Hopsylvania Woodland Wonders

Woodland Wonders

 

Hopsylvania in Munich, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪

Collab with: Higgins Ale Works
Brewed at/by: Higgins Ale Works
  Farmhouse - Saison Regular
Score
7.12
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 11
An ode to forest ecosystems, "Woodland Wonders" was brewed in collaboration with Higgins Ale Works using copious amounts of wild elderflowers that were personally hand-picked from the Bavarian Alps. This refreshing saison nudges you to take a step back from the urban landscape and tune your senses to the floral aromas, spicy flavors and subtle earthy notes of the forest.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Higgins. Cloudy dark amber, offers cream. Flowery sweet aroma. Mellow medium body, soft, honeyish, herbal notes, light bubblegum, nice broad flowery, citric finish.

Tried from Draft at Higgins Tap Room on 02 Oct 2025 at 16:07


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

Tap at Higgins. Murky amber brown. Honey, elderflower, resin, woods. Soft, nearly flat, front heavy fizzy, with a herbal wooden finish, dry sweet.

Tried from Draft at Higgins Tap Room on 02 Oct 2025 at 16:06


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle that Jonas brought along, had this in the company of Jonas, Ursula and Marko Saturday 8th February 2025 at home, Manglham cooking Lasagna later and listening to ByteFM. Loz has made three different types of bread and a Gooseberry Crumble Cake. Pours almost clear mid gold but there is a little bit of haze, lots of elderflower especially in the mouth, less so on the nose. Nice saison touches throughout, very drinkable, very fresh and despite drinking this in February when it would be ideally suited to mid summer it's nonetheless a great refreshing quaffer of a beer.

Tried on 08 Feb 2025 at 18:00


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

2020 version if I understood correctly. Stubbyish small bottle. Huge thanks Jonas! Pretty clear golden body, off-white head. Big elderflowers in the aroma, but not too much, quite elegant, maybe lightly dusty, but quite fine! Lean, dry, tart minerally taste with, again, that lovely elderflower presence. Fun stuff really, the base coped just barely well enough to still carry the just about perfectly dosed elder. Respect!

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 17:53


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

keg at hop dog... hazy amber.. thin off white lacing... soft earthy funk nose.. juicy fruits.. earth.. tiny acetic big apricot

Tried on 16 Oct 2023 at 15:39


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

On tap at Hop Dog, murky gold, white head. Huge elderflower syrup nose, green grape, light esters. Flavor is the same. It's all elderflower. Oily and long finish. Overdone.

Tried from Draft on 16 Sep 2022 at 18:03


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap, at the evening of the release party, cause why not. Amber. Elderflower, pepper, vanilla. Easy drinkable, much and many elderflower. But not sticky sweet. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 14 Sep 2022 at 16:09


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle form SinH4, many thanks! Slightly cloudy golden with white head. Light gush when opening. Elderdlower cordial, a touch of funk, some green notes. Taste is earthy with elderflower, white pepper, grains. A bit more restrained but still very good. Nice!

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2022 at 21:00


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from one of the brewers. Light hazy amber with a moderate head. Big elderflower nose at first, then farmhouse notes on later whiffs. Quite dry with some big wild yeast notes, I guess from the elderflower. Hop bitterness subtly fading into that dry almost-rubber-like sour beer aftertaste with a hint of elderflower. Very active carbonation. That's a real wild Saison! Would be curious to try another bottle in half a year.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2021 at 18:36


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at HopDog. Nice spicy, peppery, allspice, intense flowery nose. Hazy golden, white lace. Medium body, chewy, light sparkles. Classic dry spicy fruity Saison base, Long pepper, light vanilla. Really nice drinkable with a glorious aroma. Great job Guys!

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2021 at 16:27