Wild Beer Co Redwood (2017)

Redwood (2017)

 

Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.41
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 27
Barrel-aged + Sour Berries + Wild Yeast

Through autumn we forage the hedgerows around the brewery that are heavy with berries. Every year we will bring out Redwood, an annual release celebrating the previous years hedgerow vintage.

Aged for almost a year in some second use Modus Operandi, Burgundy red wine and Scotch Whisky barrels to produce a rich, rounded, tart beer that is intriguing and tasty.

This year we believe it's our best aged with copious amounts of Sloes, Blackberries, Raspberries, Mulberrys, Damsons, Plums, Gooseberries, and Elderberries. Need we say more?
 

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7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

C: murky reddish copper berry
N: sour, acidic, vinous, balsamic vinegar
P: med bodied, vinous, sour, acidic, lemon juice, red berries

Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2025 at 18:34


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

Old rating - 330ml bottle from Dunell's in Jersey. Poured at home, it's caramel colour with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of wood, dark berries, funk & sour. Light to medium body. Dry tart finish. Excellent

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2025 at 13:24


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

KØLF 231020. Red amber color with a beige head. Aroma is sourness, berries. Flavor is berries, sourness, wood, funk, vinegar. Nice beer.

Tried on 21 Nov 2020 at 10:02


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Almost clear, reddish golden body with a nice, big, dense off-white head. Pleasant aroma of acidic red berries, wood, mild funk and hint of cherry. Taste is acidic fruity like aroma with wood and funk. Really smooth and balanced with a pleasant tart aftertaste. Fine balance in taste, body and aftertaste. Nice one.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2020 at 21:35


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

Tried on 25 Mar 2019 at 12:36


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Color marronáceo con espuma blanca de duración corta. Aroma con leves notas a caranelo y frutos rojos. Sabor ligeramente dulce mezclado con notas ácidas, frutos rojos y madera. Final con acidez media y notas frutales.

Tried on 03 Feb 2019 at 00:24


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

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Hazy red-amber. Berries, funk, oak, vinegar, sour, lively carbonation. Really good.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2018 at 11:16


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

At a tasting, medium bubbly head, murky palish red color, aroma of brown bread, berry mainly cherry fruitiness with a hint of marzipan, fruity red berries, roots, marzipan flavor, almost piercing but mellow sourness, quite dry. Highly enjoyable and really yummy.

Tried on 01 Aug 2018 at 07:28


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8.5

19/7/2018. Draught at Bierrex, Newcastle. Pours hazy dark amber to brown with an off-white to beige head. Aroma of sour berries, caramel, wood, sour cherries, sour plum, bread and yeast. Light sweetness, moderate bitterness, medium to heavy sour. Medium body, oily texture, bit too carbonated. That aside, really good.

Tried on 19 Jul 2018 at 21:00


8

Complex aroma that reminds a lot of Flanders Red;raspberries in the foreground,green/tart apple,toasted bread/toast,low to light caramel

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2018 at 17:35