Feral / Wig & Pen Pig Pen
Feral Brewing Co.

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From:
Feral Brewing Co.
 
Australia
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
5.6%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.56 | pDev: 5.34%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 03, 2013
Added:
Jun 06, 2013
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Ratings by laituegonflable:
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Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia

3.75/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours a pale champagne colour, slightly cloudy with foamy white head. Quite a noticeable trail of bead through the middle; looks good.

Smells tart, funky, lots of complexity. Chardonnay, with some oak notes and a touch of vinegar. Some barnyard funk blending with fruity notes on the back - grapefruit and green apple and a slight savoury touch. Pleasant.

Taste is quite bitter. Nutty malt upfront with a touch of pecan, then delves into vinous territory with a touch of oak, vinegar. Late-mid starts to get acidic, with lemon and grapefruit on there before big phenolic bitter finish. Quite Belgian in the end, and a little strong. Not ideal but pleasant enough flavours.

Tingly carbonation; otherwise decent body.

Good way to start GABS festival 2013 with this one. Bit too much phenol and could use a bit more tartness. To be honest I was a little disappointed with this, but then that's what you get when you pair up two of the best brewers in the country - stupidly high expectations.
Dec 03, 2013
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Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia

3.37/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Brewed for the Australian International Beer Awards dinner, this collaboration between WA's Feral and the ACT's Wig & Pen brings together two of Australia's finest brewers. They term this a "free range ale", with malts from the UK, wild and conventional yeasts from Belgium and the USA and Australian hops. Tried on-tap at GABS 2013 in Melbourne.

Pours a light golden colour without a lot of hazing. Head is white, foamy and full leaving sudsy lace as it falls down. Carbonation is very full as well, almost a little too much. But overall it looks good.

Nose is very disappointing and doesn't have the fraft and complexity I expect from either of these guys, let alone together. I get musty wine cork, a fractured, fusty yeast note and a suggestion of vinegar up in the sinuses. Despite all of this, it's actually rather light. It's a disappointment.

Unfortunately, the taste follows similar lines. Light, peppery entry moves to a pretty thin mid-palate: slightly vinous with a hint of grain. Finish lacks the clean acidity I was expecting and in fact ends up yeasty, earthy and rather bitter. Once it's gone all that's left is a dull dry drone in the aftertaste.

Feel is light and easy with some fine carbonation bubbling through it.

It's easy enough to drink, but has many drawbacks. I'm probably most disappointed because the pedigree of the beer suggested it was going to be magnificent. This should have been a hit, and it ended up being a mediocre footnote at the festival.
Jun 06, 2013
Feral / Wig & Pen Pig Pen from Feral Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 3.56 out of 5 with 2 ratings