Breakfast Of Champignons
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Special Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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Wild Mushrooms + Wild Yeasts + Well Seasoned
We love all things wild and foraged at the Wild Beer Co and we are surrounded by a smorgasbord of various mushrooms in the Somerset countryside.
Fungi are at the heart of our brewery. Yeasts are micro fungi that do the hard work in making beer, we just feed them and put a roof over their microscopic heads. But it’s the amazing flavours and untameable nature of wild yeast strains that really excites us and when it came to pairing macro (mushrooms) with micro (yeasts) in a beer, it had to be The Penny Bun (aka, Porcini, or Ceps). Not just for the amazing nutty, earthy flavour, but because they are also untameable (mankind has so far been unable to cultivate them).
We love all things wild and foraged at the Wild Beer Co and we are surrounded by a smorgasbord of various mushrooms in the Somerset countryside.
Fungi are at the heart of our brewery. Yeasts are micro fungi that do the hard work in making beer, we just feed them and put a roof over their microscopic heads. But it’s the amazing flavours and untameable nature of wild yeast strains that really excites us and when it came to pairing macro (mushrooms) with micro (yeasts) in a beer, it had to be The Penny Bun (aka, Porcini, or Ceps). Not just for the amazing nutty, earthy flavour, but because they are also untameable (mankind has so far been unable to cultivate them).
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Old rating - A 330ml bottle. Pours a bright amber with a foamy white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, fruits, earth, yeast, herbal, funk & tart. Medium body. Dry slightly bitter yeasty finish. Excellent
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2025
at 16:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Somewhat hazygolden, medium white head, fairly lasting. Vinous nose, slight spices, cellar notes. Perhaps a hint of earthy notes. Puckery sourness, slight fruity feel. Light and fresh. I don't get any of the mushroom feeling, but the beer is a nice sour ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2020
at 14:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Neked Csak Dezső, Rákóczi út 29, Budapest, Hungary 1088. [ As Wild Beer Breakfast of Champignons ].Unclear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, tart, fruity, gooseberry, grapes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, dry, gooseberry, fruity, dry dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180525] 7-2-7-3-15
Tried
on 01 Nov 2018
at 19:16