Good As Gold
Wildflower Brewing & Blending in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.44
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A 50/50 blend of barrel aged Gold with fresh Gold that has just completed primary fermentation. This composition of aged and fresh beer is what we had originally intended for our Gold. It didn't end up like that though, as Gold is 100% barrel aged.
We love the fresh fermentation esters and bright hop character we get in our young fermentations. This is what we focus on in beers like The International & As It Were (coming in November). But we can't hide that we also love the apparent funk, creamy mouthfeel and complex fermentation flavours of aged beer. We dont think of this blend as being a best of both worlds, but more an attempt (and this is only the first one) to marry these flavours harmoniously. One of the beers that really got me thinking about making mixed culture beers at all was BFM √225. It was the first biere de coupage I tasted and still remains a little bit of a mountain for me. Good as Gold may be made in the same fashion as and with a lot of inspiration from √225 but has a distinctively Wildflower feel.
We love the fresh fermentation esters and bright hop character we get in our young fermentations. This is what we focus on in beers like The International & As It Were (coming in November). But we can't hide that we also love the apparent funk, creamy mouthfeel and complex fermentation flavours of aged beer. We dont think of this blend as being a best of both worlds, but more an attempt (and this is only the first one) to marry these flavours harmoniously. One of the beers that really got me thinking about making mixed culture beers at all was BFM √225. It was the first biere de coupage I tasted and still remains a little bit of a mountain for me. Good as Gold may be made in the same fashion as and with a lot of inspiration from √225 but has a distinctively Wildflower feel.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a clear yellowblonde. Small white head fades instantly. Scent is buttery acidic, fairly simple nose. Some wood. Distant brett.
Taste is sharp, dry, acidic, citrus, buttery acidity. Mild wood, very distant brett. Not great, not awefull. certainly could use a better variety of acidity and more balance.
Taste is sharp, dry, acidic, citrus, buttery acidity. Mild wood, very distant brett. Not great, not awefull. certainly could use a better variety of acidity and more balance.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2026
at 18:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Amager Bryghus. Clear light golden. Pretty, funky, sour. Front heavy, fizzy, then oily. A nice sour, with funky notes. Not undrinkable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Amager Bryghus Taproom Bryggen
on 11 Mar 2026
at 20:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tap at Amager Bryggen. Hazy golden, white cream. Barnyard, cider, bubblegum aromatics, medium light foaming body, dry herbal, wood, light root beer notes, barn aftertaste. Fresh and un.
Tried
from Draft
at
Amager Bryghus Taproom Bryggen
on 11 Mar 2026
at 20:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Blend 21 om tap at Beer Shop Folkestone. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Wild yeast aroma. Decent enough wild beer. Some authentic funky on the finish. Yep pretty good. Liked it.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2026
at 12:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 18 Nov 2025
at 19:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
18/11/2025. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Yeasty, twiggy, citric. Touch of vinegar tart. Developing. Likeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2025
at 19:52
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle from Hop Knocker. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of fruit, citric rind, funk. Taste is sour, grain, fruity, citrusy, lemon rind, wood, with funky notes and some bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry soured finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Hop Knocker
on 04 Oct 2025
at 20:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(Draught at Craft Beer Clerkenwell, London, 16 Nov 2023) Hazy golden colour with foamy, white head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus, yeast, oak wood and vinegar. Fruity, tart taste with oak wood, citrus, grapes, yeast, white wine and funky yeast. Low bitterness. Medium body, dry. Fresh and citric, with a yeasty tartness. Well balanced and moreish. Great beer.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2024
at 21:09
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Blend #12. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. Lovely beer, light-medium sweet flavour, salty bite, subtle funk, melon, lemon, peach, white grape, pale wood accents, a little honey, grass clippings. Light bodied with delicate, small bubble carbonation. Clean finish, lightly drying, more lemony bite, salt, a nip of acetic sweat. Massively drinkable. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2023
at 21:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Little Earth Project, shared with Holy. Clearish or maybe just slightly hazy golden color, dense white head with good retention. Aroma of dust, funk, damp basements and moist cobwebs. Taste has light lemon, subtle sourness, mild to moderate funk. A Tasty and mellow intro to sour beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2023
at 20:54