Ophelia
HenkeBier in Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.97
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Ophelia is a blend of two Dutch gerstes macerated on white Ophelia peaches for a couple of months before being bottled on the 5th of November, 2021.
I really enjoyed my first white peach beer, so I wanted to try and recreate it, and make it better at the same time. In my opinion the peach aroma was absolutely awesome, but it was a tad too sour and had no head retention. Time to try and improve that!
I decided to blend two beers with a moderate acidity, since the Ophelia peaches I chose were quite acidic and would expectedly add quite a lot of acidity to the beer.
The two oak fermented and aged gerstes that were blended together have an average maturation time of 15 months, one of 19 months and one of 11 months old. The older one was quite funky, while the younger one was pretty smooth. Both had moderate levels of acidity. They were blended together before macerating on the white peaches.
I really enjoyed my first white peach beer, so I wanted to try and recreate it, and make it better at the same time. In my opinion the peach aroma was absolutely awesome, but it was a tad too sour and had no head retention. Time to try and improve that!
I decided to blend two beers with a moderate acidity, since the Ophelia peaches I chose were quite acidic and would expectedly add quite a lot of acidity to the beer.
The two oak fermented and aged gerstes that were blended together have an average maturation time of 15 months, one of 19 months and one of 11 months old. The older one was quite funky, while the younger one was pretty smooth. Both had moderate levels of acidity. They were blended together before macerating on the white peaches.
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7.8
EvNa (6056) reviewed Ophelia from HenkeBier 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 2021. Color: Hazy orangish yellow, white head. Aroma: Sweet and tart, horse manure funk, fruity peach. Taste: Over moderate tart, horseblanket and farmyard funk notes, oak wood, fruity peach, peach skin. Tannins, dry mouthfeel. Very light sweet and bitter. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Nice and refreshing Wild Ale on a sunny afternoon at the garden terrace.
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on 13 Mar 2022
at 14:43