Rendition
8 Wired Brewing Co.
- From:
- 8 Wired Brewing Co.
- New Zealand
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 6.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 23, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 20, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by doktorhops:
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
4.47/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5
4.47/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5
Hmmmm, “Dry Hopped Belgian Style Ale with Brettanomyces” sounds right up my Belgian alley, this should be a pretty decent drop to add to my many reviews of pretty decent drops. Now, I already know that this beer is going to be good, as I’ve already reviewed their Wireless 100% Brettanomyces IPA (even gave it a 9.1/10!)... plus Brett is great... unless you’re a wine-maker, in which case it can be a real problem... but ‘yay Brett!’ regardless. Pro tip for those of you who have never had a Brett yeast beer: Open it over the sink, trust me on that. So let’s crack open this “rendition” of an age old monastery beer already, my throat is feeling parched with all this talk of Brett brews.
Poured from a 500ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: She’s a gusher as expected - my pro tip came in handy with some beer foam finding its way into the sink. When it settled the head was a nice cream-coloured affair with fairly large bubbles, with a cloudy orange body also pleasing to the eye. 8/10.
S: That classic nose-smack of funky/spicy Brett yeast that never gets tired (at least not yet for me), followed by floral and bubblegum notes, and a hint of medicinal herbs - for a dry hopped brew the hops are fairly in line with the yeast/malt characters, surprisingly so. Nonetheless the aroma is spot on full of Belgian goodness which is hard to fault. 9/10.
T: Exceptionally tasty! If you love a Saison with a bit of kick then put this review down right now and go out and buy a bottle of this. Flavours are funky/spicy/barnyard right from the get go, with floral/bubblegum notes, hints of caramel and a decent long dry finish. Aftertaste throws in a light medicinal herb bitterness, other than that though the Brett is a bit subdued with less tartness than usual - not that I’m complaining, this is trucking tasty. 9/10.
M: Brett beers tend to be highly carbed: This is no exception. Medium bodied. 7/10.
D: Let me get the dad joke out of the way first: This is one extraordinary rendition. Yikes, that was the worst kind of dad joke: A dad joke in bad taste. Overall as a Saison lover (my #4 beer of all-time is Dupont Cervesia) and Belgian beer lover in general (6 in my top 10 are Belgian) of course I am destined to fall in love with Rendition. The one problem I had with this is: It should be corked & caged in a 750ml bottle - then instabuy every time 8 Wired! 10/10.
Food match: This is a perfect pairing for a cheese platter.
Apr 26, 2017Poured from a 500ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: She’s a gusher as expected - my pro tip came in handy with some beer foam finding its way into the sink. When it settled the head was a nice cream-coloured affair with fairly large bubbles, with a cloudy orange body also pleasing to the eye. 8/10.
S: That classic nose-smack of funky/spicy Brett yeast that never gets tired (at least not yet for me), followed by floral and bubblegum notes, and a hint of medicinal herbs - for a dry hopped brew the hops are fairly in line with the yeast/malt characters, surprisingly so. Nonetheless the aroma is spot on full of Belgian goodness which is hard to fault. 9/10.
T: Exceptionally tasty! If you love a Saison with a bit of kick then put this review down right now and go out and buy a bottle of this. Flavours are funky/spicy/barnyard right from the get go, with floral/bubblegum notes, hints of caramel and a decent long dry finish. Aftertaste throws in a light medicinal herb bitterness, other than that though the Brett is a bit subdued with less tartness than usual - not that I’m complaining, this is trucking tasty. 9/10.
M: Brett beers tend to be highly carbed: This is no exception. Medium bodied. 7/10.
D: Let me get the dad joke out of the way first: This is one extraordinary rendition. Yikes, that was the worst kind of dad joke: A dad joke in bad taste. Overall as a Saison lover (my #4 beer of all-time is Dupont Cervesia) and Belgian beer lover in general (6 in my top 10 are Belgian) of course I am destined to fall in love with Rendition. The one problem I had with this is: It should be corked & caged in a 750ml bottle - then instabuy every time 8 Wired! 10/10.
Food match: This is a perfect pairing for a cheese platter.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by eric5bellies from Australia
4.48/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours a hazy Golden colour with a thick creamy White head that retains till the end.
S - Mainly Brett and wood which gives off apricots and orange peel aromas
T - Well the woody fruit hit straight away. The Brett follows with a very bitter/sour aftertaste that is driven by hopps. A white wine like aftertaste
M - Perfect. Medium to full body with medium carbonation.
O -Even though the Belgian authenticity of this beer is a tiny bit lacking. It well and truly makes up for that in other areas. If you can find this beer it will not disappoint.
Dec 22, 2017S - Mainly Brett and wood which gives off apricots and orange peel aromas
T - Well the woody fruit hit straight away. The Brett follows with a very bitter/sour aftertaste that is driven by hopps. A white wine like aftertaste
M - Perfect. Medium to full body with medium carbonation.
O -Even though the Belgian authenticity of this beer is a tiny bit lacking. It well and truly makes up for that in other areas. If you can find this beer it will not disappoint.
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.93/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.93/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
500ml bottle - a so-called monastery-style ale, with some NZ hops and Brett - say that the Kiwi way!
This beer pours a slightly hazy, medium copper amber colour, with a teeming tower of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat creamy beige head, which leaves some random splattered sudsy lace around the glass as it slowly sinks out of sight.
It smells of semi-sweet, grainy and bready caramel malt, a bit of biscuity toffee, muddled dried stone fruit, some rather tame white cheesy funkiness, and a minor leafy, earthy, and musty green hop bitterness. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, a sort of sweet nuttiness, kind of ethereal funky notes, some wet minerality, a rather laid-back yeastiness, and very pleasantly spicy leafy, grassy, and floral hops.
The carbonation is fairly moderate in its workaday frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, just a hint of acrid hoppiness taking things down a peg or two here. It finishes well off-dry, the caramel malt and the lingering fruitiness joined at the hip.
Overall, I gotta say that I duly appreciate the guest Brettanomyces strain for keeping essentially to itself, and letting this capable Belgian strong ale run right along. Add in the fruity and verdant esters from the local hops, and the damned-near invisible 15-proof booze, and we have a winner here, ladies and germs.
Nov 26, 2016This beer pours a slightly hazy, medium copper amber colour, with a teeming tower of puffy, finely foamy, and somewhat creamy beige head, which leaves some random splattered sudsy lace around the glass as it slowly sinks out of sight.
It smells of semi-sweet, grainy and bready caramel malt, a bit of biscuity toffee, muddled dried stone fruit, some rather tame white cheesy funkiness, and a minor leafy, earthy, and musty green hop bitterness. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, a sort of sweet nuttiness, kind of ethereal funky notes, some wet minerality, a rather laid-back yeastiness, and very pleasantly spicy leafy, grassy, and floral hops.
The carbonation is fairly moderate in its workaday frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, just a hint of acrid hoppiness taking things down a peg or two here. It finishes well off-dry, the caramel malt and the lingering fruitiness joined at the hip.
Overall, I gotta say that I duly appreciate the guest Brettanomyces strain for keeping essentially to itself, and letting this capable Belgian strong ale run right along. Add in the fruity and verdant esters from the local hops, and the damned-near invisible 15-proof booze, and we have a winner here, ladies and germs.
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