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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Bytemesis

7.2
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Oxcart from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Thanks Matt! Pours clear golden, minimal head. Aroma is hay, funk, bugs, horse blanket. Flavor is quite tart, medium funk. Light body.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2021 at 02:32

allinthenameofbeer

7
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked Orion from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago

I wonder if these cans are still a spontaneous and wild base, nice jolly rancher vibes, sour and tart fosho.

Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2021 at 22:06

explosivedog

7.1
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Grizzly from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can, at share, thanks to Chris or Ryan. Pours yellow. Funk, peach, tangerine, berry, acid. Medium body. Decent.

Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2021 at 17:20

explosivedog

7.4
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Adder from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can, courtesy of mansquito. Pours gold. Mango, pineapple, tart, berry, little puckering sourness at the end. Medium body. Good.

Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2021 at 02:36

BoiseBrewBlog

7
BoiseBrewBlog (9108) reviewed Helix from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16 oz cab slightly hazy rose color with a quick lively light pink head. Intense sour lemon and berry aroma and flavor. Quite tart. Lots of sour berry flavors.

Tried on 18 Mar 2021 at 03:20

Cunningham

7.4
Cunningham (15598) reviewed Supercruise: Cabernet Sauvignon from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Nice tasty beer Clear red pour in the glass and a small head Good intensity in the aroma Pleasant acidity and a dry ending Fine carbonation level Lots of red fruits here. Also grapes I believe and some oak [Bottle at Skur 4 in Drammen, Norway]

Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2021 at 15:39

Rennat42

6.9
Rennat42 (5616) reviewed Archangel from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. A- Subtle melon, tangy, tropical citrus. A- Yellow color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Pineapple, funk, acidic, lemon juice, tangy. P- Light body, prickly texture, average carbonation, acidic finish. O- Very acidic but not unexpected. I do get some fresh melon on the nose and a nice pineapple note. The taste forgoes the melon and focuses on the overripe pineapple with a very strong lemon acidity. A refreshing beer but perhaps a bit heartburn inducing as well.

Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2021 at 00:54

Mansquito

7.4
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Adder from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can: pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is mango, hefty but of funk, but did not really get much pomegranate. Taste is sour, pretty fruity, not too acidic. Some sweetness. Good.

Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2021 at 03:49

poisoneddwarf

7.8
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Spirit from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

16 oz. Aroma is raspberry, peach, matchsticks. Pours hazy ruby red with no head. Taste is highly sour (9/10), finishing dry. Carbonation is pretty soft. Damn good.

Tried from Can on 20 Feb 2021 at 03:41

explosivedog

7.4
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Wiretap from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Pours yellow. Vanilla, passionfruit, papaya, guava, custard. Spritzy. Good.

Tried from Can on 05 Feb 2021 at 04:06

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