Mount Ida - 2021

Crossover Blendery in Weston, Hertfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Lambic Style - Fruit Regular Out of Production

Score

7.51

ABV: 6.1%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

Process: Golden ale spontaneously fermented and aged for 8 months in neutral french oak barrels. The beer was moved out of barrel and onto organic Driscoll Maravilla raspberries (from Herefordshire) in tank. We punched the fruit cap down daily once refermentation had commenced. The beer was on fruit for 2 months before being finished in freshly emptied red and white port barrels for 4 months. It was blended back with further components before packaging.

Conditioning: Packaged with a small amount of priming sugar for natural carbonation in the bottle. We do not add yeast at this point, or at any point in the process. Bottles laid to rest on side and conditioned until release.

Ingredients: Malted barley (pilsner), malted wheat, raw wheat, aged hops (whole leaf fuggles, whole leaf strisselspalt, & whole leaf saaz), driscoll maravilla raspberries, water.

Brewing season: 2019/2020

Fruit season: 2020

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gunnfryd (21869) reviewed Mount Ida - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 1 year ago

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

THX to Beer5000. Pinkish-purple color with some white bubbles. Aroma is berries, acidic , oak, raspberries. Flavor is raspberries, acidic, berries, apple, , sugar. Very nice beer.

Tried on 17 Aug 2024 at 07:27

7.6

Beer5000 (11180) reviewed Mount Ida - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 1 year ago

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

Bottle @ home. Unclear pinkish body, almost like watermelon juice under a small, fast disappearing white head. Aroma dominated by acidic raspberries. Taste is mild sweet pale malt, raspberries, balanced acidity and after a while also strawberries, apple cider with a slightly woody bitterness. Fine body with a nice aftertaste. Nice and refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2024 at 16:24

7.5

Harrisoni (26137) reviewed Mount Ida - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 2 years ago

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

Bottle at Generation Craft Ashford 2023. Red orange hazy lasting beige head. Sour raspberry aroma. Raspberry flavour not as sour as aroma suggests. Very good fruit. Yes good fruit

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2023 at 15:08

9.4

Mr_Pink_152 (17035) reviewed Mount Ida - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 3 years ago

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

Bottle from Hoptimism at home. Bright pink colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are raspberry tart. Wine tannin and oaky. Fruity a crisp body.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2022 at 12:00

7.5

Scopey (25061) reviewed Mount Ida - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 3 years ago

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

Bottle thanks to Kenny. It pours hazy bright red with a small off-white head. The aroma is musty, funky, dirty, sweaty, must, cracker, floury bread, wet grass and dirt. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, zingy, bright, sherbet, raspberry, jammy berry, cranberry, granny smith apple, tannin, spice, kick of alcohol, vinous and a touch of sherbet with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, order prickly carbonation. Fun stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2021 at 17:48