Kykao - Handcrafted Reverse Engineered Malagouzia

Reverse Engineered Malagouzia

 

Kykao - Handcrafted in Patras, Western Greece, Greece 🇬🇷

  Sour / Wild Beer Special
Score
7.31
ABV: 12.4% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Going beyond Revers Engineering by adding Malagouzia grape skins provided by a famous organic winery, Tetramythos! Spontaneously Fermented with Wild Microorganisms from the Grape Skins, with pungent aromas of citrus and tropical fruits and medium acidity, carbonated lower than beer to resemble a still wine and aged on lees (batonnage) for a fuller body!

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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Canned 440ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him & Hrabren. Lemony yellow coloured, no head at all, white wine in the nose. Yeasty, bit perfumed white wine and mild citrusy touch in the finish. Even slightly plastic notes.

Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2025 at 10:13


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

Can, 2022, enormous thanks to Fin and Loz! Shared with Hrabren and Ogi. Misty yellow body, no head really. Very pungent aroma - pineapple, tropical notes, white grapes, lightly rubbery, but within wine parameters, quite wine-like, pleasant by all means. Lean, dry taste, bit yeasty, rubbery white grapes, light herbal notes, some tartness, perfumey, bit floral, lightly citric, the malty backbone is lightly minerally, meaning it lost some freshness, but I love the mouthfeel.

Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2025 at 19:58


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

0.44L can, thanks to Marko, shared with Ogi and him. Hazy greenish yellow, minimal head. White grapes aroma, cheese, quince, pineapple, vinous and lightly herbal. Flavour is corked wine, ripe fruit, mineral and sweet. Cheesy and lightly tannic. Smooth texture, astringent tartness, rough.

Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2025 at 19:11


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Munich Ratebeer Group Tasting at Jonas, Garching Friday 22nd October 2021. Pours clear gold, actually a peachy gold colour with a white head. Fruity with a little summer fruit and streaky light citrussy, there is a lovely tang, this is great, the wine qualities shine through but they're certainly working in tandem nicely here.

Tried on 22 Oct 2021 at 18:45


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Vintage 2020 brought by Fin, thanks! Lightly cloudy yellow-amber. with almost no head. Peach sour nose, tangy tropical fruits, lychee. Very sparkling-acidity on the tongue, heavy wild-yeast notes in the background. It really is a great marriage of wine and beer, with low carb to remind you of the wine heritage. Hardly tastes like 12%, fantastic.

Tried on 22 Oct 2021 at 18:40


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Fantastic flowery sweet tropical honeyish aromatics. Hazy pale golden. low head. Relatively dry sweet base, light sparkly on the tongue. Very nice subdued flowery notes, warming, light wine leaves, honeyish sweet, but still dry. Another great reverse engineered!!

Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2021 at 18:39


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

Bottle. Hazy golden color with hardly any head. Aroma is passion fruit, vineous, very fruity. Taste is again all the passion fruit, purree, warming booze in the back. Juicy mouthfeel with low carbonation. Excellent!

Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2021 at 18:36


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

Clear golden. Aroma is christmas spices some anise some caramel some syrup. Taste is sweet with some spices and sour white wine later. Pretty complex. Not exactly my taste though.

Tried on 22 Oct 2021 at 18:35