Goat Witch
Holy Goat in Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 🏴
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.58
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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.
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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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle shared at work, courtesy of James, the man himself. Nem jegyzeteltem viszont, csak pontoztam a sort.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Six Degrees North Webshop. Deep red pour with a pink head. Jammy red & dark fruit aromas. Taste is strawberry sherbet, raspberry jam, blackcurrant. Tart, dry action. Very fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2024
at 21:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle. @home, 04/11/2022 [5.656 Global - #130 Scotland - #1 Holy Goat Brewing (My Scottish brewery #36)] Deep reddish colour with a tan head. Mostly lacing. Aroma: tart berries, funk, acetic and mild vinegar. Taste: puckering tart berries, acetic and black currant. Sharp sour mouthfeel. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2022
at 14:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Murky red. Beetroot, lots of berries, wood note, sour, juicy. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2022
at 21:00
7/10
keg at imbc 2022... deep red brown mm thin tan 6...soft tart berries fruit nose... soft sharp tart funk berries. juicy fruit
Tried
on 01 Oct 2022
at 10:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at imbc. Pours deep reddish, nose is funk, berries, oak, taste is huge funk, sharp, zesty, berries, tart.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2022
at 11:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Indymanbeercon 2022 with Stuu666 and cgarvieuk. Pours dark red with a thin tan head. Aromas of light acetic, sour red fruit. Taste is red wine, sour fruit. Sharp sour finish.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2022
at 11:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
375ml bottle from Sophie's Beer Stores. Unclear dark reddish appearance, white ring circle. Fruity tayberry nose, light flanders sour. Nice gripping flanders acidity producing a tangy swallow, moderate balanced acetic nature with well integrated tayberries bringing out a blossoming fruitiness. Excellent flanders red.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2022
at 18:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Salt Horse, pours a deep dark reddish pink with a small pink-tinged head. Aroma brings out lots of balsamic, red wine barrels, and sour red berries. Flavour is very puckering, with intensely sour red berries, balsamic, vinous notes, and cheek-wrenching sourness on the finish. Pleasant fruitiness but bracingly sour. Decent extreme sour beer that needs a little refining.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2022
at 21:37