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Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.14
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OLD ALE + OAK-AGED FOR 90 DAYS + WILD YEAST
This is the beer that started the brewery, a Wild beer, an untamed beast that thrives on the unpredictability of wild yeast and the subtlety and complexity of maturation in oak.
Available in 330ml Bottle / 20l Keg
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 330ml @ fonefan
Pours hazy reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma malt, caramel, dried fruits, oak, vanilla and hint of brett. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long oak, vanilla and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours hazy reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma malt, caramel, dried fruits, oak, vanilla and hint of brett. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long oak, vanilla and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 12:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are fruits, brett, red wine, wood, little vanilla, malt and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 12:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear reddish brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and sour fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 010314
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2014
at 12:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at brewdog Shepardโs bush. Clear rich red mahogany coloured beer with a thin lasting off white head. Aroma is lush cherry funk, some horse, sweat, plum. Flavour is nutty, sweet cherry, liquorice, cinnamon. Slightly meaty. Medium sweet slightly sticky palate melts on the tongue. Pretty good.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2014
at 13:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bangers & Lace. Pours a hazy amber gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a light sour red fruit note backed by a light bread note. Flavor has more of an earthy funk with sweet grains and only a hint of tart red fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2014
at 15:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Rustico Alexandria. Poured a dark brown color with an off-white head. Aroma was some notes of woody oak, tartness, dark fruits. Flavor was some nice notes of funk tart notes, vinegar notes. Pretty tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2014
at 23:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Rustico Alexandria poured into a tasting snifter. Pours a cola brown with off-white head. Possibly some redness in the color but there wasnโt a good light source in the bar at the time. Aromas of vinegar, oak, dark fruit. Tastes of big oak, vinegar, tart dark fruit. Light body with a dry oaky finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2014
at 17:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Nose: Slight sour, lots and lots of vanilla, little cola: enticing. Taste is vanilla, smoke, tannin very, very, very, very slight oak and sour notes. Some red berries and dark fruits. Mouthfeel is too thin and flat. I donโt understand this brewer, they are wildly inconsistent, and despite promising wild beer, they seem incapable of producing sours.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2014
at 12:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Jeffrey pours ruby brown with thin quickly vanishing head. Great nose of berries and oak really appealing. Tastes of blackberry, plums, oak, vanilla, some yeast, slight vinegar. Not really tart at all, very clean tasting. Interesting
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jan 2014
at 14:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours with a hazed deep brown hue with red highlights and a frothy off-white head. Aromas are of spicy oak barrel notes, vanillin, lactones, dill, herbal, vinous red wine, strong tannins, funky notes of leather and red currants, mild acetone. Flavors are lightly roasty with strong earthy notes, sharp alcohol and spicy barrel notes. Mild acetone. After the initial hit there are more rounded notes of plums, currants, and dark fruit. Quite dry feeling for an old ale, with a decent amount of tannins in the finish. Slightly warming, thinner carbonation. Medium bodied. Vinous. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2013
at 17:32