Blood Witch

Holy Goat in Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Flemish Red / Bruin Regular

Score

7.37

ABV: 7.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 8

This beer takes inspiration from the provision-strength historic Belgian style of ‘Oud Bruin’. Sharing similarities to the Flanders Red and British Stock Ale, though notably differing from these in its process of fermentation and maturation in exclusively steel vessels, rather than oak barrels or foudres. Our version is primary fermented with a Brettanomyces forward mixed culture, and blended from two different batches with an average age of 4 months.

We incorporated our favourite rye, crystal and light roasted malts in addition to Brewers Invert Sugar No. 2 – a specialist sugar used historically in the UK and Belgium in dark, strong ales providing unique caramel/treacle flavours.

We refermented this blended Oud Bruin on 150g/l Scottish strawberries, sourced from farms located within 60 miles of the brewery.

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7.4

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Blood Witch from Holy Goat 2 years ago

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

Bottle (Balnarring Cellarbrations). Slow gusher. Clear brown with a few off whit wisps at the rim. Brooding woody, fruity and earthy aroma with some medicinal herbs. Fairly light bodied, low carbonation. Some brighter flavours - berries, acid - with the brooding ones - old wood, earth. A bit of toffee sweetness but the balance is towards tart. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2023 at 12:45

7.1

Charlotte (10579) reviewed Blood Witch from Holy Goat 3 years ago

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

Bottle.Dark reddish colour with small white head.Aroma of acid and tart berries,hint of red wine and oak,nice slightly sour finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2023 at 21:02

7.5

Arsol (4727) reviewed Blood Witch from Holy Goat 3 years ago

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

Brunrød farge og intet skum i mitt glass. Lukter syltetøy. Mulig jordbær. Smaker sure bær, syltetøy og karamell.

Tried on 29 Oct 2022 at 11:48

7.9

Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Blood Witch from Holy Goat 3 years ago

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

Bottle online from Cork & Cask Edinburgh. Pours amber with a runy he, off-white cap. Loads of sweet strawberry jam on the nose. Taste is light to moderate tart with plenty of strawbs coming through, along with a light vinous balsamic note. Not hugely complex but would love to try another in a couple of years

Tried from Bottle from Cork & Cask on 03 Oct 2022 at 21:01

7.2

Holmen2 (8836) reviewed Blood Witch from Holy Goat 3 years ago

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

From tap at The Rusty Bucket in Eltham 10.07.22. Clear mahogany. Off-white head is diminishing to nothing. Good aroma and taste of proper Belgian bruin. There are sour berries in the taste, but I can’t taste that they are strawberries. Aslo some sawdust. Dry mouthfeel and astringent aftertaste.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jul 2022 at 19:51

LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Blood Witch from Holy Goat 3 years ago

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

On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Reddish brown pour with a beige head. Nose is strawberry jam, red cherries, red grapes, burnt sugars. Taste is strawberry jam, redcurrants, red cherries, cranberries. Sweet & tart red fruit action. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2022 at 18:46

cagarvie (40076) ticked Blood Witch from Holy Goat 3 years ago

keg at the hanging bat... deep red.. soft funk cherry fruit nose.. Light dry cherry fruit.. soft dry cherries

Tried on 26 Apr 2022 at 17:10

7.9

Stuu (34525) reviewed Blood Witch from Holy Goat 3 years ago

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

Bottle at a friends. Pours deep ruby, nose is strawberry, rhubarb, funk, taste is juicy fruit, zesty citrus, quite funky

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2022 at 10:35