Wild Beer Co Beyond Modus - VII (2020)

Beyond Modus - VII (2020)

 

Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Flemish Red / Bruin Series
Score
7.11
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 12 Ticks: 5
To go “Beyond Modus” for this year we have added in barrels of sour cherry beer. Our favourite character of Modus Operandi is the beautiful notes of cherry pie, we thought amplifying this flavour would be a fun direction to take this year’s project.

For the cherry beer, the cherries were freshly picked for us direct from the farm, then de-stemmed and hand crushed at the brewery. By infusing 1.5 tonnes of whole cherries, it delivered a briskly tart and fruity beer with a hint of almond to finish.
We then set about blending barrels of Modus Operandi with barrels of our cherry beer, ending up with a 75/25 split of Modus Operandi / Cherry. The result is an amalgamation of complexities and layers from the variety of different barrels used, with the cherries bringing a punchy juiciness and a succulence to finish.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle - Pours a hazy mahogany brown colour with an average sized fizzy tan head that quickly disappeared. The aroma is cherry, balsamic, and wood with some chocolate notes. A tart fruity taste, vinegar, cherry, lactic and woody flavours with a drying and fruity sour finish.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2023 at 18:12


7

Hapu, marjane, puuviljane, nats happeline, kuiv. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2023 at 00:24


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

Bottle from Helen and Paul. . nearly black beer. lasting tan head. Smells of Flemish Red sour good sweet malt. some sourness. Good cherry and plum flavour. that's lovely. really good. one of my favourite styles. sour.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2022 at 20:23


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy amber. Oak, funk, cellar, vinegar, sour, a bit of caramel. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2021 at 16:33


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

Bottle courtesy of SimonTomlinson via one of the EU2019 trades. Labeled Modus Operandi, but same brewer, ABV and description. Deep auburn with a frothy head that soon fizzes away. Big oak aroma. Underneath.. cherries and toffee. Taste has a mild, oak bitterness up front, turning abruptly tart and then sour. Underneath the whole time is a caramel sweetness. Rich and flavorful. Medium to full bodied, moderate carbonation. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2020 at 18:04