The Blend 2017
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
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7.36
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Taking the very best barrels from our library and blending beer aged between 1 and 3 years in the barrel for a truly Gueuze-inspired beer.
The Blend is an expression of what we do and why we do it. This is a celebration of our love affair with wild yeast, sour beers, slow maturation, barrel-ageing and blending.
Inspired by Belgian Gueuze-style beers, we have blended together carefully selected sour beers from our barrel library, and used all of our experiences from the last five years to create the 2017 vintage.
We put a 10 year best before date on our bottles as the wild yeasts will continue to age this blend adding complexity and depth. Nobody knows what it will taste like in 10 years time or how long it will be age for after that so buy one to drink now and one to get dusty on your top shelf!
The Blend is an expression of what we do and why we do it. This is a celebration of our love affair with wild yeast, sour beers, slow maturation, barrel-ageing and blending.
Inspired by Belgian Gueuze-style beers, we have blended together carefully selected sour beers from our barrel library, and used all of our experiences from the last five years to create the 2017 vintage.
We put a 10 year best before date on our bottles as the wild yeasts will continue to age this blend adding complexity and depth. Nobody knows what it will taste like in 10 years time or how long it will be age for after that so buy one to drink now and one to get dusty on your top shelf!
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7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from whoever owns them now, bought direct online. Pours solid orange with no real head. Aroma has sherry wood notes, dried orange. Calvados maybe. Taste is dried mixed peel, woody and funky sour. Dry, funky finish.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2025
at 12:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl.
Appearance -.solid orange and no head.
Nose - sherry wood notes, dried orange.
Taste - candied citrus and woody with a general funky sour thing.
Palate - light bodied, dry, funky and woody.
Overall - lovely stuff.
Appearance -.solid orange and no head.
Nose - sherry wood notes, dried orange.
Taste - candied citrus and woody with a general funky sour thing.
Palate - light bodied, dry, funky and woody.
Overall - lovely stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2025
at 12:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap at Planet Oedipus โ17. Aroma is citrussy fruity with tart lemon, soft wheaty malt, lots of citrus. Flavour is tart and nicely puckering sour with a dry finish. Medium bodied. An excellent refreshing citrussy Sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:38
7/10
Hapu, puuviljane, tsitrus, funk, nats รตuna. Hea. 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2021
at 23:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Backlog September 2019. Bottle. Clear golden body with a medium sized white head. Mild bur very pleasant and elegant aroma, funky, acidic, wood and grapes. Taste in the same direction, soft, mild and elegant, mild funk, sightly acidic fruit, pleasant wood and slightly bitter. Fine body, long lasting aftertaste. Really nice and tasty without any boldness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2020
at 15:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
KรLF 060919. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is sourness, brett, yeast. flavor is sourness, brett, yeast, fruit, citric, oak, berries. Nice beer.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2019
at 15:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
21/9/2019. Sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours hazy pale gold with a small white head. Aroma of lemon, citrus, wood, funky notes, herbs and yeast. Light sweetness and medium sour with light salty edge. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average carbonation. Nice citrus sour finish. Liked this.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2019
at 15:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy yellow. Funk, fruitiness, sour, oak, juicy, a bit of vinegar, lemony, a bit acidic in the throat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2019
at 11:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Slightly hazy golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of lemon rind, grainy, funky & salty. Taste is sour, grainy, lemon rind, woody oak barrel, horseblanket funk, tart, with salty notes. Slick mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry sour finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2019
at 20:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
75cl bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Aug 19, brought by Mike. Thanks Mike. Pours misty yellow, good white froth atop. Aroma is wondrously complex, crisp citrus, grape, wild funk. Taste is similarly crisp, tangy, tart, fresh, white wine, grape.. excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2019
at 08:27