Brewery: Métaphore
Country: Czech Republic
ABV: 7.2%
Style: Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A mixed fermentation beer with Nitra grapes aged in oak barrels for 18 months. The year 2020 was undoubtedly a tough one and full of unexpected events for many. Just as an old grower was faced with a challenge to sell his crop, since demand was near to none that year, I was offered to make use of it. This late harvest, early November, very ripe berries were then put to macerate in a barrel aged beer. To me, until then unheard of a grape and a chance to create against the odds helped to build unique beer. Na zdravi!

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.36
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle, with a best before date of 1st November 2026. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A deep red colour with a slight orange tinge, and a nice one finger pinkish head that had good retention, and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Grape must, funky, vinous, and wood.
Taste: Lightly sour, grape must, wood, funky, red wine vinous, with some red berry notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate spritzy carbonation.
Overall: Good enjoyable aroma and flavours, with some nice complexity.