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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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Lajbah, Ljubljana. Pours slightly hazy yellow colour, topped with a maller and nonlasting white head. Lots of vinous notes, sour with slight vinegar in the aroma. Very puckery, some fruity sourness - intense soury character, though not too intense at the same time. Very light body. Puckery stuff but fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2018
at 13:15
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap @ C4, Odense. Pours Hazy pale yellow with a White head. Barnyard, stomich acid and a small note of popcorn. Tart and dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2018
at 17:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - pours golden amber with white head. Medium sour fruity, medium acidic, notes of lemon, light vinegar, funky, light floral accents, light to medium body, drying fruity tart finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2018
at 09:22
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at Beermalade. Very pale yellow colour. Med-high sourness, medium intensity lambic-like barnyard character. Light lacto flavour. Easy drinking, even though rather straight forward in both sourness and lambicness. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2018
at 17:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pale yellow colour, dissipating white head. Funky sour aroma, bread, lemon, yoghurt, wood. Funky sour flavour, bread, citrus, wood. Sour finish.
(from 33cL bottle @ Valeriotto's place. Thanks for sharing!)
(from 33cL bottle @ Valeriotto's place. Thanks for sharing!)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2018
at 20:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 04 Mar 2018
at 10:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at CBM Osaka. PAle yellow. Nose is vinegar, lemon, salty. Oily and thin body. Lemon and sour with something corny and dms-like in there too. Not bad but I am unimpressed.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2018
at 03:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.33 l bottle shared with Višnja 666 and Pilot Goran. Thanks. Hazy pale golden, minimal head. Very funky, fruity, light barrel. Sour malts. Moderately to heavily sour. Light to medium body, very refreshing and great balance, sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2018
at 18:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Three Johns, Islington N1. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty sour tart aroma. Fruity sour tart citrus flavor. Has a fruity sour tart citrus finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jan 2018
at 07:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren, 3.6%. Slightly hazy pale yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, sour and lemon. Flavour si malt, sour, lemon, citric, little sweet, baking yeast, little dry and sour.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Dec 2017
at 07:23