Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the
NorCal Beer Blog's brew review.
Tonight’s featured beer is Almanac Beer Company Farmer's
Reserve Plout - Ale Brewed with Plouts and Aged in Wine Barrels.
From the Almanac Beer Company website: “Pluots
are some of our favorite fruits. Created by cross-breeding apricots and plums,
there are dozens of varieties with an amazing range of color and flavor. All
through the summer, Blossom Bluff Orchards picks each variety at its peak:
Dapple Dandy, Honey Punch, Flavor Queen, Black Kat & Dapple Jack were all
added to a sour blonde ale and aged in wine barrels to create this funky
oak-aged brew.
Farm to Barrel
Our Farm to Barrel beers focus on the eons-old tradition of
aging beers in oak barrels. This American wild ale was aged in used wine casks
with our house “Dogpatch” sour culture, a cocktail of wild Belgian and American
yeasts, including San Francisco sourdough starter. The yeasts slowly morph the
beer from a traditional ale into something wild, creating a mild acidic bite as
well as pulling oak and vanilla flavors from the barrel. After maturing, the
barrels are blended together—creating a vinous, delicate beer that captures the
essence of a particular harvest. Farm to Barrel Beers are alive in the bottle,
and will continue to mature gracefully for several years.”
Let’s get started!
Appearance: Pours
a hazy and pale golden orange with a nice white head and minimal lacing.
Aroma: Pluots,
yeast funk, tart berries, oak, citrus and some vanilla.
Taste: Tart with berries,
pluots, some citrus, oak, wine grapes, wild yeast funk some vanilla and a touch
of peach.
Overall: Funky,
tart and delicious Almanac Beer Company Farmer's Reserve Plout is another
fantastic been in the Almanac Beer Company line up. This 7% ABV offering is nicely balanced,
crisp and highly drinkable. I highly recommend this one!
Cheers!
Mark Harvey
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