Nearly Home
Castle Brewery in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England 🏴
Collab with: Driftwood Spars BreweryFlemish Red / Bruin Regular
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Score
6.67
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Named after the infamous trees marking the gateway to Cornwall, this wild red ale has notes of raisin and stone fruits underpinned by a balanced sourness and light umami flavours.
Fermented using a wild culture of yeast and bacteria propagated from the bark of the Nearly Home Trees and barrel aged for 7 months.
Part of the Castle Brewery Native Series brewed in collaboration with Driftwood Spars Brewery.
The Native Series
The Native Series is a range of wild fermented beers created by Castle Brewery showcasing the flavours of locally foraged wild yeast to produce a unique flavour of Cornwall.
Food Pairing
Mushroom and truffle risotto
*Gluten Free
Produced using grains containing gluten. Independently Gluten tested to below 20ppm
Fermented using a wild culture of yeast and bacteria propagated from the bark of the Nearly Home Trees and barrel aged for 7 months.
Part of the Castle Brewery Native Series brewed in collaboration with Driftwood Spars Brewery.
The Native Series
The Native Series is a range of wild fermented beers created by Castle Brewery showcasing the flavours of locally foraged wild yeast to produce a unique flavour of Cornwall.
Food Pairing
Mushroom and truffle risotto
*Gluten Free
Produced using grains containing gluten. Independently Gluten tested to below 20ppm
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle. Nose is vinous, leaf, woody, slight balsamic. Taste is woody, very dry, brett, vegetables, leaf, leading to a dry peach and a woody, bretty finish with a light funk. Absolutely no sour notes at all in thisbottle 484/532.
Very thin.
A pleasant experiment,
Very thin.
A pleasant experiment,
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 22:12