Insight Cellars Rhineland Harmonie

Brewery: Insight Cellars
Country: Denmark
ABV: 8.5%
Style: Wild Ale
Other Notes: Rose-inspired Danish Wild Ale with Riesling and Pinot Noir grapes from Germany. 2021 vintage. 1860 btls

Brewer Description: (from bottle) This beer is a blend of 75% two-year-old Danish Wild Ale macerated with fresh Riesling grapes from the Mosel wine region in Germany and 25% three-year-old Danish Wild Ale macerated with Pinot Noir grapes from Rhodt unter Rietberg, Germany. We carefully crafted this blend to evoke the pink hue, mild tannins and delicate fruit flavors of European rosé wines. The final blend was then aged in stainless steel to achieve a deeper and more harmonious wine character. Like a fine wine, this beer is an excellent candidate for extended aging due to its high proportion of German Riesling grapes.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.03
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml caged and corked bottle, 2021 vintage, bottled on 2nd August 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy pinkish orange colour, with a thin pink head that dissipated quickly while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Tart berries, redcurrant, gooseberry, grape skin, rose vinous, wet wood, with light funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, mixed berries, redcurrant, gooseberry, green apple with peel, grape skin, rose vinous, a touch green, and notes of wood.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Aroma and flavours were pretty good although a bit green for Riesling.

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