Space Wizard
Holy Goat in Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.45
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A mixed-culture golden sour beer, fermented with a complex blend of microbes including six strains of Brettanomyces chosen for their intense fruit and funk characteristics.
This beer was split between two fermenters, one part being hopped in the kettle with aged Scottish hops grown by the James Hutton Institute just outside of Dundee. The remainder was completely unhopped. The aged hop beer produced intense fruit and funk characteristics with a very subtle acidity, whilst the unhopped version was much more stone-fruit forward with a fuller acid profile. The blended result was packaged without any additional hops or fruit in order to showcase this mixed culture.
This beer was split between two fermenters, one part being hopped in the kettle with aged Scottish hops grown by the James Hutton Institute just outside of Dundee. The remainder was completely unhopped. The aged hop beer produced intense fruit and funk characteristics with a very subtle acidity, whilst the unhopped version was much more stone-fruit forward with a fuller acid profile. The blended result was packaged without any additional hops or fruit in order to showcase this mixed culture.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
375ml bottle pours out golden straw topped with a fizzy white head. Nose is odd pickles fruit funky. Taste is more of the odd funky notes fruit interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2022
at 03:43
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours hazy pale yellow with a spritzy white head. Aroma: zingy, apricot, peach, citrus peel, herbal, funk. Taste: dry, light tart, zingy, sherbet, apricot, peach, minerals, herbal, hay. Medium body with foamy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2022
at 21:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Craig. He procided me with some people will like this, some won't. The tasting group was split down the middle. Cloudy, pale golden with a small bubbly head. Funky floral aroma, herbaceous. taste adds a small amount of tartness, coming amidst a lot of sweet, fruity, floral, herbal flavors and lots of funk. It did grow on me after a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2022
at 23:48
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy yellow. Lots of vegetables, dill pickles, some funk, sourish-sweetish, graininess.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2022
at 19:35
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2021
at 14:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Star & Garter, Bromley. Hazy gold pour with a white head. Nose is apricot jam, lemon drops, mango, lime. Mouth puckering taste of lemon marmalade, apricot, gooseberry, lime, green apple. Light funk action(more Earth,Wind & Fire than Mandrill) Tart fruity finish.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2021
at 18:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml bottle Sophie's Beer Store, shared with Eric and Sophie. Pours a misty yellow, large white head. Dank, creamy mixed ferm character. Interesting fruity notes with a strange sweaty side. Different, but likeable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2021
at 22:39
8/10
Space Wizard - Geoff
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2021
at 22:57
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Beer Central Sheffield. Hazed vibrant gold. Thin and dense white foam. Looks boss. Nose has wet cardboard. Plastic. Rubber. Popcorn. Grim. Taste is also grim. Earthy and woody with wet paper and burnt plastic. Not much point going on, as this is obviously not right. Awful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2021
at 21:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - golden and hazy. Not much head. Nose - dank cucumber and slight woody undertone. Taste - wood and salad. Light nuts and green pepper. Palate - light bodied and long and lingering. Overall - complex and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2021
at 12:56