Wildflower Amber (Blend #35)
REGION: Marrickville, NSW
SIZE: 750ml / ABV: 6.0%
"A rather autumnal blend as it happens. On the nose we get sweet dried fruits, cocoa, toasted muesli and chocolate biscuits. The palate is rich and deep. Beautiful sweet malty lines, raisins and cola. Tempered acidity and dark spicy oak extend the palate. The finish is nutty and toasty. The base beer is brewed entirely with certified organic cereals from Chris and Sam Greenwood's farm in Coleambally NSW. Organic raw Red wheat with Organic Schooner barley malted to Munich, Vienna and chocolate roasts by Voyager Craft Malt. It is made with filtered Sydney water, Organic Motueka (NZ) and Saaz (CZ) hops. Finally, it was fermented with our house culture: brewers yeast, foraged wild yeast and naturally occurring souring bacteria native to New South Wales. It was bottled on 19 January 2022 and naturally conditioned through refermentation for 10 weeks."
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.