Wildflower Dreamin'
REGION: Marrickville, NSW
SIZE: 750ml / ABV: 5%
Hoppy nose, lime and lemon with tropical notes. Soft citrus blossom and brown spices add some interesting high notes. A core palate of hop, earthy grains and fermentation esters. Cereal, passionfruit and sweet citrus really shine. A touch of spice leads to a cleansing orange citrus bitterness and flavoursome finish.
"Alright alright, I think I'm getting a handle now on our 'new' house culture that we have been using for over a year now following the demise of our original one... One of the more exciting things for me about this new culture is how it presents in young beer... well exciting alongside the fact it is wholly composed from yeast and bacteria collected from native flowers in NSW. When this new culture ferments beer quick and hot, it shows a really tidy, clean phenol positive, saison adjacent character. Cross reference this fact for there being a decent chunk of #greenbottle releases in the past year... but I feel with this release we are honing it in a bit.
Dreamin' sits alongside beers like Vibe and Serenity (just trying to keep the Castle references alive) and is an ale made with regenerative organic barely and wheat, hopped generously in the kettle and dr-hopped with organic Motueka. It's super clear, decently rustic with a full mouthfeel... A really stripped back beer... we are loving it. If I had to put it in a place, I would liken it to Saison Dupont with Motueka... and a little Fantome as its going to develop in bottle b/c, as you know, our culture's brett will eventually present itself... but at this stage it's looking fresh." - Topher
It's difficult to overstate the impact of Wildflower since its inception only a few years ago in 2017. Hailing from Texas, Topher Boehm has an impressive resume - from Brasserie Thiriez to Jester King to his background in astrophysics - not to mention his unique house yeast. Cultivated from foraged wildflowers native to NSW, think wattle blossoms and banksia, blended with a Belgian saison strain, creating something truly individual which speaks of place. Topher even sprayed the entire brewery with inoculated wort when he moved in, just to make sure everything was literally covered in the house culture.