Funk Factory/O’so Brewing Forest Festival, Holy tart bangers, gruyere rind and kumquat extravaganza.

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Remember back when I said dweller was the closest beer to Doesjel America had ever made? Well consider this DoesFoune…jel. The musk is there and it executes like b2-b3 Beat and that sort of imitation Belgian funk that only really Allagash comes close to approximating. It is all there, carpet, vacuum bags, and wet jackets. The real difference is the sharp acidity that smells like tropical starburst and fresh cut mango. I know it is apricots but the interplay with the sharp cheddar notes takes the acidity.

This is a touch too low on the ph and the acidity stifles some of the finer gristy funk, but that is also part of the AWA heritage so it makes sense. It is just a shame that the nuanced Brett is swept undertow with the acid, but I am sure the Side Project fanboy cadre will stroke it to that aspect. I love that such awesome offerings are being silently sniped from relatively unknown sources. If you try nothing else from these two breweries, try this. It is a culmination of the best work from both Funk factory and O’so and it is well worthy of your attention.

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Wat if I told you this is damn near on that Chez Monus level?

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