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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ippopotamo36

7.2
ippopotamo36 (4383) reviewed Roswell - Bluebook from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle @Luppolo Station in Rome-Italy. Bright yellow with a gassy medium-low foam. Nose: guava, thyme, menthol. Mouth: sourness is pretty extreme although round, silky. Tart, lemony.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2021 at 18:44

djd07

8.2
djd07 (28882) reviewed Ivy Bells MK3 from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a pink orange with small white head. The aroma is pineapple, cherry skin, oak funk. Medium body, jammy, cherry, citrus, light acidity, enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2021 at 07:21

djd07

7.2
djd07 (28882) reviewed Viper from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours orange gold with small white head. The aroma is floral, apple skin, oak, funk. Slick body, funky, citrus, oak, light tartness, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2021 at 07:19

djd07

7
djd07 (28882) reviewed Roswell - Bluebook from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to Josh. Pours a cloudy orange gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is floral, guava, oak, funk. Thin body, guava, citrus, light funk, oak, tart, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2021 at 04:59

explosivedog

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

Can, courtesy of mansquito. Pours red. Raspberry, tart, strong funk, strawberry, dark chocolate, red wine, oak heavy tannic red wine. Medium body. Decent.

Tried from Can on 04 Oct 2021 at 01:30

Hermod

8.1
Hermod (17967) reviewed Crossroads from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle. Bottled 03/20. Poured orange in color. Funky nose with pineapples. Some passionfruit tartness. Tart and funky. Delivers.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2021 at 11:47

bkbergen

7
bkbergen (9250) ticked Maestro from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago

Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2021 at 20:18

bkbergen

7
bkbergen (9250) ticked BADGER from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago

Tried from Can on 10 Sep 2021 at 22:16

allinthenameofbeer

8
allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked Blackjack from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago

Nice hints of black currant fruitiness with some dry carby finish.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2021 at 20:08

djd07

7.4
djd07 (28882) reviewed Roswell - S-4 from Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at DRBT 10. Pours a cloudy orange with medium off white head that lasts. The aroma is cherry skin, floral, oak, funk. Thin body, sweet cherry, funk, wood, acidic, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2021 at 20:16

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