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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sjogro

7.5
sjogro (11801) reviewed Mach-Limit: Cabernet Sauvignon from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sampled from svartvit, thanks! Foeders Vivre Lambic event. Clear ruby with no head. Sour grain, grapes, red wine. Moderate sour. Medium body and low carbonation.

Tried on 30 Sep 2018 at 16:12

sjogro

7.5
sjogro (11801) reviewed Montauk from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

At Foeders. Thanks 🙏 svartvit ♠️ Golden with no head. Sour grain and goaty funk. Light sweet and moderate sour, pissy. Medium body and low carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of MONTAUK on 09 Oct 2018 at 14:34 - Score: 7

Tried on 29 Sep 2018 at 13:53

Martin Lindström

7
Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Magic Lantern: Peach / Apricot / Mango from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Backlog

Tried on 24 Sep 2018 at 15:30

Kraddel

6
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Gnomon from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sampled at BXL 18. Thnx for sharing, everyone. Pours unclear blonde. No head. Smell is cheesy. Taste is full, tad cheesy. Sweaty. Mildly tart.

Tried on 24 Sep 2018 at 14:47

Kraddel

7.3
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Supercruise: Cabernet Franc from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sampled at BXL 18. Thnx for sharing, everyone. Pours unclear peachy amber red. Small white head. Smell is rather weak. Taste Is sharp, tart, bit dry, oak, mild fruit, ok.

Tried on 24 Sep 2018 at 14:07

Kraddel

8.5
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Ivy Bells from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Sampled at BXL 18. Thnx for sharing, everyone. Pours unclear peachy, smell is passion fruit, taste is sharp. Intense, tart, oak. Funk. Passion fruit. Surprised by the low rates on this - my favorite beer of the festival. Might have gotten the wrong beer, than? Should revisit. Even if it was the right beer, since I did love it.

Tried on 24 Sep 2018 at 14:06

Meilby

7.4
Meilby (14731) reviewed Cloudmaster from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 750ml @ MBCC 2018, Yellow Session
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, funk, tartness and citrus. Taste is light sweet and medium sour with a long dry, tart, citrus and funky finish. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2018 at 19:37

Kraddel

7.3
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Atlas from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Sampled at BXL 2018. Pours unclear, dark purple. Small white head. Smell is bit fruity, mild tartness. Taste is sharp. High Carbo. Full tartness. Not bad

Tried on 23 Sep 2018 at 13:16

Kraddel

7.5
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Thor from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Sampled at BXL 2018. Pours unclezr dark amber. No real head. Smell is funky. Mild Ood, mild fruit. Taste is sharp. Intense. Tart. Mild fruit. Malty ending. Intense.

Tried on 23 Sep 2018 at 13:12

Lilja

8.1
Lilja (4691) reviewed Magic Lantern: Peach / Apricot / Mango from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Fat på MBCC 2018, grönt pass. Guldisig med vitt skum. Persika, aprikos, torkad aprikos, lätt funkig och viss sötma. Fin, frisk kropp. Funkig, syrlig i smaken. Främst aprikosen känns av. Mangon är svårare att hitta.

Tried on 22 Sep 2018 at 17:02

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