Fahrt die Ziege
Stone Brewing
- From:
- Stone Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- Weizenbock
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 15, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 27, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Collaboration with The Bruery
Series 8 of 14
A few years back, The Bruery released a delightful barrel-aged weizenbock called Ride That Goat, which served as the initial spark of inspiration for what you’re holding in your hand. In German, Ride That Goat loosely (with a dose of creative license) translates to “Fahrt die Ziege.” We’ll get back to that in a second. Our friends from up the Interstate 5 Freeway in Southern California took the slightly longer trip (even longer by goat, presumably) to Berlin to help us with this collaboration. Aged in barrels for four months, then brewed again, this time with fresh blueberries sourced in a moment of Gestalt, through pure Zeitgeist, from neighboring local Dörrwerk, The final blend is 2/3 aged and 1/3 fresh brewed, yet 100% full of San Diego bravado, Orange County creativity, and old-school-meets-neue-schule German brewing in Berlin. Phew. Admittedly “Reite Die Ziege” would be more accurate, but hey, Fahrt Die Ziege made us laugh. So we stuck with it.
Series 8 of 14
A few years back, The Bruery released a delightful barrel-aged weizenbock called Ride That Goat, which served as the initial spark of inspiration for what you’re holding in your hand. In German, Ride That Goat loosely (with a dose of creative license) translates to “Fahrt die Ziege.” We’ll get back to that in a second. Our friends from up the Interstate 5 Freeway in Southern California took the slightly longer trip (even longer by goat, presumably) to Berlin to help us with this collaboration. Aged in barrels for four months, then brewed again, this time with fresh blueberries sourced in a moment of Gestalt, through pure Zeitgeist, from neighboring local Dörrwerk, The final blend is 2/3 aged and 1/3 fresh brewed, yet 100% full of San Diego bravado, Orange County creativity, and old-school-meets-neue-schule German brewing in Berlin. Phew. Admittedly “Reite Die Ziege” would be more accurate, but hey, Fahrt Die Ziege made us laugh. So we stuck with it.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.86/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Broke open the big bottle, cellared. Opaque murky dark brown with no head save an off-white ring and spotted lacing. Big blueberry, big caramel, hints of dark cocoa, raisin, and big grains that lean cereal fill the nose. Taste has the grains go more bitter with some earth tones supporting, blueberry, caramel, cocoa, raisin and booze come out noticeably, not the most balanced sip. Feel is where the oddness sticks out, very boozy but even more so has a very high carbonation level, grains shape enough.
Jul 15, 2021
Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania
3.87/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a cork'n'cage magnum into a Dogfish Head tulip
L: Cloudy dark burgundy pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head.
S: Sweet caramel grains and blueberry. Fruity.
T.F: Wheat and grains with some sweet/tart blueberry. Some toasted malt character... a bit of yeast, and a little on the boozy side. More complex as it warms. The blueberry is noticeable but not overpowering. Medium bodied... more wheat/berry at the finish.
O: Drinks like an amped up blueberry wheat. Not bad... not as exciting as I would have expected or a 'groundbreaking collaboration'. Worth trying and interesting if nothing else.
Mar 05, 2020L: Cloudy dark burgundy pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head.
S: Sweet caramel grains and blueberry. Fruity.
T.F: Wheat and grains with some sweet/tart blueberry. Some toasted malt character... a bit of yeast, and a little on the boozy side. More complex as it warms. The blueberry is noticeable but not overpowering. Medium bodied... more wheat/berry at the finish.
O: Drinks like an amped up blueberry wheat. Not bad... not as exciting as I would have expected or a 'groundbreaking collaboration'. Worth trying and interesting if nothing else.
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