Sante Adairius Appreciation
Appreciation is a barrel-aged farmhouse ale fermented with boysenberries and our resident funk. After several months in red wine barrels, it has taken on a mouth-watering acidity, a whiff of the barnyard, and stronger aromas and flavors attributed to the fruit. Appreciation’s ruby red color entices, welcoming another sip, another clink of glasses with friends, another moment of contentment and contemplation. With gratitude, we humbly offer our appreciation. Sante!
3.9
159 reviews
Capitola, United States
Community reviews
Bottle at Doug's Christmas party
Pours cloudy light red with a small white head, light lacing. Tart, cherries, straw. Tart, cherries, cheese with a dry finish
Nice
Draught at the taproom. Crimson color, white head. Sour taste with boysenberry, red currant, wheat, a bit of vinegar, earthy notes and grass. Sour finish with boysenberry, red currant, a bit of vinegar, wheat, earthy notes and grass. Excellent sour ale.
Keg at the Beavertown Extravaganza, day one, 09/09/17.
Cherry red with a well appointed crimson cap.
Nose is tarte cherry skins, funk, oak, damp straw, mellow barrel.
Taste comprises sharp red grapes, light spice, damp wood, earthy cherry pips, red berry funk.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Decent well balanced sour.
On tap at at Beavertown Extravaganza 2017. Batch 6 I believe. Pours red with small white head. Fruity, cherries, lots of berries, citrus, lemon, some red wine, underlying wood. Smooth, medium bodied. Top stuff.
September 2017 - Keg at Beavertown Extravaganza. As 'Sante Adairius Appreciation'. Translucent ruby, still with a pale pinky head. Aroma is airy, blackcurrant, touch farty, pale wood. Body is light and frothy with soft carbonation. Taste is a bit metallic, cherry and raspberry notes, redcurrant, a bit overly tangy redcurrant/cranberry and a little metallic. Decent though. (6-4-7-3-15=3.5)
On tap. Reddish colour with white head. Fruit aroma. Juice, fruit, berry, acidic taste. Medium body.
Red fruit, red currant, cherries, acidic, tarty lemon. Hazy reddish, no head. Medium to heavy sour. More sour cherries, bitter redcurrant, acidity, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Nice Sour, quite intense. Keg at Beavertown Extravaganza 2017, Canada Water.
On tap at beavx 2017.Berries, wood, hay, light farty, farmhouse, lemon. Some sweetness, light/medium sour.
(thanks for sharing!) Sampled draft @ The Beavertown Extravaganza 2017. Day 1. Bright red. Nose is very puckering acidic & vinegar cherry. Taste is puckering harsh cherry, cherry pits, vinegar, red bezzies, acidic, yoghurt. Acidic yoghurt. Nice but a bit too harsh or just right for some looking at the score.
Keg at Beavertown Extravaganza [20170908].................................
Sampled at Beavertown Extravaganza. Tart cherry nose. Flavour follows nose with strong cherry tart finish.
Keg at Beavertown Extravaganza, Canada Water. Pink, lovely and fresh berried aroma with sour Brett. Lovely flavour.
Tap. Hazy red color with white head. Aroma is cherries, barrel funk, yoghurt. Taste is yoghurt, cherries, tart, a bit vanilla and cherrystone. Medium carbonation. Excellent!
Keg at beaverfest. Pours deep purple, nose is funk, oak, berries, taste is dry, funky, vinegar, fruity.
Pours purple with low light purple head
Aromas funky of red berries, green grapes, over ripe apples, hints of cracked garden branch
Taste has funky and light tart notes of cherries, red berries, green apples, grapes, citrus
Sample from Batch #3 at Kurtkeller 027: Sante Adairius-tastic 01 on 07/30/2017. Hazy pinkish-red color with a medium pinkish-white head that evaporates steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Aroma of berries, oak, yeast and vanilla. Medium body with flavors of tart berry, vinous oak, yeast and biscuit malt. The finish is tart with a red wine and berry aftertaste. Good beer all around.
