FUNKFEST 2018: Pint Jockey (Sorta) Live Blog # 1

FUNKFEST 2018

Sawdust City Brewery

Gravenhurst, Ontario

Beers 400 to 410

Beer: De Witte (2018)

Dageraad: De Witte

Brewery:  Dageraad Brewing
Location: Burnaby British Columbia

Style: Sour Ale
ABV:  5.2 %
Colour: Straw
Aroma: Bright wheat nose with hints of spice
Thoughts: Warm spices with cinnamon and cloves. Smooth, bland, slightly washed out. Hints of straw and a mild funk. Tastes like a sour Molson Golden. 
Funk Factor: 1/6

Beer: La Belle Farmhouse Saison

Powell: La Belle 

Brewery:  Powell Brewery
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Style: Sour Farmhouse Saison
ABV:  8.3 %
Colour: Honey, orange-gold
Aroma: Bright fruity nose
Thoughts: Orange and citrus, with some berry. Lingering camphor, and juniper. Finishing up with clove and honey. Reminds me a bit of a sour gummy worm.
Funk Factor: 4/6

Beer: Pomona Stone Fruit Sour

Four Winds: Pomona

Brewery:  Four Winds Brewing

Location: Delta, British Columbia

Style: Flavoured Sour Ale

ABV: 5.5 %
IBU 8

Colour: Hazy, and Muddy Gold

Aroma: Peaches and nectarines

Thoughts: Light fruity attack with bright peaches and plums airy hints of sour mixed in with a touch of baking spice and some cherries on the finish.
Funk Factor: 4/6

Beer: Darkwood Blackberry Saison (was listed at the show as Darkhorse??)

Brassroots: Darkwood

Brewery:  Brassroots Brewing Company

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Style: Flavoured Farmhouse Sour

ABV: 4.3 %

Colour: Dark orange-red

Aroma: Blackberry and pineapple on the nose

Thoughts: Fruity and sweet, pineapple, citrus, and juicy sweetness from the berries. Refreshing, but a slightly heavy mouthfeel.
Funk Factor: 4/6

Beer: Rage & Love Plum and Cardamom 

Rainhart: Rage and Love

Brewery:  Rainhard Brewing

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Style: Flavoured Sour Ale

ABV: 5.4 %

Colour: Pink and cloudy with an impressive white head

Aroma: Fruity and spicy

Thoughts: First sip gives us lots of spice, cardamom and cinnamon, sour and tart with fresh plums, hints of mint and chocolate. This was one of my favourites early on... There are a few more as good or better by this was a stellar entry.
Funk Factor: 6/6

Beer: Wild Brett

Rainhard: Wild Brett

Brewery:  Rainhart Brewing

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Style: American Wild Ale

ABV: 6.0 %

Colour: Golden Straw 

Aroma: Wheat and oak

Thoughts: Hints of vanilla from the barrel, light and effervescent with strong notes of wheat and clove, funky brett notes and mildly sour. This was brewed for the Brewery's 2nd anniversary and aged in barrels for 1 year and soured with four strains of brett.
Funk Factor: 5/6

Beer: Iron Horse Papaya Sour

Small Pony: Iron Horse

Brewery:  Small Pony Barrel Works
Location: Kanata, Ontario
Collaboration with: Microbrasserie Cassel Brewery

Location: Casselman, Ontario

Style: Flavoured American Wild Ale

ABV: 6.6%
IBU 1

Colour: Dun, straw, no head.

Aroma: Nose is muddy

Thoughts: Overripe papaya wheat, pineapple juice, oddly sour and wet dog. The sample may have been off. 

Funk Factor: 1/6

Beer: Jam Hands Raspberry American Sour

Small Pony: Jam Hands

Brewery: Small Pony Barrel Works 

Location: Kanata, Ontario

Style: Flavoured American Wild Ale

ABV: 5.0 %

Colour: Purple in colour with no head

Aroma: Nose is intense raspberry

Thoughts: Fresh jam flavour with a sour fruit punch body, viscous and reminiscent of sour raspberry jello. Quite tasty.
Funk Factor: 5/6

Beer: Levadura Sour Gose

Stillwater: Levadura

Brewery:  Stillwater Artisanal
Location: Brooklyn, New York; Baltimore, Maryland

Style: Flavoured Sour Gose
ABV: 4.6 %
Colour: Cloudy light gold
Aroma: Wheaty and mineral
Thoughts: Gose is Flavoured with salt, lime, and agave. Mineral lime/citrus with some cucumber, slightly sweet and a bit of wet dog. Tasted washed out like it had been pasteurised.
Funk Factor: 0/6

Beer: Crossfade Farmhouse Saison

Oxbow: Crossfade

Brewery: Oxbow Brewing Company
Location: Newcastle, Maine

Style: Farmhouse Saison
ABV: 5.0 %
Colour: Light green gold
Aroma: light wheat and citrus
Thoughts: Flat, dead tastes pasteurised. Some sweetness with a touch of sour.
Funk Factor: 0/6



End of part one

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