Busy oak-cask matured ‘red-brown ale mix’ brings surprising brandied cognac waft to snappy orange-grape tartness, expansive cider souring, and distant banana-clove respite. Sweet red apple and cherry confluence envelops dry wheat spine of lactic ruby-hued Flemish sour ale.
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BLUE RIDGE SUNRAGE SOUR MASH ALE
(DE PROEF) FLEMISH PRIMITIVE WILD ALE
Complex flaxen-hazed pale ale with explosive carbonation and whimsy 9% alcohol flow evokes expressive wild yeast perfuming. Initial lemony orange-bruised mandarin orange zest spreads across floral-herbal breadth, bitter juniper snip, and leathery dry-corked horse blanket waft. Tropical pineapple-mango-peach-cherry medley turns sour at crowded midst. Orange marmalade, dried fig, sharp cider, and ginger-clove-eucalyptus nuance enliven vanilla malting to mineral-grained bottom.