750ml bottle shared with Julien and Sam. Pours purple, blood orange, Scarlett red. Thin micro bubble head. Foamy and long lasting around the edge. Fully hazy. Smells beautifully berry like. Oaky and wood smooth Barrel. Winey sweet profile. Wonderful on the nose. Beautiful red berry taste, small lambic and great fruity flavor. Wonderful overall berry flavor profile. Barrel oak profile and sweet sour greatness. Great tart mouthfeel. Sour throughout and winey all around. Delicious.
Very pleased. Love it. Comparable to the Flora BBR, Maybe better.
No notes. Backlog from a rather huge bottle share. As to be expected from SARA brewes this was very delicate and nice.
About a year old? Drank to mark the passing of a friend as a reminder to appreciate those and the time we have. He would have liked this. Ruddy, medium dark purple/magenta, with nice carb. Nose is funk, lacto yogurt, berries, becomes much fruitier and intriguing as it warms. Taste is tart with flavors following nose. Very balanced and enjoyable.
Backlog from CBC 2016. Sample @ CBC 2016. Pours deep hazy red with a pinkish head. Notes of boysenboerries, raspberries, vinous tannic notes, oak, vanilla, lactic.
On tap. Purple color with slightly pinkish head. Aroma has some acetic notes and strawberries. Taste is fruity, acidic with a generic wild berries flavor. Really dry and tart on the finish. Light body, quite effervescent.
Draught @ Brus. Pours red with a smooth head. Aroma of berries, funky yeast, tartish bretta, sourness and wood. Taste is sour, heavy with berries, oak, tart fruits, wood and funky yeastiness. Finish is tart, sour and funky with some berries, wood and oak. Wow, quite tasty and balanced.
On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. This one has a raspberry red cloudy, kinda dark colored body with a small pinkish red hued head leaving lots of small dots. Smells really nice. Quite woody, sour rhubarb, mild acidic apple vinegar. Not extreme in any direction but still quite nice and red fruity. Tastes quite good also. It has a mild oily texture in the mouth and it’s just below average on the carbonation. Sweet berries, some white currants - lingering all the way. Quite a sharp and precise one this. Not bad at all. 14.05.2016
On tap/brewery taproom/RBB2017@: pours hazy pinky red with soapy pinky head. Aroma-flavour: boysenberries, blueberries, hint of other dark fruits, vanillin, wood, grapes, red vine astringency, funk, tart, dry, astringent finish, moderate medium body, soft texture, moderate carbonation.
Bottle. Pours dark red with a slightly pinkish head of fine bubbles. Aromas of funk and light berries. Taste is tart, some berries underneath the funk. A large sip makes me salivate. Light, fizzy carbonation tingles the tongue.
(Sample @ CBC 2016 Green Session, Copenhagen) Pours murky medium red with a pale pink head. Aroma is reddish berries, somewhat tart and raspberry-like, ample barnyard funk, a bit oaky and vinous, lactic acidity, jam. Flavour is quite tart, red berries/raspberry with something a little deeper like red grape, zippy lemon lacto, dusty funk, wood, a bit tannic, a little sweet hint of malt. Dry cleansing tart berry finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Quite nice, not my absolute favourite SARA, which is a high bar, but very drinkable.
Bottle pour at RateBeer Best 2017. Hazy reddish purple with off-white head. Aromas of berry jam. Tastes of berry jam, tart lemons. Light body with adry finish. Very tasty.
Bottle at RBBest. Pours reddish cloudy amber. Aroma is funky berries and barrel. Body is super sour, tart and still funky. Continues the berries and adds more red fruit. Light. Palate is short and sour. Good balance.
From bottle thanks to random nice people at Himmeriget. Pours a deep red with a pinkish head. Aroma has vanilla, raspberry, blackberry, grapes, oak, suuper nice, tannic. Taste is crisp, dry, sour, tasty and tannic. Citric crisp body and an average carbonation.
Really enjoyed this one. Very jammy with a long finish. Hope to get more soon.