Balance Brewing & Blending Fools Gold

Fools Gold

 

Balance Brewing & Blending in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
Score
7.07
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 6
Apricot Wild Ale. Fools Gold is a blend of three barrels filled in August 2021 and March 2022. Fermented with saison yeast, lachancea, lactobacillus and brettanomyces before ageing for seven months on carbonically macerated British apricots.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2023, Saturday. Clear golden beer, no head. Aroma and Taste of sour apricot, peach, pale malt, easy to drink.

Tried on 17 Nov 2023 at 09:35


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours clear blonde. No real head. Scent is funky, soapy, fruits not as specifically , more like a generic 'treefruit' Taste is tart, dry. Mild on the fruits, but decent nevertheless.

Tried on 14 Nov 2023 at 19:34


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Säuerlicher Beginn mit erhöhter Karbonisierung. Spritzig, kräutrig, etwas trocken, langer hellmalziger Abgang. 10/11/10/11//11

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2023 at 18:00


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

On tap at Balance, pours a mostly clear golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of floral apricot notes, wild yeast, rustic saison heart, and a touch of oak — very cohesive and complex. Flavour follows through, with lots of floral apricot notes, wild yeast, rustic notes, and some toasted grains. Buggy, fruity, and cohesive, retaining that great farmhouse character. Expertly brewed and blended.

Tried from Draft on 04 Nov 2023 at 22:16


8

Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2023 at 15:17


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pale blond colour with light haze and no head. Aroma had initial fruity sharpness. Then straw and apricot jam. Tastes very floral. Flavour is a little vinous and has fresh apricot and stones which seems to add a bitter note too.

Tried on 29 Sep 2023 at 16:26