Crooked Stave Origins
Burgundy sour ale aged in oak barrels
3.9
361 reviews
Denver, United States
Community reviews
Draft.
A- Tart, funk, mixed berries.
A- Dark copper color, clear liquid, off white head.
T- Tart, mild oak, mixed berries, mild funk.
P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, tart finish.
O- How am I the first rate of this? Not complex in terms of getting a lot of unique flavors but the tartness and funkiness of the berries and oak combined to blend into a well made sour. Good stuff.
750ml bottle. Dark mahogany with a foamy beige head. Flavors are oak, dark fruit, cherry, lemon, caramel, molasses and brown sugar with vinous notes. Medium body, soft to moderate carbonation, oily texture.
Bottle pour at SAVOR 2018's Saturday session. Clear dark amber brown with off-white head. Aromas of tart notes, oak, cherries. Tastes of tart notes, tropical fruit, stone fruit, oak. Light body with a dry finish.
OMBF 2017. Zapach: dębina, porzeczka, kwaśność. Smak: ocet, kwaśność.
Draft at Mellow Owensboro. Pours a clear maroon, light burgundy color with a small off-white head. Tart cherry, oak and light vanilla sherry notes. Muted tartness with woody oak and creamy vanilla underneath cherry and cherry pit notes. Lingering cherry on the finish.
On tap at Bitter Phew, Surry Hills. Pours a earthy red with a white head. Aroma: oak, raspbery, blueberry, floral notes. Taste: oak, raspberry, tart grape, floral, earthy flavours. Medium bodied. Moderate carbonation. Easy drinking and quite refreshing. Quite enjoyable.
Bottle from the lcbo online shop. Cloudy brown pour, with reddish hues coming through, and a large beige head. Aroma is oaky, earthy, tannic with lots of sourness and some balsamic vinegar. Mouth feel and carb are spot on, and its a touch oily. Finish is astringent, oak filled with very ripe cherries, and barrel aged balsamic.
Tap at Bar Hop, 7th July 18. Pours a red brown, aroma is vinegar, sour. Taste is astringent, sour, vinegar, balsamic, some vineous notes. It's OK, but I've had far better.
Batch 8...FlanderFunky, Höllendry & to hard to handle 😵 dark vinegar hell🎆 ..FERMENTOREN...Fassware...MBCC 2018 Aftershowparty :)...
On keg at Brewdog Lothian Rd, Edinburgh.
Appearance - brown but fairly transparent. Some head at least temporarily.
Nose - wood, wine and wine vinegar. Funky yeast edge to it.
Taste - more red wine vinegar and wood.
Palate - medium bodied but compact and tight. Very long indeed.
Overall - a very well nailed oude brun.
Rare chance to find it on tap at Growler Country. Pours like dark ice tea with initial carbonation that dies quickly with no head or lacing. Very sour aroma that borders being overly acidic but you get fruit as it warms. Tart sour flavor plus some white grapefruit and grape must. Oak aging adds a slight astringency. Nice enough.
Bottle from CBC 7-28-18
Prev at 4.1 7-11-14 Hops and Pie
A hazed reddish amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, tart ground cherries with light celery salts, very, horse blanket, OK. In mouth, a rather watery interpretation, with light cherry notes, light horse blanket, light cork and tobacco, nice and smooth. On tap at Bar Lupulus. Bar Lupulus
Aus dem Fass im Muted Horn 2018-05 getrunken. Diese Sour Red ist durch das Burgunder BA schön fruchtig geworden. Ein tolles Ale - sauer aber lecker.
Batch #8. Burgundy-tinged brown. Small, off-white head. Huge aroma of sour grapes and red wine. Taste is tart as fuck with lots of raspberry and sherry.
Keg at Brewdog Lothian Rd. Clear reddish brown. Nose is sour vinegarish, wood, red fruits, grapes. Tastes sour, oak, red fruits, vinous notes. Good.
Bardzo dziwne piwo i nieco przereklamowane. W nosie dosyć duża karmelowość, dominują akcenty słodów, dopiero gdzieś w tle lekko kwaśny niuans w duecie z tanim winem. W smaku dosyć płaskie i jednowymiarowe. Brak głębi, co cechuje jednak ten styl. Jednostronnie kwaśny, cierpki aż do samego końca z dużą ilością garbnika, co powoduje efekt wysuszania w ustach.
Tap (Sori Taproom, Not Tallinn) (3:3:3:1:5=1.5)
Terrible harsh sour aroma. Vinegary taste. A harsh and terrible sour mess. This isn't "sour" beer, this is an *off* beer. Undrinkable. Might have some use in a salad dressing, that's all.
Draught at WFP, September 2017. The aroma was absolutely marvelous - port wine, cherries, plums, brown sugar, sherry. Light tart taste, fruity-astringent finish, significantly less flavour depth than expected. Very good but with potential for much more than that.
On tap at Shepherds Bush BrewDog. Deep brown ruby colour lasting beige head. Flemish red sour aroma. Some jammy fruit. A sweetish Flemish red. Some strawberry jam and vanilla. Yep pretty good. But i love this style. Good sourness fruity pippiness on the finish is really good. Loved it. Not too notch but very drinkable.
Tap at Brew Dog. Pours dark amber with thin lace halo. Aroma has ripe fruits and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet sour. Palate is medium bodied, clammy texture,flat carbonation, tart finish. Full fruited but a taste is enough for me.
14/20 great balance of sourness, tartness and tasty ness. Red wine barrel taste really comes through
( bottle)
Aroma: raspberries,oak and vinegar,
Appearance: ruby color, small head.
Taste: sweet, flavour of raspberries, oak, wine, apples and fruit skins.
Palate: medium body, low carbonation,
Overall: Tasty sour, raspberry seems to dominate.
On tap. Pours a clear dark mahogany with light head. Aromas of vinous oak, wine vinegar and toasted malts. Flavors follow same wit take dark cherries and plum skins.
butelka. rubinowe, klarowne, niewielka biała piana, która ślicznie koronkuje. aromat sfermentowanych owoców, lekko malinowy, kwaśny, kompotowy, funky, lekko ziemisty. w smaku kwaśne, kwaśne, kwaśne, ale z lekkim słodkim twistem po drodze. świetne
Draft, lots of oak, vinegar, sour cherries, light grain, slightly sour, dry
Sour aroma with some light dark-malt character. Pours brown in color with an off-white head. Moderately tart, lemony, with a touch of dark malt.
Notes: bottle pour, 17
On tap at at Beavertown Extravaganza 2017. Pours brown with off-white head. Lots of wood, some caramel in nose, some fruity notes. Quite acidic, some vinegar. Medium bodied.
@ Crooked Stave Tasting hosted by Kraddel. Bottled 2013. Batch 2.
Aroma is very nice and complex woody acidity; therefore the taste is disappointing. Very one-dimensional acetic acid. Palate is slightly puckering.
At the crooked stave tasting. Pours unclear dark amber to brown. No real head. Smell is fleshy, oak, bit tart, very full. Taste is strong, sour, tart, bit lactic, oak, tad fruity, very dry. Very intense. Not bad.