Amalgam

Varvar Brew in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦

Sour / Wild Beer Special

Score

7.25

ABV: 7.5%

IBU: 17

Ticks: 21

We continue our experiments with vast universe of wild yeast and wood. Amalgam means mix, blend, fusion or alloy. And it's a perfect name for this beer which is a blend of wheat and rye beers transformed by work of tiny beasts (well, mushrooms, but it's details). More than half a year they works their way through this mix and changed the profile into a bone dry burst of tart apples, citrus (is it grapefruit notes? orange? tangerine? decide yourself) and pleasant glowing warmth. Deconstructed versions of wheat and rye are to follow. Time in the barrel (red wine): 8 month.

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6.8

oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Amalgam from Varvar Brew 1 year ago

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

Draught@TCBW2023. Hazy yellowish golden colour with a mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is tartness, some slight funk as well as some floral and mild spiciness. Flavour is funk, some farmyard, mild spiciness, floral and mild citrusy tones too. Some tannin-like dry tones to it as well.

Tried on 21 Apr 2024 at 17:26

7.8

Sloefmans (15338) reviewed Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Head gone in seconds over gold-orange beer. Oranges on alcohol/wine and then a dash of (good) Bretts, but including floormop variety. Farmyard odours. Vinous (even a tad sweet - hints of sultanas), wild ale with farmyard and a hint of horsblanket. Warming up, the floormop Bretts become more obvious, but never harming the general balance. Fruitwine flavours. Acidthinning, good carbonation, lasting flavours. From Ukraine... Then again this was bottled AD2019, well before the imp invaded. Gods give this firm can continue.

Tried from Bottle from Borger Bottles on 15 Jul 2023 at 10:06

7.1

Kavu (1997) reviewed Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

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

A small taste on tap @ TCBW 2023. Pours hazy yellow with a medium head. Aroma is sour malts. Flavor is sour malts with some hops. Good.

Tried from Draft on 05 May 2023 at 21:54

Marduk (26514) ticked Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

Sour, apricots, peach, vinegarish, acidic

Tried from Draft on 05 May 2023 at 16:42

mart (27384) ticked Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

Hapu, nisune, puidune, popcornine. Okish.

Tried from Draft on 05 May 2023 at 16:41

McCash (15986) reviewed Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

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

Bottle thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - clear golden orange with a white head. Nose - creamy peach, wood and light funkiness. Taste - creamy red fruit this time, with still wood and funk at the back. Palate - light bodied with a creamy middle and finish. Overall - very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2023 at 04:03

6.9

Stuu (34926) reviewed Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

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

Bottle at ash's. Pours golden, nose is funk, cream, oak, taste is similar, zesty.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2023 at 16:02

7.9

allmyvinyl (20966) reviewed Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

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

Bottle from Beers Without Borders, at Ash's. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of lactic sour, wood, cream, red fruit. Taste is more of the same. Creamy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2023 at 15:58

cagarvie (39800) ticked Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

Bottle at home... Dark amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet herbal fruit... Light herbal juicy fruit.. Soft creamy fruit

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2023 at 15:58

7.3

DvdP (5048) reviewed Amalgam from Varvar Brew 2 years ago

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

Bottle 443, bottled 15.01.2021. Nice looking super clear gold, very unstable bit of white foam. Smells a bit sweet, tart, fruity. Body is fairly soft, some carbonation present, bit too light for me. Taste is not very sour, but highly funky. Cheese. Fruit.

Tried from Bottle from Beerdome on 18 Mar 2023 at 23:00