Blanc De Blancs
Side Project Brewing

 

 

Batch #2

Clear golden colour with no head

The smell is mouthwatering with a nice tartness, some fruity funky notes but quite clean, some wood, some vinous notes


The taste follows with a very sour profile, white stone fruits from the chardonnay, the oak is present but compliments well the whole thing. Quite balanced.
It gets better as it warms UP

The mouthfeel is dry but not astringent, fine natural carbonation

Overall it's a pleasure to drink such a nice brew which was waiting in my basement for some years now.
Not in style if we speak of bière de champagne but a wonderful wild ale with grape

Tasted from bottle. Pours a hazy yellow with slight white head that quickly fades. Lots of wine grape notes with some apples and a little pear. Tart and sour but overly so. Excellent sipper. Well done.

 

#121, yum!

Look - very slight haze bright and golden
Smell - funky tart lemon grape farmhouse
Taste - funky tart lemon grape farmhouse like the smell but also has a great woody slight champagne
Feel - medium body with a champagne carb and dry
Overall - fantastic

 

 

 

Very clear, light gold body; lively carbonation; no head. Nice farmhouse smells; barnyard funk, fresh cut hay, some lemon and other citrus notes. Very pleasant flavors; sweet white wine; green apple, lemon, raspberry, and peach; tart. Moderately heavy body; smooth and rather flat; very acidic overall with a touch of underlying sweetness for depth.

I heard good things about this beer and paid a pretty price for it ($65, actually ordered it by mistake, but so it goes). Overall, this is a decent beer for the style but not something I think warrants the price paid for it.

Pouring temperature: 49 °F; bottling data: Vintage 2020

 

 

 

2020 vintage

A huge shoutout to merpunk1 for hooking me up with this one in a trade! It’s the highest rated Bière de Champagne (and #245 overall), so it’s only fitting to drink this baby on New Years Eve. The rest of the day/night will consist of old classics, but it’s nice to open something fancy for my last review of 2021. Let’s get into it

Pours a cloudy orange gold with a finger of white head that quickly fades to a thin ring and leaves minimal lacing. Eventually fades to absolutely nothing but it's still a decent looking beer

Man, I'm really digging the nose on this one, funky and delicate at the same time. I'm picking up on aromas of white grape, white wine vinegar, tangerine, sharp oak, and earthy apple

It's straight up explosive in taste, in your face and complex while being downright drinkable. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting tart green apple, sour white grape, wet hay, sharp oak, lemon zest, and crackery malt. The swallow brings notes of earthy white white, old leather, tart white grape, apple skin, sharp oak, floral honey, and lemon zest

A light medium body pairs with fine carbonation, resulting in a tart and crisp beer. Finishes mostly dry with just a touch of residual sweetness

This is great stuff, and a great kickoff to NYE. It's been a hell of a 2021, both on here and in my life and general. So, cheers BA, happy new year!

 

A 375ml bottle, blend #2, poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.

Appearance: A clear golden colour with a half finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass while leaving only sparse lacing.

Aroma: Sweet, lightly tart, vinous, white grape, oak, honey, with light funky notes.

Taste: Sour, tart, vinous, white wine grapes, honey, oak, funk, with notes of sharp acidity but not overly so.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.

Overall: Solid beer with nice aromas and flavours with abv completely hidden.

 

I received a bottle from @fbarber in the NBS BIF #14. Poured into a Side Project Lambic glass also courtesy of @fbarber. It pours a cloudy, bright orange. It looks like Orangina. The head fizzled away almost immediately but that is typical for the style. The nose is just superb: like a fine Chardonnay; I'm smelling lemon, orange peel, and peach. It's taste is sublime; funky, oaky white wine grape with soft notes of peach that sweeten the Brettanomyces and native Missouri microflora. It's so delicate and fine. It has the expected effervescence and it doesn't drink like 10% ABV. Overall, Blanc De Blancs is an absolute delight. I'm privileged to have had the chance to try it.