Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales

Microbrewery in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales - Out of business

Established in 2014

Out of business

Contact
1290 S Broadway A51, Denver, CO, 80210, United States
+1(720) 900-5551
topsecret@blackprojectbeer.com
Description
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales is the passion project of James Howat, owner, brewer, and blender; of what was formerly Former Future Brewing Company. The brewery began production in January 2014 and won two bronze medals and one silver medal for their coolship ales (Category: Experimental, Subcategory: Wild Ales) at The Great American Beer Festival in 2014, 2015, and 2017. In 2016, Black Project expanded production with a small addition to the property which allowed for the expansion of their barrel program. This allowed the brewery to evolve from Former Future Brewing Company to only serving Black Project beers.

Every Black Project beer is fermented with microbes captured from the local environment via a coolship or foraged from nature. We believe this creates a beer that is unrivaled in complexity. Our beers are intended to have a sense of place, or terroir. No matter how hard one tried to, our beer cannot be replicated outside of our brewery. In fact, our microbe cultures are purposefully allowed to evolve from batch to batch, creating variations and interesting twists from different releases of the same beer.

We are meticulous about designing recipes and processes that will allow nature to take over and create beers unrivaled in their beauty and complexity. Through experimentation and research, we are continuously developing new and different techniques for use with wild and spontaneous fermentation.

We are not and do not have any intention of being a Lambic brewery. We use science and experimentation to find which processes and ingredients we want and often use that in parallel to traditional Lambic producers, however, we maintain no strict adherence to tradition for tradition's sake. While we do craft several of our beers with strict adherence to traditional Belgian processes, these beers are not and should not be called "Lambic" and "Gueuze," as we are outside of the Pajottenland region of Belgium. Instead they themselves are a form of experimentation with local terroir. Spontaneous fermentation is merely a starting point and core of many of our beers, from there our research and development extends much beyond the scope of the great Belgian brewers and blenders.

We hope you enjoy our beers

James Howat
Founder | Brewer | Blender
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TimE

7.8
TimE (11146) reviewed Shadow Factory: Blackberry / Raspberry from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Inky purple color. Fruit character doesnt jump out as much as anticipated in the nose, but certainly raspberry and blackberries are there. However the mouth is excellent, great fruit character, just the right amount of oak. Modestly dry with underlying sweetness, but dominated with aggressive sourness. Nice raspberry and oak finish. Loved the backend of this beer.

Tried on 09 Jun 2021 at 12:38

allinthenameofbeer

8
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked Grizzly from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago

Mild funky peach soda, damn bubbly but sweet.

Tried from Can on 06 Jun 2021 at 18:36

allinthenameofbeer

8
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked STARGATE: Redhaven (2018) from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago

FLM, sheesh remember black project?

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2021 at 11:03

kangareuben

7.5
kangareuben (5049) ticked Blackjack from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago

Tried from Can on 26 May 2021 at 20:04

djd07

8.2
djd07 (28882) reviewed Tasting Notes from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Mark. Pours a cloudy gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is strong stone fruit, oak, funk, grass. Slick body, funky, peach flesh, oak, nice tartness, enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2021 at 22:56

Bytemesis

7
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Thor from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours clear reddish hazel, small fizzy beige head, dissipates quickly to wispy lacing. Aroma is tannic, stone fruit, varnish, wood. Flavor is medium plus tart, medium funk, faded fruit. Merlin body.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2021 at 02:47

gtaegeek

7.6
gtaegeek (6356) reviewed Puzzle Palace from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Taste from a magnum at a share. Pours a hazy, yellow color with a big, frothy, off-white head. The nose is lemon zest, light attic funk, green apples, and oaked chardonnay. Dry and quite tart and acidic. Simple, clean, and quality.

Tried on 10 May 2021 at 16:17

djd07

7
djd07 (28882) reviewed Magic Lantern: Peach / Apricot / Mango from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at MBCC Green Session. Pours a hazy yellow with medium white head. The aroma is citrus, mango, wheat. Thin body, peach, lemon zest, mango, wheat, nice tartness, very good.

Tried from Draft on 01 May 2021 at 05:27

Buckeyeboy

7.9
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Cygnus: Brandy Barrel Aged (Blend B) from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle pours out pink red color topped with a pink head. Nose is nice cherries funky tart notes and some brandy barrel notes. Taste is more of the cherries upfront funky tart notes and that barrel.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2021 at 00:56

djd07

6.6
djd07 (28882) reviewed Cloudmaster from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at MBCC Green Session. Pours a hazy gold with small white head. The aroma is lemon zest and straw. Thin body, citrus, wheat, light tartness, good.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2021 at 14:03

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