Wolf of the Willows – Acidulus II New England Sour, 2017, 5.7%ABV, 375ml can.

Drank on 1/12/2017, from I.B.S.

Appearance: 2.5 – Light orange, golden, hazy, minimal head, little to no lacing.

Smell/Aroma: 3 – Fruity, yeasty, candy sugar, fruit punch cordial, very little lactic funk. as it warms there a bit more funk smell and the other smells subside and disappear.

Taste: 2.5 – No noticeable malt. Yeasty and Hoppy, some sourness, with a lot of hop fruity juicyness initially. Continued sipping leads to a dry mineral aftertaste with a very hoppy bitterness. A yeasty spice hangs around. Some funky flavours too.

Mouthfeel/Palate: 2 – Its fizzy, a little acid bite on the tongue.

Overall: 2.5 – Its not bad. 2nd hazy style, after the Lemon Juicy, that seems to have leaned toward yeastyness for some reason.

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Rodenbach Grand Cru. A Sour Flanders Red Ale. “A blend of 1/3 young beer and 2/3 of beer aged 2 years in large oak vats” If thats all going on here, and the wild yeast/lacto, that is awesome, as its tastes like its laced, drenched, with sour cherries, this is good. The standard Rodenbach, the stuff in cans, has tasted to me like a bad red wine. This though is good. On first sip, in the first second, I was like…oh shit, theres a dry woodyness, but then the crazy flavours appear and its really damn good. This is very nice.

Westmalle Trappist Dubbel. This is dark but carbonated, but still with a slick mouthfeel expected from a dark beer. Light to medium body I guess. fruity yeastness. Malty, some light dark fruit but also citrus? This is 7 percent but I dont detect alcohol. Its not bad at all. Hard to compare as I dont really remember what the last or first Dubbel I had was.

Westmalle Trappist Tripel. This is nice. Spicy, Ive had this before Im sure. Its good. This has an alcohol taste or some hoppy taste that melds with the alcohol, its not medicinal in a bad way but they both happen to appear around the same time and meld and its good but odd. Unsure what my first review said, I’d need to do this again to make a better review. 9.5 percent jesus christ.

Rochefort Trappistes 10. This very rich but light mouthfeel, and yes you can taste the 11 percent here. It has a dark malt richness but I have no idea what they use, no burnt or coffee shit though. Theres like zero hops bitterness. Theres a thickness to the mouth and then an alcohol hello… This is good as a sipper, a take some time beer, but the carbonation and light mouthfeel make you think otherwise . Its not bad. I dont understand its godlike-ness

Founders – Re Dank Ulous Imperial Red IPA

8 Wire – Palate Trip Sour IPA

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The 8 Wire sour IPA is really damn good. The bitter and the sour collide at the right point and work awesome together. Very tart, bitter, nice stuff. This is a style I would like to drink more of.