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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rami-pl

7
rami-pl (12989) ticked MIDAS from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago

Te brzoskwinki fajowe w uscie, dajace pelnie, ale w aromacie troszke pustawe o dziwo. Pyszka, ale europa > usa ;)

Tried from Draft at Muted Horn on 25 Sep 2020 at 18:30

poisoneddwarf

7
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Black Project Top Secret from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16 oz. Aroma is lacto, brett, grapes, old church pews. Pours hazy ruby red to salmon pink with a collapsing pinkish-white head. Taste is very wine-like and also seltzer-like. It's watery like you'd expect from a seltzer. Not even sure this should be rateable, because I don't see any information about this being beer at all, but it's the most interesting hard seltzer I've ever had by a thousand miles. A wild fermented drink with wine grapes that isn't beer and isn't wine? It's a crazy concept and it helps to elevate the insipid nature of what hard seltzers usually represent.

Tried from Can on 20 Sep 2020 at 05:47

deyholla

6.5
deyholla (22727) reviewed COMET from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Can. Pours a hazy red with a purple hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a jammy blueberry with a bit of sour cherry cutting through. Flavor has an earthy blueberry and cherry with a puckering acidic finish.

Tried from Can on 19 Sep 2020 at 03:07

tiong

8
tiong (21350) reviewed MIDAS from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

473ml can. Sour, dry and funky with some oak, nectarine, hints of peach and woody notes. Pretty good.

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2020 at 16:22

Hermod

7.8
Hermod (17967) reviewed MIDAS from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Canned. Thx Tiong. Poured light golden color. Funky notes, peach and mild yeasty notes. Dry fruits, wood, hint of vinegar throat dryness in finish.

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2020 at 16:22

VastActiv

7.1
VastActiv (16429) reviewed MIDAS from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can at Arde's residence, Helsinki. Thanks Tiong! Color is cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, peaches, sourness... nice!

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2020 at 16:21

djd07

7.9
djd07 (28882) reviewed Roswell - Grudge from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at Shelton Festival. Pours a dark ruby with small pinkish white head that lasts. The aroma is raspberry, wood, funk. Thin body, raspberry, light funk, nice tartness, enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2020 at 08:49

djd07

7.9
djd07 (28882) reviewed Roswell - MJ12 (Majestic 12) from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at Shelton Festival. Pours a cloudy purple with small pinkish head that lasts. The aroma is strong funk, berry, funk. Medium body, jammy berry, funky, light oak, nice tartness, enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2020 at 08:47

Marko

7
Marko (22181) reviewed MIDAS from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can, Goblet. Hazy golden-yellow. Subdued lacto-phenolic-peach aroma. Tart, simple peachy taste - Joris is on point with the unripe comment. Fairly tasty though,, but too simple and subdued.

Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2020 at 10:06

Hrabren

7.8
Hrabren (9642) reviewed MIDAS from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

1 pint can from Goblet Beer Store, Zagreb. Thanks Karlo and Marko for saving some for me to rate. Murky orange, minimal head. Slightly funky at first, yeasty, peach pit. Fruit appears, fresh peach, orange, peach piré juice. Quite sour, good balance, puckering. Sour unripe peach. Wonderfully sour, sharp citrusy and fruity. Soft texture, soft carbonation, light lasting finish.

Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2020 at 17:26

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