Brewed with Scottish malted barley, raw wheat and rolled oats. This golden base beer was fermented with a Brettanomyces strain isolated from a renowned Belgian Trappist brewery. A new strain for us, we are enjoying its stone fruit characteristics, crisp light body and subtle but growing funk, which make for a very crushable beer.
We lightly dry-hopped this beer with Mosaic and Galaxy hop terpenes (isolated aromatic hop compounds), adding subtle nuance to the aroma. May this seabeast return any ring you may inadvertently drop into a lake.
All ingredients (except the hops) were harvested within 33 miles of the brewery.
Humalat: Galaxy, Mosaic
Arviot
Paul G
@ Home2 years ago
3.8
Very pale and clear straw coloured hue with lovely carbonation. Light and fresh aromas of stone fruit thanks for their beast of a yeast! You also pick up on the wheat and tropical notes from the dry hop.
I'm not a fan of splitting the hops into components but in this case with a sour it's fine as the hops are a bonus.
Nice a sharp first sip yet not overly sour. It's light and very lively in the mouth with low body and a short dry finish. It's refreshingly drinkable, gulpable even. Pink grapefruit, apricot, lemon and peach blend of flavours. An amalgamation of sharp fruits; citrus and stone with funk.
This was released back in February of this year so it's been in bottle for upto 8 months. How much funky flavours have been generated in this time I'm not sure as I haven't had one young, but it exists somewhere in the yeast and within its wheat, enhancing the stone fruit vibes.
Fruity and light, approachable sour.