Pours a clear, yet robust Blood Orange color with a champagne like head that dissipates quickly to sturdy ring. The nose is complex - sour, dry cherry, tart, dusty with hints of wood, florals and some pale malt. The taste is all about cherry, but not overwhelmingly so. It starts out with tart cherry and light oak. Slightly sweet grain notes come next and transition into a finish full of florals and tannins.
The mouthfeel is light to medium, dry yet somehow juicy, sour but not puckering. The 5.7% abv is hardly noticeable, making it both quaffable and quenchable. Overall, another winner from Uinta.
Available starting today for $11.99 at Uinta's bottle shop. Next week in liquor stores. 1st 40 bottles sold will be autographed by label artist Travis Bone.
It's Friday! and that means new beer (besides Birthday Suit).
I mentioned Epic's Glutenator the other day. There are some new gluten free beers from New Planet Brewing out of Colorado. New Planet specializes in gluten free beer. I saw some of their labels at the 3rd east wine store in SLC.
Also today Shades of Pale and the No Name Saloon, "Butchers" are teaming up to bring you a limited release - 10 cases of Ready to Fly Amber Ale brewed to help support the women Ski Jumpers from Park City. No Name will donate $500 of the proceeds to the Jumpers.
Come on out and try a 22oz bomber of Ready to Fly Amber Ale for 5 Bucks. Only 120 bottles left so come early and donate to the Women Jumpers. Go Team USA!
Is this enough for your weekend!
Cheers!
6 comments:
Sweet, and almost reasonably priced....almost worth a trip out there..
Woot I feel a lunch trip coming on.
A friend just shared this blog with me. So excited to see other beer enthusiasts in Utah!
Just to clarify...beers of this nature take FOREVER to make...thus the higher price...the brewery has a lot of money tied up in a beer like this that they can't recoup for over a year (and it may not even turn out...sour beers are not an exact science) whereas regular ales can be turned around in a couple weeks to a month...I say if you like beers like this buy them to let the brewery know this is what you want to drink and you are willing to pay a few extra bucks for something special...sorry, my .02c
How do beers NOT barrel-aged take "FOREVER" to make?, also, how do hints of oak turn up, oak spirals? gosh,get real.
I haven't seen this in the jR store yet..sad. Yes I am willling to pay some extra for beers that are aged. And even a little extra for local...but when things come from belgium and are barrel aged and cost the same...????
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