Champhora
Mikkeller ApS
- From:
- Mikkeller ApS
- Denmark
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 31, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 31, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Amphora Fermented Danish Wild Ale Aged on Chardonnay Pomace.
In January 2018 we brewed a simple Danish Wild Ale base consisting of Danish barley, wheat and oats and fermented it in our terra cotta amphora. After maturing in the amphora for 8 months, it rested upon lightly pressed Chardonnay grapes from a prominent wine producing region in France before being transferred back to the amphora for a second maturation period.
After Champhora developed the minerality and earthiness found in many natural wines, it was packaged in clear 75 cL bottles in August 2019.
In January 2018 we brewed a simple Danish Wild Ale base consisting of Danish barley, wheat and oats and fermented it in our terra cotta amphora. After maturing in the amphora for 8 months, it rested upon lightly pressed Chardonnay grapes from a prominent wine producing region in France before being transferred back to the amphora for a second maturation period.
After Champhora developed the minerality and earthiness found in many natural wines, it was packaged in clear 75 cL bottles in August 2019.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.83/5 rDev 0%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
3.83/5 rDev 0%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
Copenhagen 19/5 2020. 75 cl corked, clear glass bottle from Mikkeller web-shop. Yellow label with a little drawing of the brewhouse.
Pours opaque, golden yellow with medium-sized white head. Disappears more or less after ad couple of minutes leaving only small patches of foam behind. No lacing.
Aroma is intense with a strong, sharp sour odor with vinous notes. Sour unripe gooseberries, citrus and hints of vinegar. White wine-ish sourness. A bit of woody barrel.
Medium strong carbonation. Thin, watery, tingling texture.
Flavor is intense with a moderate sweetness followed by a strong sourness. Aftertaste is sour and lingers for a while. Finish is bone-dry.
Nice, dry, vinous, sour monster which fit a sunny spring day perfectly (a shame it's raining). Always weird with a clear glass bottle and beer. But it is certainly preferable to a Corona.
Aug 31, 2025Pours opaque, golden yellow with medium-sized white head. Disappears more or less after ad couple of minutes leaving only small patches of foam behind. No lacing.
Aroma is intense with a strong, sharp sour odor with vinous notes. Sour unripe gooseberries, citrus and hints of vinegar. White wine-ish sourness. A bit of woody barrel.
Medium strong carbonation. Thin, watery, tingling texture.
Flavor is intense with a moderate sweetness followed by a strong sourness. Aftertaste is sour and lingers for a while. Finish is bone-dry.
Nice, dry, vinous, sour monster which fit a sunny spring day perfectly (a shame it's raining). Always weird with a clear glass bottle and beer. But it is certainly preferable to a Corona.
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