Blackcurrant
Mills Brewing in Thrupp, Gloucestershire, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.83
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Part of a set of five fruited beers produced in tiny batches. Each fruit was placed into a firkin and topped up with Running Beer (Blend 7). The beer refermented on the fruit for 5 months, before maturing in bottle for a further 6 months.
For the ‘Blackcurrant’ version, organic Herefordshire grown blackcurrants have produced a concentrated jammy beer with, quite frankly, well O.T.T. acidity. One for the sour-heads. All round a very intense beer.
For the ‘Blackcurrant’ version, organic Herefordshire grown blackcurrants have produced a concentrated jammy beer with, quite frankly, well O.T.T. acidity. One for the sour-heads. All round a very intense beer.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Cloin's - cheers team! Pours opaque red with a creamy, pink head. Moderately sweet, pretty dense flavours, nice jammy blackcurrant, decent tartness. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Pretty clean, lightly acidic finish, further jammy blackcurrant. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2023
at 22:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Mills fruited share round 4. Pours opaque dark purple with a pink head. Aroma: tangy ripe blackcurrants pulp, earthy, straw, oak, plenty of brett funk. Taste: clean, tart, dry, dark berry yoghurt/sherbet, funk, oak, more brett. Medium+ body with spritzy carbonation. The funkiest of the 4 we sampled (had no quince bottle).
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2021
at 20:32
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared round Dan and Megan’s gaff, provided by Kieran. Cheers boss. Deep purple with a well lasting pale pink foam. Nose has intense, ripe blackcurrant pulp and seed. Funk and oak. Clean, lemony brett. Some mineral. Mouthwatering. Taste is clean and tart, with a nice balance of fruit sweetness. Mouthfeel is stunning, feeling foamy, soft and quenching. Blackcurrant and lemony brett tartness to finish. Awesome beer that I’d love to try again one day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 09:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle split at the Grand Reunion Tasting at MM, group purchase , 20/05/21. Ribena red with a crimson cap. Nose is tangy blackcurrant, funk, earthy, hay bale, hedgerow, damp straw, berry pips. Taste comprises blackcurrant yoghurt, dusty straw, funk, barnyard notes, dry rot, red berry pips. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying edge to the close. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2021
at 14:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at Hazlemere tasting. Pours red with a decent pink head. Taste is fresh red Berry, jammy red fruit, funk. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2021
at 18:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at Colin's place. Group purchase. An attractive plummy red purple coloured pour with a loose pink head. Aroma is tart dungy, funky white grape, woody berries, horsey brett, funk,. Flavour is composed of tart, woodland berry, tangy berries, acai. Cranberry.. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, tart, highish carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2021
at 17:58