Wildflower Field Work: Rosella Wheat
REGION: Marrickville, NSW
SIZE: 750ml / ABV: 5%
"Field Work: Rosella Wheat aims to highlight the characteristics a single, unique varietal of wheat brings to our beer. By brewing our ‘Gold’ recipe yet replacing our usual red wheat varietal with ‘Rosella’ wheat, a soft wheat with a honeylike flavour when baked. This beer was fermented with our house culture containing a diversity of yeasts and bacteria collected from native flowers from NSW then transferred into ex-wine oak barrels for 15 months maturation before being blended and bottled where it rested for conditioning and natural carbonation until release.
Engaging nose, herbal dark spices, lifted honeyed orange citrus and sweet stone fruits. Soft buttery oak and lemon citrus add fine complexity. Palate is forward and compact. There's a breadth and weight upfront that's earthy and grainy. Spiced pineapple, apricot, pear and citrus combine with a strong spiced biscuit savouriness. Oak shows its hand on the finish. Company with mild acidity." - 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.