Thicket
Side Project Brewing
- From:
- Side Project Brewing
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #14 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 99
Ranked #221 - Avg:
- 4.5 | pDev: 6.22%
- Reviews:
- 39
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 10, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 16, 2015
- Wants:
- 218
- Gots:
- 27
SCORE
99
World-Class
99
World-Class
For Blend #2, we chose a blend of not only our “Flanders - Inspired” red beer, but also used a touch of our French Oak Foedre Beer, a beer that lays the base for Fuzzy, and has been aging via a solera method for more than 5 years now. This blend was then moved to Missouri Oak and aged atop more than 3000 lbs of Oregon blackberries from our friends at Decker Farms. The blend and the blackberries were combined in April of 2018 and allowed to re-ferment for almost a year before being bottle-conditioned prior to release.
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Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.61/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.61/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Look - Brown until the light hits it and you get a nice burgandy with slight bubbly rimming
Smell - Juicy black berry jam, incredible
Taste - tart blackberry jam, knoch back the tartness a little and this would be on part with the smell
Feel - medium body and carb
Overall - that smell is lights out good!!!
Feb 10, 2025Smell - Juicy black berry jam, incredible
Taste - tart blackberry jam, knoch back the tartness a little and this would be on part with the smell
Feel - medium body and carb
Overall - that smell is lights out good!!!
Reviewed by Holderness from Massachusetts
2.93/5 rDev -34.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.93/5 rDev -34.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
While lovely in appearance akin to a nice burgundy wine, and with expressive aromas of fresh picked blackberry, the taste once again falls flat with Side Project's wild ales. Basically carbonated vinegar, with a hint of blackberry in the background. I guess I see the appeal, but it does not come across as particularly well executed. Just loads of lactobacillus without a discernible terroir
< 60/100
Jul 22, 2024< 60/100
Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
4.44/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance - The beer was reddish purple in color, with light carbonation noted.
Smell - The nose was like sweet blackberry jam. There was little sourness in the nose.
Taste - In the initial taste, there was tons of blackberry. It was like blackberry jam, but progressively more sour toward the finish. There was a hint of funk before a lingering tart dry finish.
Mouthfeel - The body was a bit sticky with light carbonation. The dry finish clung to the roof of the mouth.
Overall - This was a very accessible, even for those that don’t like sours.
Oct 01, 2023Smell - The nose was like sweet blackberry jam. There was little sourness in the nose.
Taste - In the initial taste, there was tons of blackberry. It was like blackberry jam, but progressively more sour toward the finish. There was a hint of funk before a lingering tart dry finish.
Mouthfeel - The body was a bit sticky with light carbonation. The dry finish clung to the roof of the mouth.
Overall - This was a very accessible, even for those that don’t like sours.
Reviewed by cdinardo21 from Pennsylvania
4.24/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Blend #1, on tap at the cellar. Nice and tart. Just funky enough. Wine barrels did this well. Quite enjoyable. Would really like to contract with Blend #2 eventually.
Nov 07, 2022
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