Amalgam
Varvar Brew in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Sour / Wild Beer Special|
Score
7.25
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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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8/10
Dry, floral, tart
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2022
at 20:06
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2022
at 19:42
7.5/10
Tried
on 02 Feb 2022
at 16:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Home. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, sourness, yeast, funk, light caramel, fruit, wet wood. Flavor is sweet, lightly sour, malt, yeast, funk, litttle caramel, wood, fruit, light vinegar. Medium body, average carbonation, dry and light acidic finish. 080621
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2021
at 16:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 375ml. @ [ Last Højbjerg Tasting in Højbjerg 🇩🇰 ] - Saxo House - Højbjerg.
[ As Varvar Amalgam ].
ABV: 7.5%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, barnyard, leather, fynk, sour grapes - sour apples. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sour - tart, funky, grapes, apples, wet wood - oak, light umami feel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20210605]
7-3-7-4-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 22:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @Last Højbjerg Tasting in Højbjerg. Clear golden, white head. Sour berry aroma, a little funk, a little solvent. Sour flavour, some berries, sweet fruit, again a little solvent in a very nice way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 13:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hopy nice acetic aroma. Moderate bitter nice acetic flavor. Average finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2021
at 13:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are funk, lactose acid, fruits, citrus and malt. Nice sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 13:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and barnyard. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. 050621
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2021
at 13:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Slightly hazy pale golden, thin white head. Aroma: Tart, funky, fruity tart apricots. Taste: Over moderate tart, moderate sweet, funky notes, fruity notes of red wine and subtle tangerine, orange and apricot. Wood, quite a lot of tannins. Hints of vinegar. Dry-ish mouthfeel. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2021
at 18:29