Neither / Nor (2022)
Floodland Brewing

 

huge thanks to my buddy for sharing this, hes been my source for floodland stuff, always a treat to drink, their beer is so thoughtful and unique, and i loved this. im not always a fan of a ton of different fruits in beer, like the flavors are fun, but sometimes i prefer to taste single fruit types rather than a fruit salad, and this has a ton of varietals of peaches, apricots, plums, and hybrids, all mixed together, but its brilliant, and i dont miss any single fruit purity in the least, its cool how it all comes together, and more than anything this is about the ferment, as many of their beers are, so funky, mature, and interesting, gorgeously well refined. a richer looking blonde to golden brew with a low orange glow, a little sediment towards the bottom of the bottle, a frothed up white head, looks really pretty in the glass. aroma is punchy and fruity but not sweet somehow with all that is in here, neat that its all second use, thats probably what keeps the sweetness down, apricot for sure, tangy plum playing up the tartness of the ferment, and a neat rustic grain base, apparently spelt at the core of this, love the texture that it adds here. subtle honey and even vanilla in the flavor, melon and dehydrated mango notes, dried apricot but not sugary at all, bigtime white wine, cut flowers, and the hops, the dry hopping adds a lot to this, makes it modern, southern hemisphere, herbal, clean, very minimally bitter but the complexity it adds is wonderful. killer bretty funk to this, a slight iodine thing, mature and drying, vinous more and more as it warms up. i get a bellini thing later on with the wine notes and the peaches together. fuzzy and pure, i love the fruit in this, probably smell and taste the plum element the least, but its all there and its delicious. quite a bit of body from the spelt which is cool, and overall this is wildly delicious. stoked to have been able to partake with the legends!