Obsidian - 2021

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

Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production

Score

7.30

ABV: 6.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 15

Process : Pale wheat beer spontaneously fermented and aged for 10 months in neutral french oak barrels. The beer was moved onto whole Ben Gairn blackcurrants which came from Maynards Fruit Farm in East Sussex. Once refermentation had commenced, we punched the fruit cap down daily for around 2 weeks. The beer was on fruit for 4 months before blending and packaging.

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 side and conditioned until release.

Notes: Dark, reddy purple in appearance with voluminous pink head. Wonderfully fruit-forward in both aroma and taste. It is rich, and juicy, and fresh - a real homage to the blackcurrants used from that season. Bold minerality. Earthy finish.

Ingredients: Malted barley (pilsner), malted wheat, raw wheat, aged hops (whole leaf fuggles & whole leaf strisselspalt), blackcurrants (ben gairn), water.

Brewing season: 2019/2020

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6.6

Garrold (11335) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Via the online shop I think. Deep purple with a slim pink foam. Nose has blackcurrants. Light oak. Yoghurt. Bit of plastic. Taste is dry and lightly tart with a bit of a burnt plastic bitterness. Jaggedy on the palate. Foamy carbonation. Short dry finish. Doesn’t do it for me. Missus walloped it though. So there’s that.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2022 at 21:33

7.4

McCash (15986) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 3 years ago

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

Bottle at Lost In Leith. Appearance - maroon, red with a pinkish white head. Nose - blackcurrant, blackberry and funk. Taste - more blackberry and blackcurrant. Funk, citrus and tart notes lurking. Palate - light to medium bodied, tart and fairly persistent finish. Overall - yep, good!

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2022 at 21:12

7.1

Grumbo (24130) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

4/12/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of SHIG. Pours cloudy purple maroon with minimal head. Aroma of blackcurrant, berries, funk, wood, jelly jam. Moderate sweetness, tartness and body. Watery texture, soft carbonation. Good, though a little thin.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2021 at 17:22

7.4

BeardedAvenger (8926) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Leighton at Hazlemere tasting. Aroma is vinous with a berry tang and a spiced streak. Opaque purple. Creamy violet head. Fruity... I mean berryish. Funk. Sherbert. Light. Thin. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2021 at 22:03

SHIG (13859) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago

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

Bottle shared by Leighton at SHIG Crashes the Bottle Share at Hazlemere: Poured a maroon reddish with a pink head. Aroma is currant, berries, pungent, fruit. Taste is fruity, currant, tart, funky.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2021 at 12:08

8.1

Fergus (31281) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared at high Wycombe tasting. Thanks to Leighton for this one. A light hazed plummy red coloured pour with a lasting vibrant pink froth. Aroma is floral, salty blackberry, vanilla, light plastic, oak. Jammy fruit. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light sour, nice, mixed red berries, herby,, delicate, spicy funk. Light sour. Palate is semi sweet, mellow sour, salt, frothy carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2021 at 13:58

Leighton (34888) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago

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

Bottle shared in Hazlemere - picked up from BMT. Pours deep purple-red with a creamy, pink. Lightly sweet with tart blackcurrants, a little musty funk, grapes, stable acidity. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Quenching finish, drying, more bright and fresh and tart berries. Quite good.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2021 at 13:46

7.9

Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago

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

Bottle, split at the Hazlemere Movember and chops tasting, thanks to LKS 12/11/21. Cherry red with a good sized crimson head that stays for the show. Nose is sharp cherries, hay bale, funk, light perfume, berry pips, cherry stones. Taste comprises cherry skins, funk, grass, herb, berry fruit compote. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow tang. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2021 at 13:45

WingmanWillis (38005) ticked Obsidian - 2021 from Crossover Blendery 4 years ago

Tried on 12 Nov 2021 at 13:42