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Black & Wild
Side Project Brewing
- From:
- Side Project Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #18 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 99
Ranked #271 - Avg:
- 4.48 | pDev: 9.6%
- Reviews:
- 32
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 06, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 338
- Gots:
- 22
Black & Wild is the antithesis of most American Wild Ales. The robust nature of the intense acidity, bold sour cherries and chocolaty malt is layered with the deep notes of vanilla, spicy charred oak and rich caramels from the used bourbon barrels in which this beer matured for more than a year.
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Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama
4.51/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Blend #3.
I was a little hesitant upon opening this, as the reviews I had heard about this particular blend were VERY polarizing.
On the pour is a deep, brooding brown with a rosy pink-hued head of foam that built and receded very quickly.
The nose has an excellent complexity of Bordeaux cherries, caramel, dark chocolate, brown sugar, and deeply toasted malt. Definitely on that Oud Bruin spectrum.
Pleasantly surprising on the palate. It didn't have the aggressive, enamel-removing acidity akin to Side Project's Blueberry Flanders, but it does pack a punch. That said, it is definitely a slow sipper. Flavors of tart cherry cordials, dry oak, earthy malts, and tobacco. Definitely getting Balsamic Vinegar vibes but I mean hey, is that really a bad thing? I'm a sucker for limit-pushing, complex beers, and while I can't place this anywhere near The Scribe, the interplay of fruit with rich, bolder, more savory qualities definitely had me reminiscing on that experience.
Medium-bodied, dry with high acid and a sharp sour finish on fairly high carbonation.
Dec 30, 2022I was a little hesitant upon opening this, as the reviews I had heard about this particular blend were VERY polarizing.
On the pour is a deep, brooding brown with a rosy pink-hued head of foam that built and receded very quickly.
The nose has an excellent complexity of Bordeaux cherries, caramel, dark chocolate, brown sugar, and deeply toasted malt. Definitely on that Oud Bruin spectrum.
Pleasantly surprising on the palate. It didn't have the aggressive, enamel-removing acidity akin to Side Project's Blueberry Flanders, but it does pack a punch. That said, it is definitely a slow sipper. Flavors of tart cherry cordials, dry oak, earthy malts, and tobacco. Definitely getting Balsamic Vinegar vibes but I mean hey, is that really a bad thing? I'm a sucker for limit-pushing, complex beers, and while I can't place this anywhere near The Scribe, the interplay of fruit with rich, bolder, more savory qualities definitely had me reminiscing on that experience.
Medium-bodied, dry with high acid and a sharp sour finish on fairly high carbonation.
Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri
4.46/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours black with a finger of mocha-colored foam. Aroma is twangy dirt, roasty and earthy malts, char, and cherries. It leads with a light twangy sourness, and finishes with a polite bite of char. Flavor profile begins with twangy earthy and roasty malts, and segues into cherries, fig, grapes, and soothing char. Again, opening up with a twange of sour, and finishing with a heartier, dark note. Yin to yang. Mouth feel is semi-crisp with a little silt around the edges. Thickness is medium. Overall, incredibly engaging, offering up varying levels of dynamics throughout each sip.
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Jan 26, 2022Draft. Reviewed from notes.
Reviewed by Hefewiseman from Florida
4.79/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.79/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Blend 3: One of the most interesting beers I've ever had. I didn't expect to love it so much, but honestly- Wow. The acidity, body, barrel and cherries somehow work so well together. Blown away by how complex this was.
Dec 13, 2021Reviewed by RAlmeida77 from Massachusetts
3.86/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had recently thanks to a friend with a bottle. Poured dark and viscous with notes of chocolate, cherry and balsamic vinegar. Flavor was similar to the nose with the vinegar coming on strong at the end. But my favorite type of sour but good for what it is.
Apr 27, 2021Rated by BeerRay from Rhode Island
4.75/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Awesome Cherry and barrel
Feb 23, 2021
Black & Wild from Side Project Brewing
Beer rating:
99 out of
100 with
252 ratings
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