Destihl Reserve Saint Dekkera Sour Fruit Ale. Brewed and bottled by Destihl Brewery, Bloomington, IL, USA. Batch Year 2013. And there's some barrel numbers written down, 5 different ones. This one is the Pomme, Sour Ale aged in oak barrels with apples added. Alc. 5.6% by Vol.
Appearance: clear, light amber/gold coloring, some kind of head appears at the start, then it's done and all is still.
Aroma: wild/sour/funky nose right at the start, oak barrel offerings blossom, and light fruitiness comes forth.
Taste: Intensely sour at first sip, engrossing puckeration at play in the mouth. Apple flavors follow, with no sweetness, nor bitter, nothing but sour. Lean bodied, to say the least. Dry, clean, fresh and refreshing. Tasty, too. Good beer and you can drink it.
Let's read that label. "Saint Dekkera Reserve Sour Ales are naturally soured by spontaneous/wild secondary fermentation and aging in oak barrels with a microflora wonderfully unique to our downstate Illinois terroir, where we embrace the individual, wild character of each barrel to produce beers with a wide array of acidity, sourness and unadulterated funkiness. When stored properly (55º F), this beer can be cellared, but please enjoy before you perish. Cheers!"
Well, that got a little morbid at the end, didn't it?
And, dear readers, I must announce that this, too, like the last two Destihl beers, was a gift and I have no idea of the price. Pay what you feel it's worth.
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