Spectral Lore - Tayberry
Holy Goat in Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.58
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Golden Sour with Tayberries
Inspired by the Belgian framboise, our take on this beer style uses 80% golden sour beer aged in tank for 3-4 months, blended with 20% golden sour beer aged in wine barrels for over two years. We refermented this base beer with 200g/l of freshly harvested Tayberries grown 12 miles from the brewery. Tayberries are a cross between raspberries and blackberries, named after the River Tay, and were first bred in our home of Dundee.
Whilst a framboise style is traditionally brewed with raspberries, we decided to use tayberries to showcase their intense raspberry character, vibrant pinkish red hue and massive aroma.
We’re a little bit obsessed with this delightful berry.
Inspired by the Belgian framboise, our take on this beer style uses 80% golden sour beer aged in tank for 3-4 months, blended with 20% golden sour beer aged in wine barrels for over two years. We refermented this base beer with 200g/l of freshly harvested Tayberries grown 12 miles from the brewery. Tayberries are a cross between raspberries and blackberries, named after the River Tay, and were first bred in our home of Dundee.
Whilst a framboise style is traditionally brewed with raspberries, we decided to use tayberries to showcase their intense raspberry character, vibrant pinkish red hue and massive aroma.
We’re a little bit obsessed with this delightful berry.
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8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2025
at 17:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at ewans. Pours hazy amber, nose is funk, raspberry, blueberry, taste is tart raspberry, sweet, funk. 7/7/8/8/8
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 10:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
keg at cloisters ...deep red ..thin tan lacing ...funky fruit nose ..soft sharp tart berries ..long tart ..sharp tart fruit ..big drying tayberries berries
Tried
on 11 May 2025
at 12:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Red colour with no head.Aroma is. Sweet bitter with flavour of raspberries and strawberries nice mild sour with nice juice mouth feels and mild and refreshing taste nice by style beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
Amager Bryghus Taproom Nørreport
on 05 May 2025
at 17:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Aromas of blackberry, raspberry, blackcurrant, red cherries, probably tayberries (think I've 'ad em before somewhere along the line 🤔). Juicy sweet 'n' tart mix of the above. Jammy sweet linger on the palate. Tartmungous fruity finish. Very nice.
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from Draft
at
Rusty Bucket - Eltham
on 17 Apr 2025
at 10:18
7.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2025
at 14:54
7.5/10
02/04/2025 Tap at Taphouse, Copenhagen
Tried
on 01 Apr 2025
at 22:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Famous Royal Navy Volunteer Bristol. Hazy red pink colour lasting pink head. Red fruit sour aroma. Raspberry ripple. Raspberry jam. Good flavour good sourness. I thought lovely. The fruit is outrageous. Really good. I thought superb.
Tried
from Draft
at
Famous Royal Navy Volunteer (The Volley)
on 27 Mar 2025
at 15:35
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2025
at 19:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375ml bottle, Chez Sophie. Hazed pinkish purple appearance, no head. Aroma of fresh tayberry. Flavour profile is tart red berries, tayberries with a nice wild sour acidic edge, nicely refreshing with a good lively fruity character. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2023
at 17:35