Fish Magician
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales

Blend number 1, bottled January 2020, consumed on 3/6/2022. Poured from a 375mL bottle into my Brasseurs de garde tulip/flute.

Slightly cloudy flax body with an active magnolia cap. Recedes slowly to a faint raft surrounded by a fine sticky collar. Delicate lacing; fast running legs. Average retention.

Farmhouse funk (although more gym sock than horse blanket) with hints of rice vinegar and lemon peel in the nose. Some sweet mineral-laden floral elements emerge as the ale warms - and later, peach, apricot, and hints of vanilla and marzipan.

Tart (but not puckering), with hints of plum skin and peach pit along with white grape must. "Wild" yeast is present, but I can't immediately identify a particular character (e.g. Brett.). Very low bitterness, although hops may add a faint grassy note at times. Clean crackery malt bill with a touch of lemon (probably from wheat). Long, strange finish with notes of raw hide, river stones, and unripe pear. The "odd" (but not really off) notes dissipate if you let the beer breath for a while. Moderately drying and mildly tannic.

Light bodied, well carbonated, good acidity.

A decent wild ale, with some pleasant, well integrated fruit notes. Happy I picked this up on sale though, and I continue to favor Logsdon's saisons to their wild ales in general.

 

 

super impressive blend here, epic label art, expensive little botte but as always with these guys, you get what you pay for. this has a bunch of oak aged wild beers in it, some with second use plums, some with peaches, some with muscat grapes, it has some fresh witbier in it too, cool idea, bretty and fruity and sour and interesting. its golden and mostly clear, orange tinted, a little thin maybe, and doesnt hold its head real long. the nose is tart and heavily vinous, the plums make like wine grapes in here, as of course do the wine grapes themselves, red and white, sweet and tannic, nice with the wood, complex already even before the wit and the peach aspects. the peaches to me present more like apricots, the belgian yeast element in the wit is subtle but has some white pepper and clove to it, and overall there is a lot going on here but its very cohesive. its fruity without being overly so, the second use fruit is a cool idea, and the proportions of each thread in the blend are smart. i love the sweetness of the muscat and peach together, a cool synergy there. i also love the light citrus notes in the wit part with the muscat. subtle raspberry tang on the finish, a real simple malt base, mature brett but its more sour than wild to me, a little oxidation in the mix as well, some old beer in here for sure, lots of white wine as it warms too. it could use more carbonation, it doesnt quite dance on the palate the way i want it to, but the layers of flavor and overall complexity and maturity are really neat. the second use fruit allows for a ton of nuance without it being overpowering. clever beer right here!

Poured pale gold with a white head. Smell features the oak, peach barrel funk, grape, and white wine strongly with accents of apricot, flowers, and tangerine. Let it warm up! As it evolves the wine opens up with honey, flowers, and citrus zest, the grape bring plum and fig which was a bit jarring at first but you get used to it, the wood brings in plenty of sharp funk and overripe fruit, glorious but the catch is it pitters out so quickly. Want more staying power, and generally with the feel I want more tartness or funkiness, feels a little caught in between. Pretty dry by the finish, oaky and vinous through out.