Woodlambic
Woodland Farm Brewery in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
6.84
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Brewed in fall of 2016 with 100% NYS grain and aged hops then left to cool overnight steeped in Sumac to be naturally inoculated with wild yeast and bacteria. The beer then rested in gin barrels for nearly 2 years
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Brewery draught, 11/29/25, as pictured.
Not much acidity in the nose, if any. Some medicinal/spice character, possibly the sumac. Don't think I've had something with exclusively sumac as the adjunct. Earthy, berry-like, almost hibiscus-like, I suppose. But no lambic notes that I can find.
In the mouth it takes some getting used to, but grows on me. It's round and on the sweeter side, though not quite sweet. Bolstered by the earthy, tart, peppery sumac, it arrives at a rich balance but is decidedly not sour (not even tart) and not lambic-like at all. But it's an interesting beer with a complex sumac, oak and malt interaction with lingering vanilla and hibiscus notes. Soft, supple, gently sweet texture.
Not much acidity in the nose, if any. Some medicinal/spice character, possibly the sumac. Don't think I've had something with exclusively sumac as the adjunct. Earthy, berry-like, almost hibiscus-like, I suppose. But no lambic notes that I can find.
In the mouth it takes some getting used to, but grows on me. It's round and on the sweeter side, though not quite sweet. Bolstered by the earthy, tart, peppery sumac, it arrives at a rich balance but is decidedly not sour (not even tart) and not lambic-like at all. But it's an interesting beer with a complex sumac, oak and malt interaction with lingering vanilla and hibiscus notes. Soft, supple, gently sweet texture.
Tried
from Draft
at
Woodland Farm Brewery
on 01 Dec 2025
at 17:49