Amber
Wildflower Brewing & Blending
- From:
- Wildflower Brewing & Blending
- Australia
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #494 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #13,445 - Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 10.46%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 03, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 01, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Amber is a well cellared, rounded, malt-accentuated Australian wild ale. Our traditional recipe calls for an extended boil which caramelises rustic pale grains in order to develop a copper colour and malt sweetness. Light levels of hopping balance with the toasty characters in an extended cooler fermentation with our house culture. Following fermentation, we rack Amber into French oak barrels to further develop a smooth palate and express funky, tart characteristics from our indigenous yeast. We select and blend well evolved barrels for a desired malt forward with subtle acidic character. The slightly heavier characteristics of this beer make a fantastic complement to food and offer a variety of flavours to both compare and contrast in pairing.
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Reviewed by Jack_14 from Italy
3.73/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
MAY 2024. 75 cl bottle (Blend #39 - "Bottled in February 2023 - Best before: February 2027".
In the mouth the structure of the beer is always the same (taking for example the GOLD as a point of reference, i.e. their "base" beer) but the taste differs greatly from the basic version: the malty taste is very present and I don't know how well integrates with the floral and delicately fruity elements that only have space on the finish, leaving a sensation that is almost reminiscent of candied fruit.
Even the acidic note is greatly sweetened by these soft malts which, with their light toasted taste, round out all those typical rough edges of a wild ale.
May 24, 2024In the mouth the structure of the beer is always the same (taking for example the GOLD as a point of reference, i.e. their "base" beer) but the taste differs greatly from the basic version: the malty taste is very present and I don't know how well integrates with the floral and delicately fruity elements that only have space on the finish, leaving a sensation that is almost reminiscent of candied fruit.
Even the acidic note is greatly sweetened by these soft malts which, with their light toasted taste, round out all those typical rough edges of a wild ale.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.74/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On-draught @ the brewery and blendery. Blend #38. $8 AUD per small pour.
Mild to moderate sourness. Lactic acid. Lactobacillus. Amber malts. Toasted malt. Faint breadiness. Backgrounded oak with a hint of barrel vanillin.
Balanced and enjoyable, with moderate sourness married to twangy acidity and bacterial intricacy to good effect.
Acetic acid. Brettanomyces funkiness. Not crazy in barnyard elements, but it's a rustic beer from grain to yeast.
High B / GOOD
Jan 28, 2023Mild to moderate sourness. Lactic acid. Lactobacillus. Amber malts. Toasted malt. Faint breadiness. Backgrounded oak with a hint of barrel vanillin.
Balanced and enjoyable, with moderate sourness married to twangy acidity and bacterial intricacy to good effect.
Acetic acid. Brettanomyces funkiness. Not crazy in barnyard elements, but it's a rustic beer from grain to yeast.
High B / GOOD
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
4.38/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
A 750ml bottle, blend #27, bottled in March 2020, and with a best before date of March 2025. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen Zenne glass.
Appearance: A nice clear amber colour with a one finger beige head that dissipated fairly quickly, but settled to a thin ring around the glass, while leaving some spotty lacing.
Aroma: Coke, cherry, blackcurrant, fig, oak, acetone, with notes of caramel.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry, plum, coke, oak, caramel, and lemon.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Very nice aroma and flavours of blended Coke and Flanders Red type ales. Carbonation was a bit lacking for me, but other than that, this was enjoyable.
Aug 19, 2020Appearance: A nice clear amber colour with a one finger beige head that dissipated fairly quickly, but settled to a thin ring around the glass, while leaving some spotty lacing.
Aroma: Coke, cherry, blackcurrant, fig, oak, acetone, with notes of caramel.
Taste: Sour, tart, cherry, plum, coke, oak, caramel, and lemon.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Very nice aroma and flavours of blended Coke and Flanders Red type ales. Carbonation was a bit lacking for me, but other than that, this was enjoyable.
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
4.43/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Blend #13, 04-04-18.
It pours a lightly hazed amber, nah quite hazy amber, small head of foam.
It smells malty, tart in a wine like acetic way, pretty massive aromas of Brett.
Malty sweetness, vinous tartness, lotsa Brett funkiness...dry overall and pretty amazing overall. I've had a few of this brewer's beers and not one would come close to being disappointing.
Mouthfeel is respectable.
I reckon that the Wildflower Brewing is currently a sleeper; bigger distribution and that will no longer be the case. Mark my words.
Feb 03, 2019It pours a lightly hazed amber, nah quite hazy amber, small head of foam.
It smells malty, tart in a wine like acetic way, pretty massive aromas of Brett.
Malty sweetness, vinous tartness, lotsa Brett funkiness...dry overall and pretty amazing overall. I've had a few of this brewer's beers and not one would come close to being disappointing.
Mouthfeel is respectable.
I reckon that the Wildflower Brewing is currently a sleeper; bigger distribution and that will no longer be the case. Mark my words.
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