Farmageddon - California Zinfandel Grapes
Bellwoods Brewery
- From:
- Bellwoods Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 5.26%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 16, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 03, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Farmageddon is our wild farmhouse ale that we've been brewing, blending, and aging for almost as many years as we've been open. The blending process allows us to maintain a common thread across batches, the aging adds nuanced layers, while the brett and bacteria work hard to create small idiosyncrasies in each release. It's a refined, effervescent, and delicious beer worthy of special occasions and idle weeknights.
We transferred the beer onto whole Zinfandel grapes from California, letting it age for just over a month before undergoing an extensive bottle conditioning period.
We transferred the beer onto whole Zinfandel grapes from California, letting it age for just over a month before undergoing an extensive bottle conditioning period.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.76/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
2023-07-16
500ml bottle split between several Georgetown sample glasses. Don't see a date on it. Got it from @Coronaeus in a trade interrupted by the border.
Pours a clear amber with a light purplish-pink blush. No head. Smell is very tart -- not super specific, just a generalized sweet tart.
Taste is quite tart, grape must earthiness, light grapiness, hint of chardonnay.
Mouthfeel is medium, leaning toward light, dry, clean. Overall, it's good, enjoyable, not a rock star amongst sour beers, though.
Jul 16, 2023500ml bottle split between several Georgetown sample glasses. Don't see a date on it. Got it from @Coronaeus in a trade interrupted by the border.
Pours a clear amber with a light purplish-pink blush. No head. Smell is very tart -- not super specific, just a generalized sweet tart.
Taste is quite tart, grape must earthiness, light grapiness, hint of chardonnay.
Mouthfeel is medium, leaning toward light, dry, clean. Overall, it's good, enjoyable, not a rock star amongst sour beers, though.
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
4.12/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A 500ml bottle, 2019 vintage. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy reddish purple colour with a big three finger pinkish white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some sparse lacing.
Aroma: Light tartness, grape, cherry, lemon and hints of funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, funky, grape, vinous, oak, red wine barrels, cherry and a touch of lemon and pepperiness.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: Nice and enjoyable vinous notes with good fruit and barrel character.
Dec 06, 2019Appearance: A hazy reddish purple colour with a big three finger pinkish white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some sparse lacing.
Aroma: Light tartness, grape, cherry, lemon and hints of funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, funky, grape, vinous, oak, red wine barrels, cherry and a touch of lemon and pepperiness.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: Nice and enjoyable vinous notes with good fruit and barrel character.
Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
4.32/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.32/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was delicious. Sour, funky, and fruity on both the nose and the palate. Lots of fruit to taste, mostly wine grapes, but berry fruit as well. Sour and light, lots of gentle sparkle. Not boozy despite the big ABV. Really an enjoyable imbibe.
Nov 06, 2019
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.98/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This one pours a light pinkish color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This one smells like sour and very tart wine, with strawberry and black cherry as well, with lemon and some light funk.
This is one of the more sour variants of this beer for sure, but it's still pretty delicious. There's a lot of grape here, along with some associated jammy flavors - cherry and strawberry, with a bit of lemony funk and acidity.
This is light bodied, with a lingering acidity on the back end of each sip, and a fairly good level of drinkability.
This was possibly just a little bit too tart, but I still enjoyed it.
Jul 22, 2019This one smells like sour and very tart wine, with strawberry and black cherry as well, with lemon and some light funk.
This is one of the more sour variants of this beer for sure, but it's still pretty delicious. There's a lot of grape here, along with some associated jammy flavors - cherry and strawberry, with a bit of lemony funk and acidity.
This is light bodied, with a lingering acidity on the back end of each sip, and a fairly good level of drinkability.
This was possibly just a little bit too tart, but I still enjoyed it.
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