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Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.21 | pDev: 4.75%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
26
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 20, 2022
Added:
Feb 21, 2015
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  2
Brew Date: July, 24th, 2014

Inoculation Method(s): Solera

Barrel Blend: 100% Barrel III

Description: Citra, Mosaic, and Equinox dry-hopped with a gentle hand in order to ensure balance and desirable aging characteristics. Citrusy hops and mild Brett. character on the nose gives way to a moderate acidity, layers of subtle bready malt and tart stone fruit finish. Beautifully complex and drinkable.

Release Date / Format / Availability:
Saturday January 10th, 2015 - Big Beers, Belgians, & Barleywines Festival in Vail, CO / Sample Pours / Extremely Limited

February, 2015 / 750mL Bottles / Very Limited
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Reviewed by TreyIsWilson from Michigan

4.18/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A - Pours a lightly hazed gold with a large fizzy white head. Head recedes fast leaving some light clingy lacing.

S - Aroma is green apple, peach skins and lemon.

T - The taste is lemon, green apple, lime, grapefruit, peach skins and finishing with some light grassy hops.

M - Medium body with low carbonation. Soft mouthfeel with a bone dry finish.
Nov 20, 2022
 
Rated: 3.95 by blissfulNemo from Michigan

Sep 11, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Jul 10, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Jul 29, 2020
 
Rated: 4.29 by loganburgh from Michigan

Mar 10, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by rare_bird from Michigan

Feb 10, 2020
 
Rated: 4.04 by BarryMFBurton from Indiana

Feb 02, 2020
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.26/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Arrives cloudy and honey colored with a modest head that leaves a few clumps

Smell: Acetic aromatics with apricot and funk

Taste: Acetic and bitter from the outset, with apricot flavors merging with a funky barnyard element; puckery and hoppy finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation; somewhat puckery

Overall: A tad too hoppy for my palate on a hoppy sour beer, though the Citra does shine
Jul 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.23 by deereless from Colorado

Jan 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by petermethot from New Jersey

Jan 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by crobinso from Colorado

Jan 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by acurtis from New Jersey

Oct 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4.4 by M_chav from New Mexico

Apr 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by CJNAPS from California

Apr 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4.15 by jaydoc from Kansas

Apr 15, 2017
 
Rated: 4.55 by tylerstravis from Colorado

Feb 19, 2017
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.06/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
i actually prefer this to the ejector double dry hopped wild beer they do, the hops overtake that fermenting agents a little bit in that one, i prefer it like this, more balanced for sure, and still well hoppy! totally brett driven beer, oddly a whole lot more funky than most of the others i have had from these guys, quite low on the sourness really, but that doesnt bother me at all, especially in a beer like this with the bright citrus hop notes, prefer funk to sour most of the time there. this is complex beer for sure, seemingly a little more interesting than many of their others on the yeast side of things, likely a mix od brett strains, patiently waited upon, this is dry and clean. the hops are awesome, grapefruit and tangerine notes, citra for sure and some others that jive well with it. fuller bodied, lots of wheat and oats or something it would seem, murky and thick feeling, again a bit unrefined on the grain side and on the feel from these guys, but the flavors here warrant it at least a little bit. good carbonation, nice fruity hoppy finish without the bitter, and a pleasant drying rustic funk from the brett. great beer overall.
Nov 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by suckaj from Florida

Oct 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by GRG1313 from California

Oct 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by kylemckinnis from Colorado

Oct 08, 2016
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Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 26 ratings