Wild Creatures

Microbrewery in Mikulov, South Moravian Region, Czechia 🇨🇿
Associated Venue: Unique Beer - Wild Creatures & Kristýna Sklep & Taproom - Out of business

Established in 2016

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Venušina 1804/1, Mikulov, 692 01, Czechia
Description
Spontaneous fermentation was on the beginning of beer history. It can be found in just a handful of breweries. This beer style is unique. Come and taste the forgotten flavors with us!

Wild Creatures is an experimental brewery from Mikulov, founded by Jitka Ilčíková. All their beers are fermented in a purely natural way, without the addition of yeast. Jitka gradually discovers the charms and insidiousness of wild spontaneous fermentation. Coming from a wine region and also having a small family winery, she can combine fermentation with different varieties of wine and other fruits to create imaginative taste creations that must find their way to your taste buds.

At first, the brewery produced beers for the foreign market and they collected awards around the world, and only with the advent of the pandemic did they think about production for the domestic market and started bottling in luxurious bottles.

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8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 9
Huge flamingo head over clear, burgundy red beer. Intense fruitnose with cassis and cypress, other red fruit, green leaves, cilandro. Sour, lactic acid, jumble of fruitesters - here more red- than blackcurrant, which returns stronger in the finish; again all fruit beautifully integrated in the beer. Wood retronasal, and a special kind of wood (cedar? cypress?), finally something earthy as beetroot. Lipsmacking acidity, not really light body, as the fruit fills in in force. And yet another amazing beer, overwhelming. Both tasters wonder about the basic beer, would be tantalizing to compare.
Tried from Bottle from Billie’s Bottle Shop on 07 Feb 2021 at 09:41

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Color: Hazy dark purplish red, pink head. Aroma: Tart, funky, subtle fruity blackcurrant. Taste: Moderate to over moderate tart, moderate sweet, farmyard and lightly leathery funk, fruity red-and blackcurrant. Subtle wood notes. Very lightly vinuous. Quite smooth and dense, almost creamy mouthfeel. Dry. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Long lasing finish. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2021 at 18:52

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9.5 Texture 9 Overall 9
Small off-pink head with a creamy hue, fast gone over deep, veiled cardinal-red beer. End of bottle serious deposit. Vinous nose with hints of red fruit (cherry, raspberry, redcurrant...) Also musk, old velvet, wild yeasts. Very complex nose. Deep, deep complex grapes and red fruit flavours. Vinous, not just amazingly complex but also harmonious, balanced integration of the fruit with the beer. Some acidthinning, yet a light velvety feel, as from grapeskins. Very good carbonation. Wow. What a beer! Jitka, love you for making this.
Tried from Bottle from Billie’s Bottle Shop on 31 Jan 2021 at 09:21

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Huge pink head, fast gone over veiled raspberry-red beer. Point of acetic acid, very fleetingly putty, and then... raspberries - lots of them. Solvent/putty for a short start, then whole, almost overripe red fruit. Lactic acid and again a pinch of acetic. The fruit grows whilst drinking, not forceful, but delicate, deepening, as from rained upon berries. Aftertaste is fruity, and fleeting finally. Sharp acidity, acidthinning, good if invisible carbonation, fruitslick. Haunting, great and REAL. Beer deserves to be served not too cold, despite its character. Thanks to Stef!
Tried from Bottle from Billie’s Bottle Shop on 31 Jan 2021 at 09:07

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Bit hazy orangish golden to amber, very thin fast disappearing white head. A lot of tiny carbonation bubbles going to the top of the glass. Sizzling. Aroma: Fruity tart grapes, grape sugar and some wild yeast funk. Taste: Fruity sweetish and tart, acidic grapes, grape sugar, some grapeskin, wood and tannins, funky wild yeast. Medium to just over medium body, average carbonation. Long lasting fruity finish. Dry-ish mouthfeel. Moderate sweet and tart, with some over moderate tart vinegar notes. Quite a lot of carbonation for this kind of wild beer, getting somewhat less (and better in my opinion) when standing longer. Overall a nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2021 at 20:30

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Color: Dark red, purple-ish. Lightly pink head. Aroma: Grapes, tannins, vinuous, tart. Taste: Over moderate to medium tart, vinegar notes, fruity grapes, some grapeskin and wood. Tannins. Dry mouthfeel, especially at finish. Some wild yeast funk. Light to moderate sweet, light bitterness. Smooth and quite dense, lightly creamy mouthfeel. Over medium body, just below average carbonation. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2021 at 19:48

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Huge thanks Motelpogo! Hazy orange body, almost no head. The aroma is fairly classic Wild Creatures, wild, glue, some mild fruity notes, solid, but not thrilling. The taste, however, is quite nice - lean, fresh taste, grapes, light acetic acid, well integrated funk. Quite tasty really, I'd almost say sessionable really. Good stuff.
Tried on 28 Dec 2020 at 18:00

4/10
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Tried from Draft on 26 Dec 2020 at 15:18

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle pour @ Lya. Misty peachy golden body, white head. Glue, honey, light funk, some rhubarb? Odd but works. Tart, juicy, lean, funky enough, can't say I'd clearly pick out rhubarb but there's something fruity, sweetish maybe in the background behind the funk, working some pretty good magic. The character gets a bit gluey at times, but this works, by all means.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2020 at 19:54

8/10
Tried on 03 Dec 2020 at 18:22