Bramble Smasher 2026
Holy Goat in Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special|
Score
7.18
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Mixed Fermentation Golden Sour with Scottish Blackberries
Blended from two batches of golden sour beer, both primary fermented with different Brettanomyces strains and brewed with locally grown malted barley, wheat and oats. This blend has an average age of four months and provides berry forward, stone fruit and forest fruit aromatics. We conditioned this blended beer on 220g/l of locally grown Scottish blackberries (aka brambles).
The resulting beer has an intense red/purple hue, and aromas of a forest fruit medley. We get sweet/sour tangy, hedgerow berries, guava, jammy raspberries and some light tannin from the berry skins. S
Blended from two batches of golden sour beer, both primary fermented with different Brettanomyces strains and brewed with locally grown malted barley, wheat and oats. This blend has an average age of four months and provides berry forward, stone fruit and forest fruit aromatics. We conditioned this blended beer on 220g/l of locally grown Scottish blackberries (aka brambles).
The resulting beer has an intense red/purple hue, and aromas of a forest fruit medley. We get sweet/sour tangy, hedgerow berries, guava, jammy raspberries and some light tannin from the berry skins. S
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at ash's. Pours deep red, nose is blackberry, raspberry, jammy, funk, taste is tart, sweet, blackberry, funky finish. 8/8/8/7/7
Tried
on 12 May 2026
at 06:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to McCash. Pours muddy purple with a thin pink-tinged head. Aromas of bramble, vanilla. Taste is more of the same. Slightly chalky.
Tried
on 11 May 2026
at 13:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - bright lipstick red. Thin pink lacing.
Nose - blackberries, raspberries and funk.
Taste - more blackberries and raspberries with sourness followed by a light berry sweetness.
Palate - medium bodied and tart with a persistent finish.
Overall - great stuff.
Appearance - bright lipstick red. Thin pink lacing.
Nose - blackberries, raspberries and funk.
Taste - more blackberries and raspberries with sourness followed by a light berry sweetness.
Palate - medium bodied and tart with a persistent finish.
Overall - great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 11 May 2026
at 13:25