Fortuitous - Yazoo Brewing Company

onewetpaw

Tennessee

2.85/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Poured into a tulip.

This is a once off beer that Yazoo released from a spontaneously soured batch of Sue, their smoked Porter, that happened during the move to their new brewery. It was stated that they think the infection was with Pediococcus. The batch got recalled, but instead of dumping it the brewers decided to age it further and then back blend with non-soured Sue resulting in this one-off release.

A- The sourness and acidic nose hits you right away. I also detect some harsh black malt roast notes. The smoked malt of the original Sue isn't here at all

A- Pours black as night with a beautiful light beige head that stays for a long time.

F- Harsh sourness that seems to clash with the roast character. I like sours, but this is not my thing. The astringent malt along with the harsh sourness is too much. I could only stomach half a glass.

M- Thin and drying. The carbonation is nicely elevated helping to clear the harshness from my palate.

O- Not a winner. Most spontaneously "soured" beers from infection don't really work out well and this is no exception. I wish that they would have a hit here since I like sours and would like a local brewery to make one, but this one probably deserves to stay a one off. Oh well.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2012 03:07:29 | More by onewetpaw

Photekut

Azerbaijan

2.5/5  rDev -30.7%

05-19-2013 01:34:42 | More by Photekut

weonfire

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -3%

05-02-2013 17:46:14 | More by weonfire

DenverLogan

Colorado

3.84/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

From a bottle left over from World Beer Cup...I think.
Poured in chalice at private backyard tasting.
Pours a dark brown with tan head.
Rich aroma of chocolate, tannin, dark roasted malts, and mild smoke.
Medium carbonation and strong mouthfeel.
Flavors of light cola, modest malts, minerals, peat, watery coffee, bourbon, dark chocolate.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2013 05:33:39 | More by DenverLogan

leedorham

Washington

2/5  rDev -44.6%

02-25-2013 19:38:46 | More by leedorham

harrymel

Washington

1.5/5  rDev -58.4%

02-23-2013 23:39:58 | More by harrymel

DaBubs

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -3%

02-06-2013 00:24:08 | More by DaBubs

yourefragile

District of Columbia

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

01-18-2013 02:20:36 | More by yourefragile

spycow

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -3%

01-13-2013 20:45:14 | More by spycow

TheBishopco

Tennessee

4/5  rDev +10.8%

01-11-2013 12:27:08 | More by TheBishopco

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.48/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to Drabmuh for this. Served in a cervoise. Pours a very dark brown with a nice lasting tab head and quite a bit of spotty lacing. Nose has some chocolate and roast, no hint of the underlying infection. Flavor is a nice porter with a bit of lactic acidity and a moderate funk and cherry presence. Medium body and a bit creamy. Quite nice.

Serving type: bottle

12-15-2012 16:05:14 | More by Thorpe429

AgentZero

Illinois

3/5  rDev -16.9%

12-06-2012 21:27:12 | More by AgentZero

EgadBananas

Louisiana

3.25/5  rDev -10%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured a dark brown, somewhat nearing black, with a tan head. The aroma was slightly smoky, with a slight acrid tartness on the nose and a hint of bourbon and vanilla. Taste somewhat followed that; only mildly tart or acidic, a little barrel presence, and touches of chocolate and smoke. Nothing is too in your face, but it's nice to drink. A bit of elevated carbonation, which could be expected.

I'm presuming that this was an unintentional infection of barrel-aged Sue, that seemed interesting to bottle. And it was. It was interesting and worth the try. But having had Sue, this particular treatment kinda just made me miss Sue, because she's a great beer and this doesn't really do her justice.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2012 12:18:11 | More by EgadBananas

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

pour is dark brown, opaque, creamy dirty tan head. Nose is chocolate malt, cream, faint tobacco, and notes of cherry. The taste is very sweet with light plastic, band aid note. Light tobacco in back, somewhat roast/burnt, smokey finish and faint sour fruit. Body is full, creamy, strong carbonation, and wet feel.

Serving type: bottle

08-21-2012 13:55:30 | More by cpetrone84

womencantsail

California

3.68/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours almost black in color with a tall khaki head. Nose is heavy on the roast with a hint of smoke. Sour cherries, green apple, raisins, and plums on the nose, too. A touch of berries and vinegar. Tastes decently acetic, but a nice complexity. Tons of roast, mild smoke, dark fruits, and quite a strong dryness. Definite tannins going on here. Not terribly funky, but a little bit of leather and black pepper.

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2012 18:11:23 | More by womencantsail

brentk56

North Carolina

4.03/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a chocolate brown color with a massive, rocky head; loads of lacing left behind

Smell: Sour cherries with hints of toasted brown bread and chocolate

Taste: Toasted brown bread, up front, but the sour cherry flavors quickly take over, bringing hints of chocolate that develop, after the swallow; building acidity in the finish; the smoke finally arrives in the aftertaste

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate to high carbonation; slightly creamy and very puckery

Overall: Was looking forward to tasting this beer after I discovered the intriguing flavors in my aged bottle of infected Sue; I wish the smoke came through more discernably, but still an enjoyable sour

Thanks, TheGordianKnot, for the opportunity

Edit: Cracked open my last bottle of infected Sue to taste the two beers side by side and the Fortuitous was fruitier while the infected Sue had a lot more smoke

Serving type: bottle

07-06-2012 21:32:06 | More by brentk56

Holland

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -16.9%

06-18-2012 17:09:39 | More by Holland

jmarsh123

Indiana

2.4/5  rDev -33.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Pours black with a small tan head fading into nothing.

Aroma is quite different from the base beer. The roasted malts come through and there is still some smoke present, but not as much as Sue. Sour cherries permeate as well along with a hint of brett.

Smoke is subdued compared to Sue, but still present. Lots of dark fruits and cherry sourness intermingle with the roast malt and smoke and it's not a particular pleasant mixture. Got a little vinegary on the back end.

Low carbonation, mouthfeel is way too thin.

While not the worst unintentionally infected beer I've had, it still isn't pleasant. It really does just taste like a batch gone wrong. The sourness clashes with the base beer too much. Glad I got to try it, but was not impressed.

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2012 15:10:10 | More by jmarsh123

mdillon86

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +3.9%

06-18-2012 12:05:28 | More by mdillon86

duceswild

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -3%

06-18-2012 00:48:39 | More by duceswild

Pencible

Virginia

4/5  rDev +10.8%

06-15-2012 18:59:14 | More by Pencible

jacewg

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev +17.7%

06-15-2012 14:08:27 | More by jacewg

titosupertramp

Tennessee

4.5/5  rDev +24.7%

06-10-2012 21:14:08 | More by titosupertramp

vfgccp

New York

4.75/5  rDev +31.6%

06-10-2012 19:29:31 | More by vfgccp

TATURBO

Illinois

4.55/5  rDev +26%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours a Dark Brown with minimal head.
The smell is fantastic, Really one of the best beers yet on the "smell" scale. Has a sweet Chocolatey, Cherry, Fruit, Bourbon smell. Seems to lack smokiness though. As it warms a strong vanilla extract comes out.
Taste is very complex with fruit flavors, primarily the cherry with the smokiness of a normal Yazoo Sue and some vanilla on the back end.
Mouth was above average but lacking fullness to score higher.
Overall a great beer on it's own but not the same as what I believe they were trying to replicate. I believe the unintentional "Sour Sue" was the target. I'd had a few 6 packs of that and it was actually a great infected beer. The Sourness brought a new dimension to the beer. Fortuitous got close and still worthy of a 4.25 to me.

Serving type: bottle

05-31-2012 18:47:31 | More by TATURBO