Wildflower Brewing & Blending Good As Gold

Good As Gold

 

Wildflower Brewing & Blending in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
7.51
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 15
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.
 

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried on 18 Nov 2025 at 19:53


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6.9
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
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
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
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


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample (had as as Wildflower Good as Gold - Batch #4, thanks to fonefan!). Hazy deep golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is tart fruits, some wood, mild herbs and some brett dry tones. Flavour is brett, some dry wooden tones, mild floral and fruity tones. Smooth and pleasantly tart//sour finish.

Tried on 31 Dec 2022 at 11:14


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

Keg at Mikkeller Exmouth Market brewpub, 23/11/22. Almost clear golden yellow topped with a white cap. Nose is light funk, dusty oak, lemon tinged straw, herb, hedgerow. Taste comprises on the turn melon, floral whisper, herb, balsa wood, light funk, green berry must, tarte citric twang, balanced acidity. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow acidic spike. Solid flavoursome and easy drinking sour.

Tried on 25 Nov 2022 at 14:53


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tried on 15 Sep 2022 at 21:42



7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at Port Street Beer House, pours a hazy bright golden with a small white head. Aroma is very buggy, with plenty of oak, and lightly tart citrus. Flavour is buggy upfront, with oak, wild yeast and subtle tartness. Oaky, buggy; certainly nice but certainly not a gueuze.

Tried from Draft on 16 Aug 2022 at 08:08