Descent sour, but nothing more... Bit toast, bit fruit... But very sour.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Pours nearly black, small offwhite head. Scent is raw, green coffee (?) mild fruityness, mild tartness. Taste is tart, red fruits, coffee base (again... Is there even coffee in here ? ) Tad roasty. Mild oak. Brett. Sharp. Very unexpected beer.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pink-purplish head, gone in seconds; virtually black beer. Sour nose, with green berries, cassis indeed, but also vegetable acidity, rhubarb maybe, but even as raw cabbage, wittekool salade . Cassis, and again vegetable, more towards bitterness, quite strange. Background flavour of blackcurrant pastilles. Serious acidthinning, serious acidburn, undercarbonated, light body. No question, for sour lovers this is a good beer. But in truth, the acidity is just a tad too exaggerated, too aggressive.

wild festival groningen 2019

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bouteille 75cl, de et partage avec Pierre T et Vincent. BB 24/12/2024.
Couleur pourpre, col fin rosé.
Arôme est plaisant,f ruité rendant bien les effluves de cassis, finement acidulé avec un petit rétro nasal tirant vers un léger poivré.
Palais est finement aigre venant du cassis, léger sur la barrique, un fruité qui sublime le tout et reste généreux. Ici, pas d'ajout et de sirop, fruité frais jus et purée qui ressort bien avec les fines notes de vin et de boisé.

Thanksgiving

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

An ‘oud bruin’ with blackcurrant from this Swiss sour ale producer, one I heard a lot about, so glad I finally got a sample of their range at Wild in Groningen. Thanks Craftmember for sharing. Thin and open, greyish-tinged off-white head, near-clear mahogany brown with bright vermillion red hue. Aroma of indeed actual blackcurrant juice but not too dominantly so, caramel, tea, sour yoghurt, decaying tree leaves in an autumn forest, dry sherry, clay. Acidic onset, lemony and dry with clear blackcurrant flavour, quite softish carb for a sour ale, lingering sour fruitiness and lactic tartness over a slick, lightly nutty and caramelly malt body with a dim toasty-bitterish edge in the background; esteriness in the finish mingles with sourness and earthy yeastiness. Interesting, with the blackcurrant seemingly more at play than dark malts, but clean and focused, with a bone dry ending. Has little to do with traditional Flemish ‘oud bruin’, but that should not be a handicap in experimenting with dark sours in general, of course – and this one gets it quite right. Inviting to find out more about this particular range.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Wild festival. Dark brown with white ring head. Sour roasted grains, earthy, light fruity, minerals. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium sour. Over medium body and soft carbonation.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Dark brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of rich malt, tart black currant and oak. Flavour is moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.