Category Archives: Wild Ale

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, The Ale Apothecary, USA, Wild Ale

The Ale Apothecary Garden Strawberry

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Brewery: The Ale Apothecary
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: Mixed fermentation ale aged in wine barrels

Brewer Description: (from tag on bottle) Garden Strawberry – the strawberry was 1st bred in France from North American and Chilean plants. (* beer recovery project blend of 15+ ales. * 60# fresh strawberries in Patricia. * one of our brewery’s original barrels. * 290 bottles produced. * OR honey + sour wort + our yeast = 100%. * natural carbonation from bottle fermentation.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.34
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml bottle, batch bottled on 9th July 2017. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy golden orange colour with a big two finger white head that had pretty good retention and eventually settled to a thin replenishing layer while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart, strawberry, oak and a light funk.
Taste: Tart, sour, strawberry, oak, red wine vinegar and some nice funk.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: Very nice and refreshing, and just so easy to drink.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, de Garde Brewing, USA, Wild Ale

de Garde The Apricot

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Brewery: de Garde Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 6.5%
Style: American Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A spontaneous Wild Ale aged in oak barrels with apricots.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.32
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 1 pint 9.4 fl. oz. bottle with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy straw yellow colour with an almost two finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Candied and tart, almost like sour peach gummy rings.
Taste: Tart, sour, apricot, peach, candied, oak and some light funk.
Mouthfeel: Acidic, light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Very nice with those sour fruit gummy candy aroma and flavours. A lot more sour in the taste than the aroma suggests, but also not a lot of funkiness.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, de Garde Brewing, USA, Wild Ale

de Garde The Little Peach

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Brewery: de Garde Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 5%
Style: American Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A spontaneous Wild Ale aged in oak barrels with Oregon peaches.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.98
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 1 pint 9.4 fl. oz. bottle, bottled in January 2018. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy straw yellow colour with a two finger white head that dissipated quickly and left sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Tart and sweet, ripe peach, apricot, oak and light funk.
Taste: Tart, sour, unripe peach, lemon juice, oak and funk.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate prickly carbonation.
Overall: Aroma was amazing but taste didn’t quite match the aroma. Still quite nice though, and easy to drink.

4 - Good (buy), Beachwood Blendery, Beer Reviews, USA, Wild Ale

Beachwood Blendery Chaos Is A Friend Of Mine

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Brewery: Beachwood Blendery
Country: USA
ABV: 6%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: 2017 release

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A beer inspired by the Belgian lambic tradition. Belgian-style sour ale aged in oak barrels.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.32
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 500ml bottle, 2017 release. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A cloudy golden orange colour with a two finger white head that had pretty good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Funky, barnyard, tart, peach, grape, oak and lemon juice.
Taste: Sour, tart, lemon, grape and oak with light funk.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to high prickly carbonation.
Overall: Nice and refreshing but strangely not much funk in the taste considering how much I got from the aroma. But nonetheless, still very good.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, New Belgium Brewing x Brouwerij Oud Beersel, USA, Wild Ale

New Belgium x Oud Beersel Transatlantique Kriek 2016

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Brewery: New Belgium Brewing x Brouwerij Oud Beersel
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: 2016 vintage. Lips of Faith Series. Wood-Aged Sour Cherry Ale

Brewer Description: (from bottle) A Kriek of two continents. Behold the fruit of our collaboration with Oud Beersel of Lambic brewing fame. Their Kriek, a cherry-spiked Lambic travelled from Belgium to be united with New Belgium’s specially brewed Golden Ale, as well as Wood-Aged Sour beer pulled straight from our foeders, for a blend of sour cherry bliss. It’s a new legend waiting to be poured.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.18
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 22 fl. oz. bomber, 2016 vintage. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy ruby red colour with an almost two finger whitish pink head that had pretty good retention and left some nice curtain lacing.
Aroma: Lots of cherry, lifesaver cherry hard candy with perhaps a touch of oak.
Taste: Sweet and sour cherry, lightly candied, oak, but flavours overall were a bit soft.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Aromas were great, but flavours while good, were a little too soft on the palate for me. Also, not a lot of funk in the aroma or flavours, which is not a problem for me, but just a comment since I was expecting some.