Blackberries Shine Like Stars
Barrel Heart Brewing & Blending in Dundas, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Farmhouse - Saison Regular|
Score
6.27
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Aged Saison on Blackberries
Blackberries Shine Like Stars is an aged saison with a bone-dry Lambrusco character, and notes of fresh berries, violets, and bitter almond on the finish.
We sourced these organic blackberries from our friend Blackberry Bob of Thimbleberry Farms in Beamsville, Ontario. His farm is a regular stop during our summer visits to wine country as we check in on the fruit and interpret the auguries of the weather and harvest ahead.
Blackberries Shine Like Stars was brewed in late February and early March of 2021 with rye, coriander and grains of paradise, and then rested in Niagara wine barrels for 15 months. The barrel-aged saison was then refermented on whole blackberries for three months and conditioned in bottle.
Blackberries Shine Like Stars is an aged saison with a bone-dry Lambrusco character, and notes of fresh berries, violets, and bitter almond on the finish.
We sourced these organic blackberries from our friend Blackberry Bob of Thimbleberry Farms in Beamsville, Ontario. His farm is a regular stop during our summer visits to wine country as we check in on the fruit and interpret the auguries of the weather and harvest ahead.
Blackberries Shine Like Stars was brewed in late February and early March of 2021 with rye, coriander and grains of paradise, and then rested in Niagara wine barrels for 15 months. The barrel-aged saison was then refermented on whole blackberries for three months and conditioned in bottle.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Light purpley colour, some haze. Sweet blackberry on the nose. Soft body and light bugs. Hint of phenols, not really good ones that add value.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2025
at 04:20
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2025, pours a clear bright red amber with a small white head. Aroma has bright musty blackberries, some weird sulfuric bugginess, and light phenols. Flavour has some phenolic notes, blackberry jamminess, and a touch of jamminess. Too phenolic and otherwise clumsy. Not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2025
at 04:48