Cultural Exchange
Nomad Brewing Co. in Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Collab with: Jester King BrewerySmoked / Rauchbier Regular
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Score
7.23
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heavy (2937) reviewed Cultural Exchange from Nomad Brewing Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Jan. 17. A 0.5 l bottle at Regina del Formaggio, Split, another surprise here and another smoked. Let's see. So, it poured a hazy orange to golden body with a smaller whiteish head. Aroma of a crisp sour beer, like a lambic. And of a smoked. Interesting, these two blended in perfectly with their leather, green fruity and woody notes which continued with its sourish flavor. Some grape skin, a lot of berries, dry/tart with interesting addition of some fresh smoked cheese. Medium bodied with long funky finish that equally showcased both of its directions. An alcohol was perfectly hidden - no traces of it. An utterly interesting smoked lambic, well executed combination of something I've never though about before. Cool.
Iznogud (14911) reviewed Cultural Exchange from Nomad Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 500 ml, courtesy of Max. Shared with him and JFK10000. Pours hazy to murky dark yellow with small white head. Fruity, peach, tar, light smoke, malty, spicy. Light to medium bitterness. Medium bodied. Unusual.
Marko (22746) reviewed Cultural Exchange from Nomad Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Reggina del Formaggio, shared with heavy. Poured a murky amber-orange body with a small white head. Funky aroma, orange, some smoked cheese, smells like a smoked lambic I guess. Taste... well, surprisingly bitter up front, again genuine smoked cheese notes (in a good way), soft funk, light tartness, quite unique, far better than the last smoked saison I’ve had (though so are most crap beers as that one was abysmal). Really glad we got these two.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Cultural Exchange from Nomad Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
I liked Jester King’s Gotlandsricka and guessed I got a poor bottle of Long Trip but intend to try it again. Bottle. Translucent golden amber with a white head that’s very soon less than a coat but never disappears. 3+ Intriguing but not entirely convincing aroma is grainy, smoky and fruity - a little like someone’s got tickets on themselves and brought along some pancetta-wrapped apricot halves to a wood-fired barbie but forgotten to take the Glad Wrap off before popping them on. Some honey and oak accompany the medicinal notes. Little wild berries, bracken. One of those aromas you put off deciding whether you like until after a few swigs. Feels alive. Carbonation is low. Sour berries are more to the fore in the taste along with zingy funk and both bracken and oak. Less stone fruit and grain. The smoky and medicinal elements don’t bite quite as much as expected from the aroma. Dry, tingly and herbal at the end. Alcohol is not obvious but it’s a slow drinker. Enjoyed more with some Gorgonzola. Plenty going on, but at the bottom of the bottle I’m still torn between "complex" and "jumble".
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from McCoppins Fitzroy. Big smoggy nose with hint of sour notes. Pours cloudy gold. This is a cracking collab. The smoked saison is an unusual combination but the interplay of the astringent sour and bacon-like smokiness is wonderful, while the barrel aging has given a real dryness that works.