Daron Watson

9.5

Vintage Lambic “which has matured for three years in oakwood barrels and has been selected for its exceptional colour, taste and flavour.”
“Powerful yet elegant, Bruocsella can be considered the missing link between the worlds of wine and beer. Since there is no secondary fermentation in the bottle Bruocsella is a flat, non-sparkling beer.”
“This aristocratic beer is to our national beer patrimony what Mouton-Rotschild, Petrus or Romanée-Conti are to the wines.”

apples, dried apricot, candied ginger, honey, soft cheese rind

addition of artisanal bread, cantaloupe, apricot marmalade ~ ricola

gritty woody breadth w an intense sour acidic mid palate lift
— 3 years ago

Brandon Boesch

10

Not many beers brewed like this anymore. Literally pine trees in a forest with a hint of maple syrup. I get some citrus and raw ginger, but then that sweetness cutting through followed by bitters. The bitterness is so huge but balanced. This is a beer to experience rather than slug. — 4 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.9

Age is a marvelous thing for these sour beers. So complex. Lemons, but different types of lemons, some creaminess, definitely cherries but much more subdued and more dried. Tons of funk with not a ton of Brett which I had been expecting from these earlier days of TRB. Also some honey and grape must. I actually thought of cognac while contemplating the finish. — 5 years ago

Mike Milsap

9.5

Not like any other beer I’ve had. Reminds me of ginger snaps — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

Hoisin sauce, so so so sick. Just why we drink wine. Leather. Just so so good. Hard to write a note as it’s so profound. Palate is perfect. Stunningly balanced. Root beer, ginger tertiary flavors. Just a wine is at double peak. Still has a youthful tang. Perfection. — 4 years ago

Jeff Orlowski

9.0

Fun digestif. Root beer color. Cola, ginger on nose with baking spices, root beer, and a hint of bitters on palate. Great after dinner! — 4 years ago

with Michael and Joe

David Kline

9.3

Active peach-gold and inscrutably, near opaque, with an arrogantly vaulted, whited foam tower, unblemished by human tears; clinging lacing like dish soap suds, tear raggedly to silhouettes of prehistoric headbutts. Soapy breastmilk and citrus rising on yeast, grapefruit pith peeled thinly, clover rolls just browning, and leather fringes. Lively mouthfeel as expected. Lime pith and grapefruit with papery ginger slices, orange zest, magnolia, carrot bread, straw, zucchini spirals, ginseng, and banana peel. Complex rusticity. .
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with Courtney

David Kline

9.5

Gorgeous amber with orange evokes fine scotch. Tortoise shell lacing materializes. Orange bread and toasted sesame, Marcona almond, plantain and butternut squash pencil in the autumnal details. Poppyseed, toasty malt, allspice, acorn squash bread and a touch of ginger spice. Forgot what a seasonal treat this is!
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— 3 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

Congratulations to TB12 on going to his 14th Conference Championship.

The nose shows; more macerated green & golden apple, pineapple than usual. Touch of apple cider, bruised pear, some dried apricots, nougat, melted, salted caramel, alluvial limestone minerals, chalk, sea spray, roasted white spice, dry yeast, rising bread dough, baguette crust, ginger ale with withering lilies and some spring flowers.

The palate has softer mousse & less lively acidity than previous bottles. Still nice but, it’s giving cause to wonder when this bottle was disgorged. Macerated green & golden apple, yellow peach, pineapple juice. Touch of apple cider, bruised pear, some dried apricots, nougat, melted, salted caramel, alluvial limestone minerals, grey volcanics, gritty chalkiness, sea fossils, saline, roasted white spice, nuts, dry yeast, rising bread dough, baguette crust, ginger ale that has the high notes of root beer, vanillin with withering lilies and some spring flowers. The acidity is ok but, seems off a bit. Change in base wine for this bottling? The finish still rich, elegant, well balanced persisting minutes.

Bottle is off slightly from the many others we’ve enjoyed.

Photos of; the House of Bollinger, branded cave with resting bottles, their Cooper making barrels and one of their Grand Cru vineyards.

1/17/21 — 4 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.3

Beautiful and funky Northern Italian white. Bordering on an Orange Wine. Floral, stone fruit, fresh firewood and citrus aromas and flavors. Just a hint of yeast. Almost has some “ beer-like” qualities. Loads of minerality. Ripping acidity on the very long finish. Oily/waxy texture. This beauty can age for a bit. Simply unique and extremely well made. Revisited in January of 2021. Still unique and outstanding! Notes of ginger and a bit more of an oxidized quality. Beautifully funky and complicated. Thanks Kase! Revisited again in April 2024. More austere. Yeasty notes are more baked bread-like. Ginger and honey flavors have intensified. Outstanding texture! Finish a bit short on this bottle but still delicious! — 5 years ago

with Kasey