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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Denmark, Insight Cellars, Wild Ale

Insight Cellars Sunstead: White Nectarine

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Brewery: Insight Cellars
Country: Denmark
ABV: 6.6%
Style: Wild Ale
Other Notes: Danish Wild Ale with fresh white nectarines. 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Our Sunstead series captures the essence of perfectly ripe stone fruits, allowing us to savor the warm flavors of summer all year long. The base beer is a blend of one, two and three-year-old Danish Wild Ales aged in Chardonnay and Monbazillac barrels. We racked this onto freshly destoned and crushed white nectarines at a rate of over 600 grams of nectarines per liter, and left it to macerate with the fruit for over a month before bottling. This complex, soft and juicy beer tastes almost like biting into a fragrant nectarine, transporting you back to the high days of summer no matter when you drink it.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.44
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 750ml corked and caged bottle, 2023 vintage, bottled on 19th October 2023. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour, with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to nothing, while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Freshly cut extremely ripe juicy nectarines, peaches, and apricots.
Taste: Sour, tart, nectarine, peach, oak, light funk.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: The aroma of those white nectarines were perfectly ripe and although it wasn’t quite there with the taste, it was still good and enjoyable.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, DUST Blending, Lambic - non-Lambic Blends

DUST Ciderstorm

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Brewery: DUST Blending
Country: Belgium
ABV: 6.9%
Style: Lambic – non-Lambic Blends
Other Notes: #028 Cider / Lambiek blend

Brewer Description: (from bottle) #028 Barrel aged Appel + Peer Cider + Rode Bes Lambiek.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.08
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle. Bottled in April 2022. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear golden orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Apple, apple peel, lightly tart, with a touch of funk.
Taste: Lightly tart, apple, apple peel, pear, funky, and a touch sour.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to high spritzy carbonation.
Overall: This is a nice cider, as it was apple and pear cider dominant. I’m not sure I got any part of the red currant lambiek that is supposed to be there though.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, DUST Blending, Lambic - non-Lambic Blends

DUST Merci Michel!

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Brewery: DUST Blending
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.3%
Style: Lambic – non-Lambic Blends
Other Notes: #023 Saison / Lambiek / Wine blend

Brewer Description: (from bottle) #023 Barrel aged abrikoos Saison + Mirabelle Lambiek + Riesling.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.02
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle. Bottled in April 2022. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A slightly hazy golden orange colour with a one finger white head that had decent retention and eventually settled to a ring around the glass, while leaving some nice lacing.
Aroma: Lightly tart, plum skin, apricot, grape skin, wood, with light funky notes.
Taste: Sweet and tart, white wine grapes, grape must, plum, apricot, wood.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Interesting aroma and flavours, although perhaps I’m not entirely sold on the plum and apricot blend.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, DUST Blending, Lambic - non-Lambic Blends

DUST Le Morris Gamay

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Brewery: DUST Blending
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.1%
Style: Lambic – non-Lambic Blends
Other Notes: #022 Saison / Lambiek / Wine blend

Brewer Description: (from bottle) #022 Barrel aged Saison/Lambiek + Gamay.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle. Bottled in April 2022. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A clear red colour with a slight pinkish orange tinge, and a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving sparse lacing.
Aroma: Blackberry, grape skin, red wine vinous, wood, with a splash of blackcurrant.
Taste: As you’d expect from the aroma, maybe even better, with blackberry, grape skin, blackcurrant, red wine vinous, wood, and light musty funky notes.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: The flavours I’m getting are just right up my alley, and it was enjoyable and just drinks great.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgium, DUST Blending, Lambic - non-Lambic Blends

DUST Le Morris Riesling

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Brewery: DUST Blending
Country: Belgium
ABV: 8.7%
Style: Lambic – non-Lambic Blends
Other Notes: #021 Saison / Lambiek / Wine blend

Brewer Description: (from bottle) #021 Barrel aged Saison/Lambiek + Riesling.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.17
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 750ml corked and capped bottle. Bottled in April 2022. Poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: Poured a clear golden colour, although there is a lot of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. It had a one finger white head that had good retention, and eventually settled to a ring around the glass while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: White wine vinous, grape skin, light tartness, wood.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, white wine vinous, grape skin, wood, and a touch of apple peel.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: It was enjoyable, light and refreshing. Especially good on a hot summer day.