ONCEMADE Wild Queen
AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
adamjackson (1529) – Canaan, New Hampshire, USA – SEP 7, 2013
From the OnceMade project…these were bottled a year ago so I guess it’s safe to open. Enjoyed at fridge temp in stemware.
A – 1 finge head, fairly resilient. Flemish red appearance with lots of burnt red, hazy, etc.
S – Slight vinegar notes, floral with fruitiness. Hard to pinpoint any one nose aspect.
T – Very acetic almost like a mix of lemon juice, oranges, copper pennies and flemish rodenbach yeast. Extremely tannic
M – Dry, sour, full bodied. very interesting.
O – This beer also falls short of great. It’s okay but not something I’d seek out.
ONCEMADE Wild King
3AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
adamjackson (1529) – Canaan, New Hampshire, USA – SEP 7, 2013
750ML as a part of the once-made project. Split 2 ways at fridge temp in a stemmed glass.
A – Champagne like orange color with a 2 finger creamy head.
S – Smells pretty nice. Sort of a weak juicy juice with berries.
T – Mild tartness, some brett funkiness with some fake juiciness like corn syrup? Brandy certainly at the finish brandy / rum but comes across as more medicinal than expected
M – Nice mouthfeel, obviously bottle conditioned.
O – Not a favorite. the flavor description is accurate but it comes out far worse than I would have liked.
All that fancy packaging for a beer that was worth 3/5. How typical. :
Yep. This came in at $25 a bottle so $50 for the whole package, had to drive down to Boston to pick it up and waited a year sitting up right to open these. Overall, pretty disappointed.
Seems to be a growing trend – Fancy packaging and 750ml bottles to sell fair to middling beer for big bucks.