Gaia Hypothesis
Speciation Artisan Ales in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States πΊπΈ
Collab with: Collective Arts BrewingSour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.28
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Sour Wheat Ale w/ 2nd use cherries, pink peppercorns & thyme. This is a cocktail lover's dream - Strong fruit and herbal flavors that are perfectly balanced into a drinkable and relaxing beer. It creates the perfect transition from summer to autumn.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 29th January 2020. Pours a pink clear beer, no head. Aroma is tart fruit, herbal. Taste is bitter and sour cherry, light herbal, I think the thyme is evident, complex and good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2020
at 21:06
8/10
Smaakt zuur, ik denk dat ie niet goed meer is.π
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 24 Jan 2020
at 17:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned in 10/2019. Pours very hazy dark ruby red/pink/purple color with a small fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with poor retention, that reduces to nothing pretty quickly. No lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy red cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, green apple, currant, red grape/wine, peppercorn, thyme, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of cherries, peppercorn, thyme, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big sour/tart/tangy red cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, green apple, currant, red grape/wine, peppercorn, thyme, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and peppercorn spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy red cherries, fruit skin/pits, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, green apple, currant, red grape/wine, peppercorn, thyme, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of cherries, peppercorn, thyme, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness, tangy fruit, and spiciness balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from sour/tart/;tangy/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and acidic/tangy/tannic/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected. Overall this is an awesome fruited/spiced sour wheat ale. All around awesome cherries, peppercorn, thyme, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/clean/refreshing to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Not overly lactic/tannic. Awesome balance of big juicy/jammy cherries, Lacto complexity, thyme, and peppercorn spice; with a great pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity for the ABV. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example as expected. Not overwhelming on any aspect.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 05:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bright red color. Tart fruit, Berry and I taste some rhubarb. This is good.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2019
at 17:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Can shared by Yaniv, thanks! Pours a hazy earthy light pink with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has sour red cherries and peppercorns with some wheat and a bit of thyme underlying. Flavor has lots of tart cherry with growing peppercorns, thyme and a light wheat backbone.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2019
at 17:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a deep ruby pomegranate to purple with a half finger of foam that dissipates quickly. Big tart cherry aromas with plum, blackberry and boysenberry aromas as it warms. There is also a nice herbal aroma that comes out after a bit...thyme I assume. More cherry skin and flesh on the palate with some light cherry stone, vinegar and slight vinous notes that linger on the palate. A touch of peppercorn on the finish. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Oct 2019
at 23:24