The Blend 2018
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.49
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Barrel-Aged Sour + Blending + Time
The epitome of our sour beer blending program, taking the very best barrels from our library and blending beer that’s been aged for over 3 years for a truly Gueuze-inspired beer. This summer blend is very light and spritzy with bundles of juicy fruit character from the old fruited barrels and funky yeast strains. This beautifully balances the sour punch occurring from both fermentation and maturation developing in barrel.
The beauty of this years blend comes from 3 barrels that amalgamate together to bring a unique brilliance to The Blend 2018. Barrel 293: named ‘the fruit mongler’, is a single barrel blend of last years blend 17, with a touch of aged Wild Goose Chase and the lees of a barrel of Redwood. Barrel 319: a white wine barrel aptly named ‘Finger Crusher’ that held a year old Sourdough that has aged to perfection. Barrel 453: A Bordeaux red wine barrel first used to age a Modus blend for Beyond Modus 3.
The epitome of our sour beer blending program, taking the very best barrels from our library and blending beer that’s been aged for over 3 years for a truly Gueuze-inspired beer. This summer blend is very light and spritzy with bundles of juicy fruit character from the old fruited barrels and funky yeast strains. This beautifully balances the sour punch occurring from both fermentation and maturation developing in barrel.
The beauty of this years blend comes from 3 barrels that amalgamate together to bring a unique brilliance to The Blend 2018. Barrel 293: named ‘the fruit mongler’, is a single barrel blend of last years blend 17, with a touch of aged Wild Goose Chase and the lees of a barrel of Redwood. Barrel 319: a white wine barrel aptly named ‘Finger Crusher’ that held a year old Sourdough that has aged to perfection. Barrel 453: A Bordeaux red wine barrel first used to age a Modus blend for Beyond Modus 3.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at ushers... Golden amber... Soft sweet funk fruit nose.. Big dry lemon funk.. Sharp zezty fruits.. Lught acetic back of throat bite
Tried
on 19 Aug 2018
at 18:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at ushers. Pours hazy golden, nose is funk, bretty, oak, vinegar, taste is juicy, funky, bretty, tart, light fruit.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2018
at 08:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Salt Horse. It pours hazy golden with a small white head. The aroma is bright, zingy citrus, funky, barnyard, musty, candied orange peel, apple, melon, pear, hay and some vanilla. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, bright acidity, nice mouth - pucker, minerality, green apple skin, gooseberry, white grape, musty, hay, bit of barnyard and mouldy basement funk with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Really nice depth of flavour, yet we'll balanced. Quality stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2018
at 11:22