Wildflower Hive: Post Brood Blend #6
REGION: Marrickville, NSW
SIZE: 750ml / ABV: 7%
"We are incredibly fortunate in Australia for the work of Tim and Emma Malfroy of Malfroy's wild honey. This is a beer made with comb, not honey directly. We have yet to find anything else like it... the honey flavour is just lovely, nutty, spicy. This sixth blend of working with post-milling and straining honeycomb that has spent 3-6 years in hive works mainly with comb originally from a Yellow Box honey flow but then capped with propolis and bee bread (fermented pollen) over subsequent years giving it the distinctive 'post brood' flavour." - Topher
"Typically heady and expressive aromas of orange marmalade, stewed stone fruits, honey and propolis. There’s a floral forestry edge that lifts the nose high. Huge flavours of honey and dark spice are cut through by a wave of bright citrus before the honey returns alongside a menthol edge. Incredible length, intensity and concentration. Beeswax and spice to close." - Luke, Wildflower
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.