Hedgerow Sour - Meadowsweet 16

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

Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production

Score

7.12

ABV: 6.7%

IBU: 9

Ticks: 4

We had smelled the pungent meadowsweet flowers growing locally, with their notes of sweet honey tempered with an aroma of antiseptic cream and a background of freshly cut grass. In the past we hadn’t been brave enough to use them in beer then we thought we would give it a go. In the summer of 2016 we had a barrel of aged sour beer that had a touch more residual sweetness than most and a well-balanced level of sourness and funk. Freshly picked meadowsweet was added to the barrel and left to infuse. After several months the resulting beer was bottled and tasted. On initial tasting it had a slight medicinal flavour so we decided not to release it but hold on to the bottles until it matured a little. We continued to taste it periodically until

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6.5

LazyPyro (10170) reviewed Hedgerow Sour - Meadowsweet 16 from Little Earth Project 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Clear orange with no head. Aroma is herbal, floral, described as “anti-septic cream” on the bottle and I unfortunately can’t get past this. The taste is much the same, there’s some nice lightly sour and tart funkiness with balancing light sweetness there, but again I get a slightly medicinal cream type note to it. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Would have enjoyed this much more without the antiseptic cream medicinal note.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2018 at 14:39

7.8

Cheeseboard (6301) reviewed Hedgerow Sour - Meadowsweet 16 from Little Earth Project 8 years ago

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

Bottle from Hoptimism. Pours hazy pale golden with a frothy white head. Aroma is herbal & funk. On the taste it's sweet & sour, herbal, floral, light brett & mild acidity. Medium bodied, hugely overcarbed (the floor wore some), dry herbal finish. Really enjoyed this, great balance and very tasty

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2017 at 16:34

7.5

cagarvie (40235) reviewed Hedgerow Sour - Meadowsweet 16 from Little Earth Project 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

6.7abv.... Bottle 11 at cropredy 2017 Friday... Hazy amber .. Small white head.. Big brett herbal bitter fruits.. Long funk fruit nose... Floral fruits.. Sweet fruits.. Light acetic back bite.. Long Brett funk.. The acetuc back bite is building and im digging it more... Interesting...

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2017 at 11:50

Solastalgic (4950) ticked Hedgerow Sour - Meadowsweet 16 from Little Earth Project 8 years ago

Exploded from the bottle so lost over half. What's left is great though. Sharp and tangy, with a nice sweet aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2017 at 22:28