Tommie Sjef Wild Ales Druif (2022)

Druif (2022)

 

Tommie Sjef Wild Ales in Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
Score
7.63
ABV: 8.1% IBU: - Ticks: 14
Regularly we bring out a new vintage of Druif — it’s the beer where it all started. A wild ale made with organic red wine grapes (harvested in 2021, Mátra region, Hungary). This year’s vintage is made solely with Kékfrankos grapes. A perfect grape variety which blends very well with our wild ales. We used a blend of different wild ales (approx. aged for two years in wooden barrels), to let referment and macerated further for another year on the wine grapes. The long maceration with the grapes gives the beer more structure and layeredness in taste, since the skins of the grapes have had the time to release their tannins and their taste. With this vintage we tried to focus on the interaction of the slightly more pronounced bitterness and delicate fruity aromas from the aged hops we used in the beer, and on the tannins from the wine grapes. In our opinion, this resulted in a very well balanced wild ale, blurring the boundaries between beer and (natural) wine perfectly.

In its aroma, Druif (2022) showcases strawberries and ripe peaches together with dark cherries, a slight hint of almond and a touch of wood from the oak barrels. Taste-wise it starts with the typical dark cherry and blackberry notes of Kékfrankos. This bold fruitiness is accompanied by a gentle sourness and a fairly dry, almost port-like finish. In the aftertaste the tannic part of blackberry seeds and almond is present, together with a touch of creamy oak.
 

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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 24.09.2022. dark red hazy color, small white head. smells red wine, berry notes, some tannins, peppery, bit citric, light minerality, some marzipan. very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes red wine, earthy, tannins, peppery, light minerals, bit peppery, light marzipan, some wood, some funk. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of red wine, marzipan and some funk. glorious and red wine forward, nice amount of tannins and red wine notes, a tad on the heavy side (with 8% ABV) overall very good one.

8, 8, 8.5, 8, 8.5

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2025 at 15:01


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8.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle I bought to go from The Roost. Pours a lovely, clear, garnet red with some creamy, pinkish head. Lovely nose, cherry, raspberry, concord grape, a little cough syrup. Flavor is nicely grapey and only mildly tart. There's a heft to the body that's felt. Malt. Maybe some wheat, though it's far from grassy. Dried cherry and some bright raspberry on the tongue. Medium high carbonation helps with the body, that might have otherwise felt stodgy. Dry, mildly tart. There's a lovely minerality to it reminiscent of Lambrusco. Well made.

Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2025 at 11:22


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

Poured from a bottle @ MBCC 2023 (finally adding my notes). Hazy pink-ish red with small white head. Mild vinous notes, gentle funk, enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2024 at 23:42


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Grant. Pours a cloudy ruby with small off white head that lasts. The aroma is grape skin, funk, wood, floral. Slick body, grapes, wood, funk, nice tartness, enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2024 at 20:23


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

Bottle. Edition 2022 with Kekfrankos grapes. Color: Pinkish red, pink head. Aroma: Grapes, vinuous, subtle funk and wood. Taste: Moderate to over moderate sweet, moderate tart. Subtle barnyard funk. Red grapes, vinuous, some grape seed. Fruity and wry bitterness at the long lasting finish. Dry going to very dry mouthfeel, notes of oak wood. Medium body, below average carbonation. In between beer and red wine. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2024 at 19:05


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at Monk's: pours reddish brown with small head. Grape, yeast, wood. Taste is grapey, lightly funky, not too sour. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2023 at 03:13


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

Lys rød tåkete med rosa skum. Lukter druestein og røde bær. Middels fylde. Fruktig og sur. Smaker bæreddik, svovel, røde bær og lime. (Brew fest Oslo 2023)

Tried on 20 Aug 2023 at 12:20


7

Botella @El Cabanon, Aviles. 20/07/2023. Color rojizo espuma blanca aromas y sabores ácidos, cuerpo ligero.

Tried on 20 Jul 2023 at 21:48


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

How: Bottle.
Where: MBCC 2023.
Appearance: Hazy red colour with a small pink head.
Aroma: Grapes, sour, funk, yeast, berries, some cherries.
Body: Medium body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Grapes, sour, funk, yeast, berries, some cherries.

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2023 at 13:24


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Taster during MBCC 2023 Friday morning session shared with Ryan, Matt, Phill, Brian, and Erik. Nice grape and funk, smooth, balanced. Good one.

Tried on 07 May 2023 at 22:28