Good As Gold
Wildflower Brewing & Blending in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
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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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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
6.4/10
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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
7.8/10
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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
7.2/10
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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
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
7/I/22 - 75cl bottle @ Wim VL’s place, BB: IX/2025, Blend #12: Sep 2020 (2022-50) Thanks for sharing the bottle!
Clear bright blond beer, small creamy off-whtie head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: yeasty, some banana, very rural, cow fodder, grains, very funky, juicy, tropical fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: quite some citrus notes, banana, yeasty, meh. Aftertaste: more citrus, bit grassy, bitter.
Clear bright blond beer, small creamy off-whtie head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: yeasty, some banana, very rural, cow fodder, grains, very funky, juicy, tropical fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: quite some citrus notes, banana, yeasty, meh. Aftertaste: more citrus, bit grassy, bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2022
at 22:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
75cl Bottle. Blend #12. Split with the Blueberry boys, Crazy Joe Davola and SirAlex. Pours hazy deep Golden orange with a White head. Funk, brett and lemon peel. White Wine. Dry and slightly tart. Dope. Really tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2021
at 17:56