Sourdough
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.88
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Sourdough Culture + Oak Barrel Fermentation
Our beautifully barrel aged sour beer has just been bottled and this batch is tasting incredible. its been blended from a mixture of 24 aged wine barrels and two bourbon to give it that kick of flavour. Read the story on sourdoughs creation bellow.
Beer and Bread have been showing off the magic of yeast for thousands of years, we decided to combine the two. The old and the new, contemporary ideas and historical techniques and ingredients, a very special beer that combines all these things and more.
6 months before we even had a brewery we started talking to Tom Herbert about the Hobbs House Bakery's 58 year old Sourdough yeast, and whether we could use it to ferment a beer. Tom was excited, we were excited!
After a year of trials (each trial took a really long time to develop) we decided to loosely base the beer on a Berliner Weisse style - a historical Sour beer style from Northern Germany, but with a Wild Beer slant to it. We have used the 58 year old sourdough culture and a little brettanomyces and put the beer straight into oak barrels for its primary fermentation.
Our beautifully barrel aged sour beer has just been bottled and this batch is tasting incredible. its been blended from a mixture of 24 aged wine barrels and two bourbon to give it that kick of flavour. Read the story on sourdoughs creation bellow.
Beer and Bread have been showing off the magic of yeast for thousands of years, we decided to combine the two. The old and the new, contemporary ideas and historical techniques and ingredients, a very special beer that combines all these things and more.
6 months before we even had a brewery we started talking to Tom Herbert about the Hobbs House Bakery's 58 year old Sourdough yeast, and whether we could use it to ferment a beer. Tom was excited, we were excited!
After a year of trials (each trial took a really long time to develop) we decided to loosely base the beer on a Berliner Weisse style - a historical Sour beer style from Northern Germany, but with a Wild Beer slant to it. We have used the 58 year old sourdough culture and a little brettanomyces and put the beer straight into oak barrels for its primary fermentation.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draught at Against the Grain, Dublin. Very acidic aroma, lemony. Hazy pale yellow colour. Small white head. The flavour is very acidic and nicely funky. Has a flowery and milky note as well. Flavourful and cleansing.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2019
at 17:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Vycap unorthodox. Vôňa ovocná s jemnou kyslosť ou. Farba priesvitná žltá. Chuť kyslasta.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2019
at 19:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
V unortodox. Vona mierne kyslasta. Farba bleda kalna. Chut kyslasta citrusova bublinkova. Trpnu mi zuby!
Tried
on 26 Mar 2019
at 17:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap. Malty and yeasty aroma and taste, dough, passion fruit notes. Light to medium body, medium sour, light sweet notes, light bitter. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2019
at 15:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pale golden with a white head - Sour malt aroma - Malt body with a sour flavour - The sour malt flavour goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 28 Dec 2018
at 17:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 0.33l. Aroma of bread, yeast, must, white wine, spices and brett. Pours hazy straw color with medium sized quickly dissipating white head and sparkling appearance. Taste starts light sweet and sour citrusy and vinous, following is bready with sweetish oak note and crisp mouthfeel. Light body, creamy texture and lively carbonation in palate. Better than bread...
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2018
at 15:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, 330 ml, courtesy of Max. Shared with him and JFK10000. Cloudy golden, small head. Lemon, lime, bit zesty, medium sourness. Low carbonation. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2018
at 19:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
At a tasting, small fizzy head, cloudy pale yellow color, fruity citrusy aroma with metalic and greenish hints, piercing lemony sourness, enveloping fruitiness, nicely balanced. Highly enjoyable, really good.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2018
at 06:27
7/10
0,2 litre taster at Håndverksøl festival. Cloudy yellow with little head. Malts, hops and sour fruits.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2018
at 19:25