Hedgerow Sour - Blackberry + Nettle
Little Earth Project in Sudbury, Suffolk, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.85
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Last year our cellar of sour beers included a ruby coloured un-hopped beer that had produced a distinctively high level of acidity after several months in oak. Nettles were added in the early stages to add an extra dimension to its flavour profile. In the late summer of 2016 we added local Blackberries picked along the Suffolk lanes close to the brewery. These were added directly to the barrels as we thought the sharp fruity flavours would enhance this already mouth puckering beer. The extra sugars in the fruit prolonged the fermentation another 5 months, added a purple hue and subtle but detectable blackberry jam note. Be warned this beer is VERY SOUR!
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3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bottle. Bar Stewards, Sheffield. Opened without a noise. Pours a flat looking, dark copper colour. No head. Nose has cardboard. Red wine vinegar. Rotten berry fruit. Some phenols. Taste is tart, and sour. Drying and acidic on the palate. Almost flat. Sharp sour finish. No enjoyment to be had from this whatsoever. Down the sink it goes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2019
at 18:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ #MBCF19 - Day 3 🧙🍻🇬🇧, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2019 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Little Earth Project Hedgerow Sour (Blackberry and Nettle) ].
ABV: 4.7%. Cloudy - hazy medium red amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, tart, blackberry, berries. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, blackberry, berries, light vinegar. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190125]
7-3-7-3-13
Tried
on 25 Jan 2019
at 14:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at appellation. Pours murky orange, nose is funky, berries, balsamic, wood, taste is jammy, quite sour, tart, oak, light sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2019
at 18:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the Beer Cave. Appearance - deep red brown. Not much head. Nose - blackberry and a green note, which could be nettle. Taste - more blackberry and plum. Palate - light bodied and tangy. Long, tangy finish. Overall - good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2019
at 14:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Leighton's pad thanks to Dirty D. It pours deep brown with a small beige head. The aroma is earthy, yet sweet, tangy, sugary, sour candy, bramble and some green veg. The taste is crisp, dry, decent mouth - pucker, sherbet, granny smith apple, lemon sherbet, bramble and light greenness. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Pretty interesting stuff. Works alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2018
at 18:18
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at Leighton's place 20/06/2018. Many thanks. A light hazed red amber coloured pour with ahalo of beige. Aroma is woody earthy, super horse funk, brown sugar, plum. Flavour is composed of woody, brown sugar, meaty funk, light smoke, . Palate is tangy, acidic, pineapple, funk lacto. vinea=grar. Palate si acid, highisgh carboantion. Terrible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2018
at 20:11
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3
20th June 2018
Bodney towers bottleshare. Thanks to Osprey. Hazy amber - brown beer, no head. Super dry palate, thin. Tart lemon acid. Some ripe fruits. Dry tart finish. Bloody hard work.
Bodney towers bottleshare. Thanks to Osprey. Hazy amber - brown beer, no head. Super dry palate, thin. Tart lemon acid. Some ripe fruits. Dry tart finish. Bloody hard work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2018
at 20:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in Hackney - "thanks" to Danny. Pours clear copper with minimal head. Tangy berries in the nose, salt, bread, lemon. Light sweet flavourbwith sturdy acidity, some grape, tart berries, salty bite, more citric notes. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Quenching finish, more grapes, tart berries, strong acidity. Not bad overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2018
at 20:29
6/10
Tried
on 20 Jun 2018
at 20:29