Black & Wild
Side Project Brewing in Maplewood, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
7.57
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Black & Wild is the antithesis of most American Wild Ales. The robust nature of the intense acidity, bold Balaton cherries and chocolaty malt is layered with the deep notes of vanilla, spicy charred oak and cinnamon from the used Derivation bourbon barrels in which this beer matured for more than four years.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at Side Project Cellar. Black with tan head. Dark fruit, berries, some roastiness, cocoa, oak bourbon, nice smooth texture. Medium+ bodied. Drink nicely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Taster at Spuyten Duyvil during Zwanze. Black color, small tan head. Smells of wood, bourbon, booze, marzipan, some glue, vanilla, very nice smell. Full body, light carbonation. Tastes of glue, booze, peppery notes, some wood, peppery, grassy. Finishes dry and lightly sour with notes of wood, peppery notes and some glue. Nice stuff, got super heavy once warm, but good overall 8,4,7,3,15
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled during RBSG. From notes. Tart with caramel, vanilla and bourbon. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Minh. Pours a dark ruby brown with small beige head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is strong oak, cherry skin, vanilla. Thin mouthfeel, puckering sour, cherry, caramel, oak. Really enjoyed this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Thank you Amber for the bottle!
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking glazed over amber to red color with a fair fingered white slightly foamy head quickly dieing to a stringinesss glossing all over the beer.
The smell had a slight charred robust maybe somewhat sweet kind of blackberry to cherry sort of maybe even a slight raspberry trying to come in slightly.
The taste was slightly sour but maintained a good balance to the sweet that I wanted. Ha, its there and was what I was hoping for.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly somewhat decent sessionability about it.
Overall, well, I think this could be do-able. I didn’t get a big blackberry note, but hey, alright, hey honestly just an okay beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a fruity malty woody sour tart caramel aroma. Fruity malty woody sour tart caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty sour tart woody caramel finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle during RBSG 2014 Bus Tour at Perennial’s Barrel Room. Batch 1. Hazy caramel brown with off-white head. Aromas of whiskey, funk, cheese. Tastes of whiskey, cherry, tart fruit, vinegar. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Pretty interesting with the whiskey barrel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at RBSG Perennial stop. Pours dark brown with white head. Nose/taste of charred oak, whiskey, tart cherry, sour dark fruit and soured caramel/chocolate. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a cloudy brownish red with a yellowish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a red fruit pie tartness with a bit of dark grain underlying. Flavor has a cherry pie note with a growing acid note snd light spice.