Floodland Brewing Chardonnay - MMXXII

Chardonnay - MMXXII

 

Floodland Brewing in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production
Score
7.60
ABV: 8.69% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Blend of barrel-aged saison refermented on (practicing organic) Chardonnay from French Creek Vineyard.

This 2022 harvest beer was made through a native fermentation of Chardonnay grapes from French Creek Vineyard on the slopes of the Yakima River. The whole cluster grapes were crushed by foot and kept in contact with the skins for some time before being pressed and then blended with aged wheat saison, spelt saison, and saison brewed with wheat and oats. The beer fermented and aged in puncheon over vintage.

This beer was refermented to condition in the bottle.

Bottled 11/02/2023
 

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8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

750mL bottle. Pours murky yellow with very thin white head. Aroma has oak, Brett funk, bugs. Flavour has oak, grapes, bugs, funk. Complex palate and very enjoyable to drink.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2024 at 04:02


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Pale and hazy, with no head. Somewhat dullish. The aroma has a lot of chardonnay, light brett. On the palate, fresh saison base, lots of brett, big chardonnay, and that juiciness comes through in the finish. Excellent.

Tried on 26 Sep 2024 at 03:55


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

750mL bottle, pours a cloudy bright golden with a small white head. Aroma has a nice bugginess to it, plenty of white wine chardonnay, and oaky tannins. Flavour has tons of white wine, almost with a bit of white grape juice, gentle tannins, and oak. Finishes somewhat tannic, with more residual sweetness than I recall from the previous Chardonnay releases. Excellent as usual.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2024 at 03:54


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazy yellow gold with small white head. Chardonnay must, spelty saison, on par with the Chardonnay MMXX. Decent. Not a big Chardonnay grape fan, full disclosure.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2024 at 03:53


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml (thx, Josh!) @ Sales Force. Appearance: hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: very nice grape character accompanied with funk and rustic notes. A bit farty. Taste: along the same lines, lots of grapes, some tannins, oak. Bold. Overall: nice one.

Tried on 26 Sep 2024 at 03:52