Wild Wheat
Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley, Cumbria, England 🏴
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
6.82
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A mixed culture solera style beer gently hopped with Motueka and fermented in red wine barrels creating layers of flavour and enabling it to take on the funky farmhouse tones, after years maturing, this beer is thirst quenchingly dry with lemony tart flavours. The first edition of this beer was created in November 2014.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours hazy pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light sherbet, light funk, lemon. Taste is light Brett funk, more lemon. Finishes dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 07:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours clear pale golden, nose is light funk, taste is funky, dry, light fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 07:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home 01/15... golden amber ... big big white head ... soft funky floral fruits nose ... light fruits ... soft fruits ... light fruits... light lemon fruit ... soft funky .. oh its fermented with Brett. That explains it all.3.4 Bottle at home same batch. Bbf 12/16 drunk 12/16... Light golden yellow.. Thin white lacing... Soft lemon funk fruit nose... Thin fruit... Light dry fruits.. Light funk... Peach lemon fruits... Odd fruits.. But ok 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2015
at 07:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Nose is banana, cloves, sherbert, and a big dose of lemon sherberts, bubble gum - inviting and appealing. (I’m marking it down because it has nothing at all to do with what this beer tastes like....) Taste is full bodied brett: earthy, dry, leathery oak tones, light tart green apple tones, wheat, a little clove, very yeasty, a little lemon and sweetness in the finish and an emerging bubble gum down the stretch. Mouthfeel is light and suppable. It’s a decent beer, but the nose and taste seem irreconcilable and badly mismatched. I am really glad to see British brewers doing things with Brett, and while this is only good(ish), it’s much better than another IPA. I hope to see more of this and improvement through fettling, and I think this would be an interesting summer drink. Edit: As this beer warmed the extremes of the nose, evened out and some of the more earthy brett notes emerged, and the sweetness in the back end of the palate became stronger. It’s not quite as uneven a beer as a first suggested. I’ve warmed to it a lot, as well. It’s a really nice sessionable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2014
at 12:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Beermoth, Manchester. Hazy, pale gold. Bubbly, lasting, white head. Lemon. Lemon sorbet. Light Brett. Spicy, fruity, biscuit malt balancing out the fresh. Taste is zesty, spicy, light dry, light tart, and light bitter. Airy palate. Finishes light sweet, then dry, and closing light bitter. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2014
at 13:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ What’s Brewing 2014, Stavanger
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, brett, peach, pine and apple. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long funky, pineapple and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, brett, peach, pine and apple. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long funky, pineapple and orange finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2014
at 13:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample on tap at What’s Brewing Beer Festival, Stavanger. Brett barrel aged. ABV 4.8%. Hazy golden colour, white head. Lovely farmhouse / brett aroma. Brett flavour too, distinctly spicy / peppery, with decent hops throughout. One of the better beers of the festival.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2014
at 11:37
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at What’s Brewing 2014, Stavanger. Pours hazy dirty golden. Aroma of brettanomyces, oak, vanilla, milk. Thin-bodied. Slightly sour-sharp with some metallic medicine.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2014
at 08:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
@Indyman - Pale blond with soapy head. Aroma is a bit soapy with some tart citrus. Flavour has a citric, yeasty edge. Thin body.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2014
at 11:05