6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle pour at The Barrel Project, pours a deep dark mahogany with a tiny head. Aroma has plenty of leather, oak, wild yeast, and a touch of musty dark fruit skins. Flavour is oaky and leathery, with plenty of bugs, moderate acidity, some earthiness, and a hint of fruit skins. A bit flat — maybe this bottle has been opened too long, as the carb seems dulled. Good but perhaps not in optimal shape, or else just under-carbed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2024
at 16:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour at The Barrel Project, pours a hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma is full of deep, complex red grape skins, plenty of bugs, and oak — very cohesive. Flavour is more of the same, with a very deep, tannic, musty red grape skin character that combines beautifully with the wild yeast. Buggy, vinous and oaky. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2024
at 16:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour at The Barrel Project, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is full of pungent elderflower that complements the bugs nicely, accentuated by gentle oak. Flavour is buggy and floral, with a real nice elderflower expression, complex bugs, and a touch of oak. Smooth and cohesive. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Feb 2024
at 16:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Barrel Project, pours a hazy dull golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out plenty of floral hops, citrus, acidity and oak. Flavour is less buggy than the Rakau & Montere, with dry floral, citrusy hops, mixed bugs, and light oak. Soft, acidic and buggy finish. It's alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Feb 2024
at 16:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Barrel Project, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out strong, floral, citrusy hops, with loads of wild bugs and oak in good cohesion. Flavour is tart and hoppy, with lots of wild bugs, moderate acidity, and oak. Balanced well, though maybe a touch acidic. It's alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Feb 2024
at 16:25
8/10
Funky, coffee, tart
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2024
at 22:06
8/10
Funky, dry, and I love it!
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2024
at 20:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Minimally milky, dark brown colour with ruby shimmer and small, bubbly, fading, minimally lacing, off-white head. Fruity, mildly funky and woody aroma, notes of dark fruit, prune, blackberry, blackcurrant, hints of oak, a touch of morello, whiffs of vanilla. Taste is sour, fruity, slightly tangy and woody, notes of unripe bramble, blackcurrant, some oak, morello, a touch of vinegar. Slightly oily texture, astringent and slightly dry, simultaneously minimally greasy palate, fine, scattered, mildly prickly carbonation. Fairly balanced, sour but not too sour, slightly restrained complexity - better than just nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2024
at 20:11
7/10
Floral, tart, sharp, a bit funky
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2023
at 21:26
8/10
Tart, plum, nice balance, quite a fan of this one!
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2023
at 20:58