Cross Fertilization
Speciation Artisan Ales in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
7.25
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Cross Fertilization is a Golden Sour with unmalted wheat and dry hopped with aged Summit and Ultra hops. We took a few elements from Lambic production to see how they would fair being implemented into our process! The result is an extremely interesting and delicious sour beer, with a great traditional farmhouse funk and balanced acidity.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Musty hay, lemon, biscuit malt, and citric acid aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with small head. Minimally sweet lemon, biscuit malt, moderately sour citric acid/vinegar, and mildly bitter hay/orange peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2018
at 23:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/5/2017. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white wine, hay, straw, herbal, grass, wood, pepper, wheat, cracker, light leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/spicy/acidic yeast, citrus/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white wine, hay, straw, herbal, grass, wood, pepper, wheat, cracker, light leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Moderate lactic tang/tartness and peppery yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, white wine, hay, straw, herbal, grass, wood, pepper, wheat, cracker, light leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/spicy/acidic yeast, citrus/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/spiciness balance; and zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from tart/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately grainy/acidic/sticky/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is an outstanding sour/wild ale! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/spicy/acidic yeast, citrus/earthy hops, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the modestly lactic/tangy finish. Apparently they tried implementing some Lambic elements into their fermentation process with this. Fantastic well rounded Brett complexity and nice dry hop presence; not overly lactic with nice malt backing against acidity. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2018
at 23:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Yaniv, thanks! Pours a hazy earthy yellow with a whit head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has earthy grass, citrus rind and with a bit of funk, oak and light grains backing. Flavor has lots of citrus rind and grass with a bit of oak, grains and pine backing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2018
at 18:29