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2013 03:32:27 | More by thecheapies

Gonzoillini

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

01-06-2013 03:41:35 | More by Gonzoillini

mendvicdog

Maryland

4/5  rDev -1%

11-29-2012 14:57:22 | More by mendvicdog

marlinsfan4

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

11-29-2012 13:33:42 | More by marlinsfan4

tuckerlikesbeer

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

11-29-2012 05:31:37 | More by tuckerlikesbeer

duceswild

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

11-29-2012 03:17:29 | More by duceswild

mynie

Indiana

4.08/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours surprisingly clear and orange, with a very small head. Smells like a pleasantly aged blend of oak, sour yeast, and fruit. Nothing too horribly complex or astounding, but a nice, solid blend.

Tastes about how it smells. Good fruit complexities balanced out well by the yeast--not punishingly sour, but still not so dulled that it seems like a cop out. There's a very nicely dulled, almost chocolately end to the sour, and this falls in to a really nice, yeasty finish.

Imma fucking with the rating system here, because this isn't quite as good as a 4.5 flavor so I'm saying it's 4.5 overall. Not quite, but still good.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2012 04:35:02 | More by mynie

drabmuh

Maryland

4.1/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a snifter, beer is amber and clear with a lazy head of small bubbles, some lacing, low retention though.

Aroma is lactic and bright, succinic acid maybe.

Beer is flavorful with a nice finish, light and effervescent on the palate, a good finish. Overall I did enjoy this beer and I'd have it again.

Serving type: bottle

11-02-2012 19:03:29 | More by drabmuh

ehammond1

California

3.98/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle (2011)

Thanks for opening this with me, VaTechHopHead!

(Aged for 1+ year)

Dark amber, nearly ruby, with an off-white ring of foam atop, eventually leaving irregular lines of stick down the glass.

An enjoyable, complex, evolving aroma: vinous red wine notes, lots of oak, some vinegar, and a bit of berry character as well. The funky Brett yeast makes itself more and more present as the beer warms.

The flavor follows the aroma, with vinous notes, lots of oak, some vinegar, and berry character shining through, along with a very mild funky barnyaryd yeast character.

Medium bodied with moderate-high carbonation.

Very enjoyable sour.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2012 00:18:06 | More by ehammond1

jisom123

Indiana

4/5  rDev -1%

09-17-2012 23:26:41 | More by jisom123

bstyle

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

09-06-2012 06:42:53 | More by bstyle

dpasotti

Indiana

3.85/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Rich coppery amber color with impressive creamy and tightly-knit head. It has uncharacteristic lasting power for a sour and stands strong until the last sip. Aroma is funk-forward with a hint of sweetness, tart cherry, Tylenol chewables (in a good way), and a complex layer of all kinds of fruit. Smells like a cross between a gueuze and a Flanders red.

Much of the same on the palate, but lacks the complexity of the nose. Well-balanced tartness that's in the middle of the range. Some vanilla pops up as it warms.

Carbonation is medium. The body is pushed to the lower end of medium by some lingering acidity that coats the mouth on the finish. On the whole, this is an excellent offering from Two Brothers, maybe the best beer I've had from them.

Serving type: bottle

08-28-2012 23:48:52 | More by dpasotti

gpawned

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +11.4%

08-20-2012 09:52:17 | More by gpawned

GRG1313

California

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

08-20-2012 06:58:18 | More by GRG1313

DaveHack

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

08-13-2012 23:09:37 | More by DaveHack