Redwood (2016)
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.27
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The Redwood Project began in 2013 when we foraged the late summer fruits from hedgerows and farms around the brewery. These were then put into barrels where they rested for a full year with some of our wildest beer before being packaged. The first Redwood was released late in 2014 as an Autumnal foraged fruit beer.
This is a progressive beer which will vary year to year based on the forgeable fruits available and how long they have spent in barrels before culminating in a crescendo of sweet fruits, roasted oak and vibrant acidity.
Imagine walking through the first fallen leaves, eating a handful of the last tart red berries of the summer with a whiff of mulled wine and bonfires in the crisp Autumn air - that's Redwood 2016.
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Parmenion777 (1984) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle - Pours a murky brown colour with a small diminishing beige head. Initially a fruity aroma of berries followed by estery and light woody notes. A tart fruity taste, balsamic, dark berry fruits, barnyard and woody flavours with a sharpish acetic finish.
DSG (25977) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks zvikar. Hazy amber. Funk, berries, oak, vinegar, sour, acidic, some sweetness, caramel, medium-bodied. Nice.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home, thanks to Leighton for running the order, 06/05/18. Murky brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is stoned fruits, cherry skins, oak, wood must, pipe tobacco, tarte dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises dried berry fruits, vinous notes, barnyard esters, red berry fruit balsamic bite, wood must, sharp berries, acidic rise. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a puckering climax. Decent sour red ... fairly complex for the ABV.
ianwelby (4686) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Murky red beer with a fizzy, off-white head that soon dissipates. Smell of raspberries and sour fruit, which follows through into the flavour.The oak-aging really makes this a bit different to most sours, taking some of the sting off the tangy, sourness leaving some to linger as well as the drier hint of smokiness. A bit different and very nice.
SureThing_II (6281) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Pivný raj Mother of sourness why you didn't warn me? One grabs random beer from the cellar and founds this. As I took me by surprise it's not easy to rate. It's good sour, but I find it difficult to call it smooth, acids are kinda high pushing other tastes to the back. Okay I guess?
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
9th November 2017
Bodney Towers bottleshare. Thanks to Fergus. Hazy amber beer, no head. Palate is light, dry and finely crisp. Some sour red /brown acetic character here. Trace of red wine. Tangy fruity finish, crisp. Not bad.
Hrabren (9642) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.33 l bottle brought by Višnja 666 and Pilot Goran. Thanks. Dark amber, minimal off-white head. Funky, fruity, dark cherry, barrel. Very sour and tart. Complex. Puckering. Medium body, moderate to high carbonation, lasting finish. Very nice and complex.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared at Leighton's place, MannyG tasting 09/11/2017. Many thanks to Fergus for this one. A hazed reddy amber coloured pour with a off white head. Aroma is big sour vanilla, lacto, wood, some vinegar, bitter red fruits. Flavour is composed of sour tangy lacto, vinegar, acetic, spicy sour, lemon. Palate is sour, highish carbonation, tangy. abrasive. . Lingering berries.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared in Hackney - thanks to Fergus. Pours mostly clear amber with a small, foamy white head. Nice aroma, vinegar, old berries, wood, sweat. Nicely acetic flavour, somewhat biting, salty sweat, cherry, lemon. Light bodied with spritzy carbonation. Quenching finish, more salty sweat, acetic acid, tart berries. Solid.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Redwood (2016) from Wild Beer Co 8 years ago