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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Reubs

7.5
Reubs (35480) reviewed Cygnus: Cherry from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap@MBCC 2018 Green Session, Copenhagen - red to pink pour with white pinkish head. Sour fruity with prominent cherry fruit, grape, barnyard, funk, light grass and floral nuances, wooden notes, hay, musty, medium body, tart cherry led finish.

Tried from Draft on 23 Jul 2018 at 08:20

Maurice

7
Maurice (8362) ticked Thor from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Tried from Bottle at Brody's American Taphouse on 20 Jul 2018 at 21:06

marius

8
marius (4938) ticked Thor from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Plums, blackcurrants, wild sour ale, light oak. Beautiful, fruity, rich. 4.2

Tried from Bottle at Brody's American Taphouse on 20 Jul 2018 at 21:05

marius

8
marius (4938) ticked Atlas from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Black fruit, light vinegar, blueberry jam, plums. Fruity, pretty well-balanced. 4.1

Tried from Bottle at Brody's American Taphouse on 20 Jul 2018 at 20:58

Maurice

8
Maurice (8362) ticked Atlas from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago

Tried from Bottle at Brody's American Taphouse on 20 Jul 2018 at 20:55

Maakun

8
Maakun (16597) reviewed Thor from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle sampled at Den Haag bottle share at Brody’s. Thanks Marius! Bit hazy reddish purple with small pink head. Funk, sweet plums, light red berries, cherries, black currants, soft graIns and yeast. Medium sour, light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2018 at 19:07

Kermis

7.3
Kermis (23416) reviewed Thor from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

8 3 7 3 15Bottle shared at The Hague Bottleshare July ‘18. Fairly hazy red with a pink head. Aroma of tart dark fruits, plum and light funk. Flavour moderate sweet and above moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2018 at 19:07

Kermis

7.5
Kermis (23416) reviewed Atlas from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

8 3 8 3 16Bottle shared at The Hague Bottleshare July ‘18. Fairly hazy red with a pink head. Aroma of tart cherries and red fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2018 at 19:01

Reubs

6.9
Reubs (35480) reviewed Shadow Factory - Blackberry/Black Currant from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap@MBCC 2018 Blue Session, Copenhagen - red pour with pinkish head. Tart fruity with berry prominence, notes of blackberry, some black currant, medium to light body, wooden accents, some tart fruity spice into the close.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2018 at 16:29

Reubs

6.8
Reubs (35480) reviewed MAGIC LANTERN: Peach - Tangerine - Soursop from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap@MBCC 2018 Blue Session, Copenhagen - golden coloured pour with white head. Light fruity and malty with some grassy hoppy notes, light body and carbonation, yeast, pretty acidic, pinch of salt, tart fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2018 at 16:27

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