Sting of the Thorn
Wild Mind Ales

Sting of the ThornSting of the Thorn
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Wild Mind Ales
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
10.4%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
4.36 | pDev: 3.21%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 19, 2020
Added:
Apr 06, 2019
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
This mead/sour hybrid was aged in blackberry mead barrels on approximately blackberry puree and additional mead. After aging in the blackberry mead barrels for 6 months, the tart, jammy beer was bottle conditioned to round out a beer that blurs the lines between beer and mead.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.5 by TallGuyCM from California

Jun 19, 2020
Photo of REVZEB
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.21/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Murky orangey bronze body, no head save a clear bubble ring. Smell is pretty simple but potent: tart blackberry, honey, oak, grains and yeast. Taste is fascinating in that it does actually blur the lines of mead and a wild ale. The yeast and wood keep it from getting too sweet like a mead, but the blackberry tartness and honey sweetness are certainly impressionable. A very nice summer dessert beer because of the fruity sweetness, especially in the promised jammy finish. Purists will probably hate it, but for the exploratory beer advocate I say try this one out!
Jul 31, 2019