Name: Rushing Out in the Rain Brewer: Métaphore (Czech Republic) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 4.1% Review Year: 2021 Rushing Out in the Rain is a mixed fermentation grisette brewed with Saaz, Mandarina hops, Riesling Grapes, and honey. This beer was brewed by Jiri Sladek of Métaphore (Czech Republic) as part of his continuous …
Name: Glowing Green Brewer: Métaphore (Czech Republic) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 5.1% Review Year: 2021 Glowing Green by Jiri Sladek of Métaphore (Czech Republic) explores the dialogue between barrel-aged wild beers and hops. This beer was aged for a year in oak and was generously dry-hopped with modern German and American hops. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer …
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Name: Symphonie – Solera III (Lot 12032020) Brewer: Brasserie Artisanale Ammonite (France) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 5% Review Year: 2021 Symphonie – Solera III (Lot 12032020) is a cuvée from a perpetual blend of all the vintages of the solera system of Brasserie Artisanale Ammonite, a nano brewery in Burgundy, France specializing in spontaneous and …
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Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Blonde Ale) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2021 Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 (木樽熟成 山伏) by Tamamura Honten Co. (Nagano, Japan) is a sour blonde ale brewed with unmalted wheat, barley, and wheat malt. This sour beer was then aged …
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Name: Olasz Brewer: Tommie Sjef Wild Ales (Netherlands) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2020 Olasz by Tommie Sjef Wild Ales is a wild ale made from a blend of several barrels of beer of varying ages (one to two years old) macerated with three types of grapes: Olasz Rizling (white), Muscat (white), …
Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Saison Noir #002 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2020 The Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Saison Noir #002 by Tamamura Honten (Nagano) was brewed with sake rice, aged in Obuse red wine barrels for three years, and then fermented in the bottle for …
Name: 2019 Barrel Aged Spring Equinox Plum Sour Ale/ Guo-Ke Brewer: Taiwan Head Brewers Brewing Co. 啤酒頭釀造 (Taiwan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 11% Review Year: 2020 Brewed by the Taiwan Head Brewers Brewing Co., the 2019 Barrel Aged Spring Equinox Plum Sour Ale aka. Guo-Ke (translated as “passerby”) is a sour beer brewed with plums …
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Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen Brewers: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan), Jester King Brewery, Oxbow Brewing Company (United States) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 The Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen is a special three-way collaboration among Tamamura Honten (Nagano), Jester King (Texas), and Oxbow Brewing Company (Maine). This “farmhouse …
In this latest batch review, we take a sensory trip to Bakewell, England not for Bakewell pudding but for three barrel-aged fruit sour beers from Thornbridge Brewery. Collectively, these beers feature gooseberry, cherry, and raspberry, as well as barrels that housed formerly Red and White Burgundy. Thornbridge Brewery was created in 2005 when the founders …
Name: Sploice Brewer: Pomona Island Brew Co. (United Kingdom) Style: Wild Specialty Beer ABV: 5% Review Year: 2020 Sploice is a “sour beer” brewed by the Pomona Island Brew Co. from Salford, England. This beer features a blend of mango, passion fruit, pineapple, and peach with a touch of lactose. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being …