Bramble, Thorn & Briar - 2021
Crossover Blendery in Weston, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.02
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Process: Our base golden ale (60%/70% malted barley, 40%/30% raw wheat) spontaneously fermented and aged for 8 months in neutral french oak barrels. The beer was moved out of barrel and onto organic Driscoll Victoria blackberries (from Herefordshire) and organic Driscoll Maravilla raspberries (also Herefordshire) in separate tanks.
We punched the fruit caps down daily once refermentation had commenced. The beer was on fruit for a total of 5 months before blending together. We blended 3 further components into the beer 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 for 6 months on release.
Ingredients: Malted barley (pilsner), raw wheat, aged hops (whole leaf fuggles, whole leaf strisselspalt, & whole leaf saaz), blackberries (driscoll victoria), raspberries (driscoll maravilla), water.
Brewing season: 2019/2020
Fruit season: 2020
We punched the fruit caps down daily once refermentation had commenced. The beer was on fruit for a total of 5 months before blending together. We blended 3 further components into the beer 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 for 6 months on release.
Ingredients: Malted barley (pilsner), raw wheat, aged hops (whole leaf fuggles, whole leaf strisselspalt, & whole leaf saaz), blackberries (driscoll victoria), raspberries (driscoll maravilla), water.
Brewing season: 2019/2020
Fruit season: 2020
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy red with off white head - Tart berries - Malt body with tart berries - The tart berries goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 31 Jul 2024
at 18:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
How: Bottle.
Where: MBCC 2022.
Appearance: Hazy red colour with a white, slightly pink, head.
Aroma: Cherries, tart, funk, berries, sour, acidic.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Cherries, tart, funk, berries, sour, acidic.
Where: MBCC 2022.
Appearance: Hazy red colour with a white, slightly pink, head.
Aroma: Cherries, tart, funk, berries, sour, acidic.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Cherries, tart, funk, berries, sour, acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2022
at 07:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @MBCC 2022, Blue Session. Cloudy red, no head. Sourish berry aroma. Sourish flavour, smooth berries, light wood, some raspberries perhaps.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2022
at 18:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour, taster. @MBCC 2022, Copenhagen (Denmark). 13/05/2022 [#4.958 Global - #523 England - #2 Crossover Blendery] Pours reddish with a pink head. Short retention. Aroma: Oak barrels, tart and raspberry. Taste: Raspberries and oak barrels. Light barnyard and wild yeast. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2022
at 07:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, sample at MBCC 2022, blue session. Poured red in color with light pink head. Berries, tartness, some funk and with raspberry noticeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2022
at 16:41
6/10
Tried
on 13 May 2022
at 20:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sample from the bottle at MBCC2022, Copenhagen. Color is red with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Berries, red berries, some sourness....
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2022
at 17:27
7/10
Taster at MBCC 22. Reddish/ brown with white head. Raspberries, sour, carbonation,
Tried
on 13 May 2022
at 14:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
MBCC. Hazy red without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, cherries and tart. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate acidci. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 130522
Tried
on 13 May 2022
at 14:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Nick's. Pours hazy ruby, nose is huge funk, berries, oak, taste is tart, juicy fruit, oak. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bramble, Thorn And Briar on 03 Mar 2022 at 10:52 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2022
at 10:55