Mills Brewing Chuckleberry

Chuckleberry

 

Mills Brewing in Ham, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
Score
7.30
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Chuckleberry is a blend of two brews produced in June and September 2019. Made from a turbid wort, using rye malt and aged hops, they started life as potential blending options for our ‘house’ beer, Running Beer. Fermentation and maturation took place in barriques which formerly housed red Bordeaux. We chose three barrels to make a blend that would best fit the fruit: relatively soft and full on the palate to accommodate the fruit's acidity and tannin, complementary aromatics from the red Bordeaux and French oak, and a balancing funk to cut (but not obscure) the fruit. The resulting blend was added to a large quantity of locally grown chuckleberries to referment for five months. The beer conditioned in bottle for a further three months.
 

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

750 ml, bottled Nov. 2021. Deep red body, with a medium, frothy, light beige head. Aroma of sourish-earthy red berry, some citrus, some straw. Tastes similar. Medium, a bit creamy mouthfeel, with mainly the berries again. Tasty. Quite simple, dominated by the berries, which are really beautiful though. Drinks fresh and balanced. Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2023 at 00:21


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

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 09/2021. red color, small white head. smells berry notes, funky, earthy, nice to very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes berries, lactic, earthy, grassy. finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of berries, lactic notes and grassy notes. pretty dry but also pretty good stuff

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2023 at 18:20


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

Bottle online from the source. Pours deep pinky purple with a pink cap. Aroma: fruity, sharp berries. Taste: moderate+ tartness, dry, acetic, jammy berries, light funk. Medium body with foamy carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2022 at 18:54


7

Hapu, marjane, tikker, aroonia, veits funky, veits mustikane. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2022 at 00:27


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Mills online shop. Deep raspberry red. Moderate haze. Thin and swirly pale pink foam. Looks good. Nose has raspberry. Blackcurrant. Light oak. Taste is tart and dry with a glimmer of fruity sweetness. Light to medium body with some acidity. High-ish foamy carbonation. Tart and lightly acidic finish. Not the usual standard.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2022 at 20:23


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

75cl Bottle @ 40th Birthday Bash / 20K Event. Pours hay red with a small head. Punchy. Dry and tart with wood , funk and red berries. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2022 at 17:34


7

Dolle 40 years and 20k bash. Hazy bright red with a small pink head. Aroma of raspberry, elderberry and blackcurrant with a funky touch. Dry and very tart fruity flavour with dark berries.

Tried on 02 Apr 2022 at 16:43