Native Series: Buckwheat Strawberry
Blackberry Farm Brewery in Maryville, Tennessee, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Series Out of Production|
Score
7.06
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A rustic farmhouse ale brewed with Buckwheat and Strawberries and fermented with a wild strain of native yeast harvested from our 9,200 acre farm.
OVERALL: Nutty, toasty, delicate fruit
PAIRINGS: Buckwheat hoecakes, roasted chicken, garden greens with chevre or brebis cheese
PROFILE: A nutty and toasty farmhouse ale with notes of delicate fruit.
MALTS: Toasted Buckwheat, Riverbend Heritage and Pale Ale Malts, Floor-malted Pilsner malt, Floor-malted Dark malt
HOPS: Styrian Aurora, UK East Kent Golding, Hallertau Blanc, Czech Saaz
YEAST: South Yeast Labs HS-2 (Wild Native Honeysuckle)
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
The Aromas are musty, Floral, vinegar and a hint of strawberry. Flavors are very much like nose, sweet tart with very little strawberry. Carbonation is good and so is body except for some thinning in the Finish along with some metallic.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2019
at 02:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very nice strawberry sour, tart and fruity yet not overbearingly so. Nose gives off a yeasty berry aroma, and the pour’s a lovely hazed gold with a modest head and light lace. Taste starts with a citric sourness, then moves into a tart berry middle, strawberries on top of a toasted biscuit malt base. Stays mostly dry, and a very mild bit of funk pops up on the finish, leading to a tart, bright strawberry finish. Crisp, sparkly texture. Very good beer.
Tried
on 12 May 2017
at 19:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from CYO. Pours a cloudy, copperish orange with a two fingers of off-white foam that lingers. Lush strawberry aroma upon opening. Dry, musty hay on the palate with wild strawberry, some apricot too. A little peppery finish. The strawberry and buckwheat (which has strawberry undertones anyway) mesh well. --- Beer merged from original tick of Native Series Buckwheat Strawberry on 24 Apr 2017 at 22:10 - Score: 8. Original review text: Lush strawberry aroma upon opening. Dry, musty hay on the palate with wild strawberry, some apricot too. A little peppery finish. Nice drop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2017
at 19:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 2016, drunk 2/19/17.
Light blonde with a brassy-amber hue and a light translucent haze. Beige-amber-flecked head is medium-sized and shows moderate to strong retention.
Fruity in the nose, unsurprisingly, with a moderate jammy strawberry character that seems like it could begin to dominate/fatigue. Fortunately, it gives way to a bright acidity with esters and phenols adding a more dry character alongside the signature cereal, almost corn-like character of buckwheat. Some honey and vanilla near the finish with light lime and lots of dusty cellar and minerality on the end. Still retains the strawberry jam character, which tends towards dominance, but the berries are obviously authentic and well-done here and enjoyable in their own right, so it’s hard to mind too much. No alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it shows a low but tight carbonation that finds slick fruit and malt sugars combining with a juicy, lip-smacking acidity and plentiful jammy fruit flavors. Tart, leathery and peppery yeast notes help break up the fruit while the malt and buckwheat add some depth to the beer in the form of cereal grain, honey and vanilla. Slightly medicinal-like with lots of pepper and other interesting, native yeast-induced notes and of course, the strawberries. Yep, sort of an experimental, wild-fermented fruit beer and obviously nothing like a traditional saison, but I thought it was endearing enough and the acidity helped balance the sugar just enough to keep it drinkable.
Light blonde with a brassy-amber hue and a light translucent haze. Beige-amber-flecked head is medium-sized and shows moderate to strong retention.
Fruity in the nose, unsurprisingly, with a moderate jammy strawberry character that seems like it could begin to dominate/fatigue. Fortunately, it gives way to a bright acidity with esters and phenols adding a more dry character alongside the signature cereal, almost corn-like character of buckwheat. Some honey and vanilla near the finish with light lime and lots of dusty cellar and minerality on the end. Still retains the strawberry jam character, which tends towards dominance, but the berries are obviously authentic and well-done here and enjoyable in their own right, so it’s hard to mind too much. No alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it shows a low but tight carbonation that finds slick fruit and malt sugars combining with a juicy, lip-smacking acidity and plentiful jammy fruit flavors. Tart, leathery and peppery yeast notes help break up the fruit while the malt and buckwheat add some depth to the beer in the form of cereal grain, honey and vanilla. Slightly medicinal-like with lots of pepper and other interesting, native yeast-induced notes and of course, the strawberries. Yep, sort of an experimental, wild-fermented fruit beer and obviously nothing like a traditional saison, but I thought it was endearing enough and the acidity helped balance the sugar just enough to keep it drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2017
at 19:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the April Fools Day DC Ratebeer tasting. Poured a hazy yellow color with a small off-white head. Aroma was nice citrus notes, strawberry - light wheat grain notes. Flavor was pleasant berry notes, light funky herbal character with some floral character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2017
at 10:42