Beer Tasting: Wicked Weed, April 7, 2018

Wicked Weed ‘Garcon de Ferme’ Brett Farmhouse Ale with Peaches

Regular Price $12.99

Sale price $11.59

Garçon de Ferme is a Foeder-Rested, Brettanomyces farmhouse Ale. After fermentation, this pleasantly tart ale is blended back onto over a pound and a half per gallon of fresh, whole peaches to reflect and echo that the craft of the old has not been wasted on the young.

Wicked Weed ‘Le Bonte’ Brett Farmhouse Ale with Pears

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Sale price $11.59

You’ll understand why this funky farmhouse ale hailing from Asheville, North Carolina took home a 2016 World Beer Cup medal for Brett beer when you try it. Firstly, the beer is open fermented with Wicked Weed’s house Brett strains. Then, it’s blended with their Blonde Sour, and sits on a whole bunch of French pears. Then, the beer is bottle aged until the perfect moment when La Bonté Pear is born.

Wicked Weed ‘Oaxacan’ Tequila Barrel-aged Smoked Sour ale with Grapefruit & Lime zest

Regular Price $17.99

Sale price $15.99

Oaxacan begins as an amber sour ale brewed with smoked malts. It’s then laid to rest in organic blue agave tequila barrels with grapefruit and lime zest. When Oaxacan reaches its peak complexity, its blended onto additional grapefruit to lend fresh citrus essence to this barrel aged sour.

Wicked Weed ‘Montmaretto’ Barrel-aged Sour ale with Cherries & Almonds

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Sale price $15.99

This Barrel-Aged American Sour undergoes secondary fermentation on a pound-per-gallon of Montmorency Cherries. A portion of this beer was also aged in barrels with almonds to impart an Amaretto character to the final blend.

Rodenbach Vintage 2014, Flemish Sour Ale

Regular Price $19.99

Sale price $17.99

Founded in 1821, the Rodenbach brewery, located in the West Flanders province of Belgium, is one of the benchmarks for the Flanders Red style. One of the only breweries in the world that actually just brews one beer (Orval is another), it’s all about barrel aging and blending at Rodenbach