Little Earth Project Hedgerow Blend 2018

Hedgerow Blend 2018

 

Little Earth Project in Sudbury, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
7.30
ABV: 6.1% IBU: 10 Ticks: 12
Every September, the hedgerows surrounding the brewery & LEP tap, the Edwardstone White Horse, burst with wild hops and a variety of wild fruits and berries. For this blend, we began by brewing 4 batches of sour saison, which was then divided into 7 barrels with varying levels of freshly picked green wild hops, wild plums and damsons added to each one. They were then blended together before bottling to create a golden amber sour saison with a sharp fruitiness, rounded off by the earthy tones of the wild hops.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Transparant head gone in seconds over cristal clear old golden beer. Peach, nectarine, golden wheat on the field, fine & aromatic nose; and surprisingly, Sauternes, noble rot. Sour peach, again, very fine white "Balsamic", ultra-dry applecider. Thick feel, much more than the 6.3% would warrant. Undercarbonated. If the taste were as the nose, one would be able to sell this as small private vineyard Sauternes. Amazing. Txs to Stef!

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2022 at 09:39


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Moor Vaults, Enid Street, 24/10/19. Light haze on a golden orange pour with a well presented white head. Nose is tarte fruit, wood must, pissy strokes,on the turn melon, funky stoned fruits. Taste comprises funk, damp hay, fucked over apricot, tarte fruit compote, damp straw, green berry skins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a balanced acidic rip. Solid well constructed sour.

Tried on 25 Oct 2019 at 07:23



7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Arrogant Sour Festival 2019. Cloudy orange, white head. Citrus, funk, citric, vinous. Medium sourness. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 30 Jul 2019 at 19:56


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle from Cheese & Wine Shop, Darlington. Golden colour, thin white foam head leaving some lacing and aroma of citrus rind, funky. Taste is sour, tart, lemon rind, fruity, plum, some pale malt, alittle biscuit and funky, salty. Slick mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry sour finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2019 at 18:12


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle bought at the White Horse, Edwardstone. Vinous and floral aroma. Plums. Hazy copper gold. Very bubbly at first but pretty much no head. Medium sour. Again it's not unsurprisingly vinous. Fruit and berries. A hint of bitterness into the finish. Light bodied. Thin but slick. Despite its initial lively appearance the carbonation is average-flat. Dry astringent finish - there's a bite to it. Pity the weather is turning as I would liked to have sat out here in the back garden watching the swifts whilst sipping this.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2019 at 17:33


8

Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2019 at 19:30


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Brewdog Bristol. Pours hazy amber golden with a minimal white head. Aroma: acetic sourness, white wine, lemon citrus, barnyard funk. Taste: dry, tart, sour, oaky, vinous, plums, herbal. Medium bodied, almost no carb, dry astringent finish

Tried from Draft on 20 Jan 2019 at 22:20


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Grom tap at Kill the Cat, Spitafields, 10.01.19. Hazy dark golden. Diminishing white head. Exellent aroma and taste og lambic, dried apricot some leather. Very quaffable, but perhaps lacking a bit in complexity. Dry, appropriately astringent, but slightly waterish mouthfeel.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jan 2019 at 18:12


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at appellation. Pours golden, nose is barnyard funk, lemon, oak, sherbert, taste is funk, vinegar, tart plum, chewy toffee.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2019 at 18:04