Damascene - 2023

Crossover Blendery in Weston, Hertfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production

Score

7.27

ABV: 6.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 7

Process: A blend of 1, 2 and 3 year old golden ales brewed with malted barley and raw wheat. Spontaneously fermented and aged in neutral French oak barrels. Refermented on Damascene damsons grown in Worcestershire.

Conditioning: Packaged with a small amount of priming sugar for natural carbonation in the bottle. We do not add yeast at this point, or at any point in the process. Bottles laid to rest on their sides and conditioned until release.

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eurosoba (18828) ticked Damascene - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 1 month ago

Tried at home

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2026 at 00:00

Fergus (31537) reviewed Damascene - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 10 months ago

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

Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to me. Aroma is nice Dark smokey cheery. Flavour is composed of Dark fruit spicy cherry, salty. Nice funky, ribena tart cheery, woody stave, tangy. Palate is Highish carbonation.

Tried on 01 May 2025 at 21:22

7.6

Leighton (35102) ticked Damascene - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 11 months ago

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

Nicely tart, salty berries, sturdy acidity, some woody dryness. Sound.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2025 at 20:41

6.8

madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Damascene - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 11 months ago

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

9th April 2025
Bottleshare at CBJ, thanks to Fergus for the bottle. A mild haze on this amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth and semi dry palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Tart ripe fruits, slightly sour. Airy and semi dry finish. Fine.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2025 at 20:35