Zintuki
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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Blending + Sour + Ninkasi
The art of blending has huge appreciation in the wine and whisky world but isn’t often talked about in terms of beer. Perhaps it’s considered a little too wild? Not for us.
Zintuki is Ninkasi’s younger, wilder sister (and goddess of food and dinner.) A perfect name for this blend of Ninkasi (our Celebratory beer made with a small amount of local apple juice) and Somerset Wild (a sour beer fermented using yeast and bacteria from local orchards).
A combination of the complexity and champagne spritziness of Ninkasi with the dry lemon acidic sharpness of Somerset Wild, gives a blend richly aromatic on the nose, refreshing on the tongue and deeply satisfying on the palate. Designed, and named, to be the perfect complement to food, this beer is heavenly with fish, chicken or cheese.
The art of blending has huge appreciation in the wine and whisky world but isn’t often talked about in terms of beer. Perhaps it’s considered a little too wild? Not for us.
Zintuki is Ninkasi’s younger, wilder sister (and goddess of food and dinner.) A perfect name for this blend of Ninkasi (our Celebratory beer made with a small amount of local apple juice) and Somerset Wild (a sour beer fermented using yeast and bacteria from local orchards).
A combination of the complexity and champagne spritziness of Ninkasi with the dry lemon acidic sharpness of Somerset Wild, gives a blend richly aromatic on the nose, refreshing on the tongue and deeply satisfying on the palate. Designed, and named, to be the perfect complement to food, this beer is heavenly with fish, chicken or cheese.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.33l bottle from Bottle Dogs. Why did my dictionary foresee this one? Strange stuff as I haven't had it before. Anyhow, this is a soft blurry yellow golden looking one with a nice little fading and lacing white filmy head. It ha a really different nose, hard to describe It's really citrus fresh and sour, sour soda pop with lots of fruits and limoncello. What is this? Never smelled anything like this before, and I really like it. It tastes more like a slightly sour wine not in a bad way though, but this is pretty much like drinking a white wine gone slightly sour and definitely wood tart. Nice and oily in the mouth and it's soft on the carbonation. Kinda apply in a way with traces of earthy fruits, gooseberry and white raspberries. Tastes actually quite nice after a few sips when you get over the massive wine. 23.10.2015
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2016
at 04:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Stas & Max. Yellow. Aroma of mild funk, fruitiness, a bit of cardboard, a vinous note, apples. Tart flavor, with mild funk, sweetish note, fruitiness, apples, vinous notes, and an alcoholic note. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2016
at 05:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Victoria, Birmingham. Poured a slightly hazy straw colour with a frothy long lasting white head. The aroma is acid citrus, light biscuit yeast. The flavour is moderate sour with a crisp light fruity light alcohol acid palate. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2016
at 14:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg @ In De Wildeman.Cloudy blonde color. Dense creamy white head with good retention. Aroma’s: sour, sour fruit, light brett-funk. Flavor is moderate sour, light sweet, a bit bretty, musty. Medium bodied. Finishes light bitter, light bretty.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2015
at 13:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Cloudy, yellow-ish golden colour with average, firm, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, snow-white head. Fruity, yeasty, tangy, minimally funky aroma, a dusty, yeasty touch, hints of salted lemon, gooseberry, slightly sweet doughy yeasty background, hints of loaf. Taste is spicily tartish, fruity, sweetish doughy yeasty counterpart, hints of lemon juice, unripe nectarine and apricot. Soft carbonation, smooth and soft palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2015
at 13:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at In de Wildeman. Hazy golden yellow colour, big white head. Aroma of lemons, tart, light funky, Brettanomyces, some infection stuff. Flavour is light sweet, floral, lemons, funk, tartness, acid, tart finish. Light to medium bodied. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2015
at 06:20
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at In de Wildeman. Hazy, straw yellow with a medium large, foamy, white head. Slightly funky, sourish-fruity aroma of lemon, gooseberry and oak. Slightly funky, sourish-fruity taste of lemon, gooseberry, oak and brett, followed by a short, tart finish. Medium body, slightly fizzy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2015
at 15:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Queen’s Head, Kings Cross WC1. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity weak sour citrus aroma. Fruity malty sour tart caramel flavor with hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty sour tart finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2015
at 11:37