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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Lilja

8.4
Lilja (4691) reviewed Cygnus: Cherry from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Fat på MBCC 2018, grönt pass. Blend A. Rödorange/rosa med vit krona. Syrliga körsbärskärnor up front i doften. Längre bak lite stallig funkighet. Fin, lite lättare kropp. Körsbären är där även i smaken men här kommer nästan mer fram jordgubbar och röda bär, nästan lite röda vinbär. Mycket gott!

Tried on 22 Sep 2018 at 17:01

allinthenameofbeer

8
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked SHADOW FACTORY: Cranberry - Boysenberry from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2018 at 17:20

allinthenameofbeer

7
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked CHROME DOME from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Herby, overly citrus zest & rind notes.

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2018 at 17:19

allinthenameofbeer

8
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked JUMPSEAT: Citra from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Citra dry hop love, cereal breakfast and orange juice hints.

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2018 at 16:56

allinthenameofbeer

9
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked NIXIE from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Huge raspberry nose, crushing it. Basically raspberry juice.

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2018 at 16:54

allinthenameofbeer

9
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked Reheat from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Grapey, golden forward sour. Tasty, and maybe another of the influence of the name, the golden sour notes feel like heat against the grapes.

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2018 at 16:48

allinthenameofbeer

9
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked MAGIC LANTERN: Passionfruit - Guava - Blood Orange from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Guava guava guava, blood orange back, passion fruit in between, so good. Can drink this forever.

Tried from Can on 20 Sep 2018 at 16:38

Buckeyeboy

7.5
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Thor from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375ml bottle thanks to Steve pours out red pink topped with a sand head. Nose is plum berries plenty sweet fruit and tart notes. Taste is more of the nice sweet fruit notes berries barrel and some oak.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2018 at 04:51

Buckeyeboy

7.5
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Atlas from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

375ml bottle thanks to Steve pours out red purple color topped with a sand head. Nose is berries currants funky tart notes and some barrel. Taste is more of the nice berries funky sweet tart notes.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2018 at 04:24

Dedollewaitor

7.6
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Gnomon from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Mikkeller Bar Share. Pours Hazy deep copper with a bubbly head. Lambic. Some Dirt and cellar. Very funky and Wild. Dry. Tart. Some peaches. Dope enuff

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2018 at 19:47

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