The Blend 2017
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
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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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Beavertown Extravaganza 2017, London - pours gold with a white covering. Sour citrus fruity with some notes of lemon, straw, medium to high acidity, medium to light body, slight floral and spice into the tart fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2017
at 03:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Cask Pub & Kitchen, London. Pours hazy golden with medium white head. Citrus, lemon, lactic, wood, lime, vinous, some grapes. Smooth with moderate carbonation. Nice fruity tartness. Medium bodied. More complex than expected.
Tried
from Draft
at
CASK Pub & Kitchen
on 11 Dec 2017
at 14:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
24.11.2017, 0,75l bottle @ home:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly cloudy. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish, oak, soda powder, sour grass, old leafs, old citrus peel, old rope, popcorn, minerals, unripe berries, hints of mild vinegar. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, soda powder, fruit salt, minerals, unripe berries, hay, grass, fruit stones, mild vinegar, old rope. Medium bitterness, dry sour-ish mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly cloudy. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish, oak, soda powder, sour grass, old leafs, old citrus peel, old rope, popcorn, minerals, unripe berries, hints of mild vinegar. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, soda powder, fruit salt, minerals, unripe berries, hay, grass, fruit stones, mild vinegar, old rope. Medium bitterness, dry sour-ish mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2017
at 14:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
7-3-7-4-15
On tap @ What's Brewing 17. Pours cloudy pale yellow, with a small creamy head. Aroma is lactic acid and tart fruity grapes, as well as wooden brett and farmyard notes. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is tart fruity notes of white berries, fruit peel and lactic acid, as well as some wooden notes.
On tap @ What's Brewing 17. Pours cloudy pale yellow, with a small creamy head. Aroma is lactic acid and tart fruity grapes, as well as wooden brett and farmyard notes. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is tart fruity notes of white berries, fruit peel and lactic acid, as well as some wooden notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2017
at 13:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Beavertown Extravaganza, day two, 09/09/17. Lightly hazed golden with a big old off white cap. Nose is big fruit tang, pissy, vinegar strokes, light spice, damp wood, lemon rind, funk. Taste comprises sharp citric rinds, rotting apple core, acidic bite, spice, damp alley, wood must, hay bale, pissoi, lemon peel, sharp green berry. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, rising acidic bite and puckering dry close. Decent sour.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2017
at 03:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at CBC Clerkenwell, pours a hazy yellow with a ring of white head. Nose has perfume, guava, passionfruit, lemon, honey, green grape. Flavor is sweet, green grapes, lemon, guava, melon. Finishes refreshingly tart.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Oct 2017
at 16:32