Holy Goat Goat Witch

Goat Witch

 

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

  Flemish Red / Bruin Regular
Score
7.58
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 19
Inspired by Flanders Reds of old, Goat Witch is a blended sour red ale combining 80% provision strength ‘young’ stock beer aged in steel, with around 20% ‘mature’ stock beer aged in ex-Heaven Hill bourbon oak barrels. The combination of old and young beers has produced a complex sweet and sour flavour profile with a subtle oak character.

This blended base was transferred onto 220g/l of 2022 harvest of Scottish Tayberries, sourced from farms located within 40 miles of the brewery. Tayberries are a cross between raspberries and blackberries. Expect complex raspberry aroma to dominate, with blackberry-forward characteristics on the palate.
 

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

Sour plum and apricot, some raspberry. Pours orange red without much head. Tart finish. Very nice flanders red. Bottle.

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2026 at 18:57


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375ml cherry red, beige head. Nose has cherry and strawberry, throat lossange, some pomegranate. Flavor is light malt and all the red stuff. Well blended. Well balanced. Dry. Tart. Medium full bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2026 at 18:29


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

At the January 2026 DC Brewver gathering. Bottle. Poured a ruby red color with a small off-white head. Aroma was cherry skin, pomegranate. Strawberries, cherry. Really nice tartness, mild sweetness. Overall, nice and dry. Tasty stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2026 at 18:21


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

Keg at Craft Beer Junction, 12/11/2025.
Blackcurrant red topped with a crimson cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is tarte red berries, funk, herb, hedgerow.
Taste comprises funk, sharp berries, berry pips, tarte, hay bale.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow acidic spike.
Tidy.

Tried on 11 Dec 2025 at 00:00


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

Got some kick to it. Tart fruits, berries. Leather, earth. Cherry. Sound.

Tried from Draft at Craft Beer Junction on 12 Nov 2025 at 18:38


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

Tried from Draft at Craft Beer Junction on 12 Nov 2025 at 18:24


8

Raspberry, funky, earthy

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2025 at 19:55


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

Just a taster as it was the end of the barrel. Light claret coloured with a small bubbly off-white head and a tart fruit and wine/brandy aroma. Tart berry flavour, some vinous notes and a very dry finish.

Tried from Draft at Old Bike Shop on 17 Oct 2025 at 15:45


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle via the online shop. Hazed deep red. Slim ring of white. Nose is very jammy although not immediately evident the fruit content. Some BA character. Vinous and softly tart. Doesn’t shout Flanders Red. Taste is tart with a nice fruity sweetness. Light acidity on the palate. Drinks super easy for the 7.1% (this is a 2025 version). Juicy tart finish. Lovely fruity sour but Flanders Red it ain’t.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2025 at 19:16


9

Stunning. Fruity, tart, dry finish. Good chat with Johnny about Damnation too.

Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2025 at 12:30