Mount Ida - 2021
Crossover Blendery in Weston, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Lambic Style - Fruit Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.56
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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
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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8/10
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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
7.6/10
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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
7.5/10
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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
8/10
Lovely golden raspberry notes, dry funk. Port barrel present but not overly assertive. Dry tart finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2022
at 08:22
9.4/10
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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
7.5/10
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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