Ajna
Beavertown Brewery in Tottenham, Greater London, England 🏴
Collab with: Dogfish Head Craft BrewerySour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.03
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Indigo, the colour of the sixth, or 'third eye' chakra. It opens the door to the divine. Our senses become finer and we awaken within. Clarity. The bridge between heaven and earth. A connection to our sixth sense.
Anja is a collaboration pulling together forms of divine wild creation: Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus. Yeast and bacteria. They take us on a journey, as humans, from the earth to the heavens. From the earth to the heavens, energy broken down and laid back to the ground, ready for our next life.
Here they work in unison to primary ferment in oak barrels sourced from the remotes of Burgundy. Blueberry and juniper, fruits representational of the third chakra were crushed and added into the process at different stages.
The beer was then aged for nine months in the wood, blended and bottled.
Anja is fluid. Constantly changing. Morphing and evolving. Explore the depths of the flavour and aromas. Look beyond the beer.
Drink fresh or age.
Anja is a collaboration pulling together forms of divine wild creation: Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus. Yeast and bacteria. They take us on a journey, as humans, from the earth to the heavens. From the earth to the heavens, energy broken down and laid back to the ground, ready for our next life.
Here they work in unison to primary ferment in oak barrels sourced from the remotes of Burgundy. Blueberry and juniper, fruits representational of the third chakra were crushed and added into the process at different stages.
The beer was then aged for nine months in the wood, blended and bottled.
Anja is fluid. Constantly changing. Morphing and evolving. Explore the depths of the flavour and aromas. Look beyond the beer.
Drink fresh or age.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Hazy red colour, small head. Aroma is tart red berries, some wooden and mild earthy tones. Flavour is sour berries, wooden and some slight tartness. Somewhat dry palate.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2023
at 18:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda thanks to Fergus: Poured a golden orange with an off-white head. Aroma is pungent fruits, citrus, oak, woodsy, turpentine, berries. Taste is acidic tartness, latches on to the teeth, berries, oak, woodsy.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2022
at 18:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap. Pours clear red with a small pink head. Aromas of blueberries, lavender, lactose, lemons. Taste is sweet, lactic, blueberries, lemony, mineralic, light funky, floral and spicy.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at rbwg pours out pink red topped with a small head. Nose is nice crisp berries some oak barrel notes and a little tartness. Taste is more of the nice berries funky sweet tart notes and some oak.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2018
at 18:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A pink beer with no head. The aroma has notes of raspberries, brett, and wood. The flavor is sour with notes of raspberries, brett, wood, and malt, leading to a tart finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2018
at 17:35
7/10
Backlog
Tried
on 07 Sep 2018
at 11:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Mikkeller Aarhus, 3,7%. Clear red with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, berries, lemon, fruit peel and sour. Flavour is malt, fruit, berries, lemon, citric, fruit sourness, little sweet, sour and a little dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2017
at 08:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Ratebeer Best. Pours a clear purple with small pinkish white head. The aroma is berry, oak, funk. Thin body, lacto, oak, berry, light tartness, dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2017
at 21:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample from shared bottle @ De Molen, thanks Menno & John. Purple/pink color, hazy. Pinkish head. Aroma of sour fruit, sourness. Flavor is rather sour. Light bodied. Nice and refreshing, but not very outspoken.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2016
at 04:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle split at ABC Beer The Hague, 24/09/2015. Thanks. A hazed bright pink / crimson coloured pour with a fading pink head. Aroma is big lacto funk, baby diaper, funky, raspberry, red berries. Flavour is composed of crisp tart red berry, raspberry, tart acid, baby diaper dirty funk. Palate is crisp tart , hishish carbonation, drying finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2016
at 15:56