Wild Beer Co Redwood (2016)

Redwood (2016)

 

Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.26
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 20
Ale matured in oak barrels and brewed with sloes and blackberries

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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8

Bardzo owocowe, mocno kwasne, ma troche ciala, ma troche slodyczy (moze z aromatow waniliowo-figowych), winne... taniny... klasa flanders

Tried at Powiśle on 02 Nov 2017 at 09:29


9.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Pours copper with a quickly fading head.Nose shows cherry, funky Bretty, minty notes, woody oak, blackberry and raspberry.Flavours include cherry and blackberry, a full-on acidity, lemon, red wine notes, woody oak, brown sugar, funk and raspberry sherbet.

Tried on 31 Oct 2017 at 05:43


7.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Dirty red colour, small head. Aroma is red wine, wood, red currant, a bit of vanilla. Initially the sourness is a bit shocking, but the beer is pleasant to drink. Slightly sweet. Light body. Reminds me of Duchesse de Burgogne without unneeded sweetness. Fantastic!

Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2017 at 14:26


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Pours hazy dark reddish brown with an smal tan head. Aroma of light sourness, malt, wet wood, oak, fruit, little vinegar, balsamico. Flavor is sour, light sweet, malt, wood, oak, tart fruit, vinegar, balsamico. Medium body, average carbonation, light acidic finish. 8-4-7-3-16. 240617

Tried on 24 Jun 2017 at 09:28


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren, 5.8%. Hazy dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, dark fruit, sour fruit, oak, wood, sour and lemon. Flavour is malt, sour fruit, dark fruit, caramel, oak, wood, sour, little acetone, sour, citric, medium sweet and a little dry.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2017 at 09:24


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

Mekelburg’s, Brooklyn tap: pours reddish brown with a tiny head. Aroma is woody, vinegar, something like berries or something like that. Taste is rather sour with a woody finish. Mellow fruitiness throughout. Low carbonation. Pretty good.

Tried from Draft on 30 Apr 2017 at 12:58


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Almost clear brown, less than a coat of beige head. 3 Aroma of sweet and tart berries, some bread crust, bracken. 7+ Medium bodied, low carbonation. Acidic and sour with berries, lemon, cherry vinegar. Bread crust and some light toffee struggle to support. Spicy oak (Hungarian?) at the end. Lots going on with berries. Pushes it with the acidity but not too far. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2017 at 09:41


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

From tap. Pours hazy deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is sour, fruity and wooden. Dry, sour, wooden, fruity. Shivering dry and sourish into a wooden and fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 16 Apr 2017 at 22:48


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

Draft taproom. Pours hazy reddish. Aroma is quite sour, gluey, somewhat barnyard, Flavor is sour lemon, grass, hay, slightly fruity. I get no vanilla.

Tried from Draft on 27 Mar 2017 at 16:10


8

Great sloes and blackberries. Yum.

Tried on 22 Dec 2016 at 22:21