Wild Child: Blueberry
The Alchemist in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series|
Score
6.77
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A few years ago, we started up the barrel program again at The Alchemist. It is a very modest assortment totaling about 30 barrels of varying pedigree. We brew the beers and inoculate them with the bacterial cultures found in some of my favorite examples of the style.
The goal of this program is to occasionally produce some wonderful creations that I find myself compelled to share ,while at the , keeping the whole process fun. These releases will be different every time, and who knows when the next one will be ready.
You are holding a blend that I have deemed worthy of your attention. This sour blond ale was aged between one to three years in oak, and another six months in the bottle.
Prior to bottling it spent a few weeks on 200 pounds of fresh Vermont Blueberries from Sam Mazza's farm.
Wild Child originated as an homage to our then three year old son, Charlie. He is 16 now, and as wild as ever. I hope you enjoy this delightful treat in the company of friends.
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Wild Child: Blueberry from The Alchemist 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
375mL bottled December 17, 2021. Drunk at the brewery, 1/18/24. Clear blueberry juice with a pinkish head sitting at cover. Spicy, peppery, authentic blueberry with mild lactic and Brett, well-aged and nothing sharp here. Juicy, tart, aromatic, really lovely blueberry expression. Oak is strong in the background. Tart, turning lightly sour with huge blueberry acidity, juice and spice. Wow, that's a shit ton of blueberry...still a touch of acetic character sharpening things, but mostly blueberry, malt and lactic acidity. Very juicy, flavorful, intense. Interesting to use such a high gravity base, but it mostly works. Could probably use another year in barrel and/or bottle, honestly. Just too much acetic, more emerging as it breathes and warms...