Bliss
Wild Beer Co in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.46
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Secret Spices + Roasted Apricots + Wild Yeast
We love nothing better than Belgian-style saison but with this blissful version we’ve added our own Wild interpretation of the style by adding a dash of funky Brettanomyces yeast plus roasted apricots and a hush-hush blend of spices. All of this makes for an extraordinary beer with an array of aromas that leap out of the glass followed by a spicy, fruity, tart and peppery palate and a long lingering finish.
Bliss can be drunk fresh or left to age when it becomes drier and more complex as the Brett (the yeast not our brewer!) gets to work in the bottle. This is the sort of beer where study and contemplation is essential.
50kg of roasted apricots went into the boil with more added to the fermentor as well as our blend of spices.
We love nothing better than Belgian-style saison but with this blissful version we’ve added our own Wild interpretation of the style by adding a dash of funky Brettanomyces yeast plus roasted apricots and a hush-hush blend of spices. All of this makes for an extraordinary beer with an array of aromas that leap out of the glass followed by a spicy, fruity, tart and peppery palate and a long lingering finish.
Bliss can be drunk fresh or left to age when it becomes drier and more complex as the Brett (the yeast not our brewer!) gets to work in the bottle. This is the sort of beer where study and contemplation is essential.
50kg of roasted apricots went into the boil with more added to the fermentor as well as our blend of spices.
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5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle, Hippo Beers, Glasgow. Very murky burnt orange pour with a mid range tan head. Yeast, brown sugar, nutmeg and spice in the aroma. .Flavour began sour with more yeast and spice leading to some apricot notes and rather lacklustre bitterness in the finish. Carbonation too lively. Somehow muddled and not really my idea of bliss...
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2013
at 13:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Corks of Cotham, Bristol. Lively pour, with a thick creamy head, plenty of carbonation, and a hazy, deep orange colour. Stone fruit, yeast and toffee aroma. Flavours of caramel, spice and beery fruits, with a yeast, dryish finish. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 08:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
bottle at home ... murky brown ... thin tan head ... soft fruits ... sweet apricot ... and definite funk nose... way to fizzy ... soft fruits ... probably apricot ... but fizz destroying lots of favour just leaving the unpleasent funk
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2012
at 12:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the Old Red Cow, London. Pours a fairly murky brown, effervescent, with a tight, lasting beige cream head. Aroma is all wintery spices, prominent cinnamon, with some firm brown bread as well. Medium sweet flavor continues with the winter spices, along with some lightly tangy fruits, toasty bread, perhaps some ripe citrus. Medium bodied with hyperactive, expands-your-mouth carbonation. Fairly sweet finish, some lightly toasted, bready malts, hints of spicy cinnamon, light yeast, mild zippy lemon, subtle earthy bitterness. A nicely nuanced beer.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2012
at 11:05