Wildflower Sensation of Colour
REGION: Marrickville, NSW
SIZE: 750ml / ABV: 5.4%
"Sensation of Colour is a mixed culture ale aged on Brachetto pomace from our friends at M&J Becker Wines in Pokolbin, NSW. Like all our beers aged on pressed grape skins (pomace), the name makes reference to Rene Descartes' philosophies on optics and colour.
When we tasted it before release, it had an incredibly perfumed, pot pourri, black muscat, violet aromas. A skins element blends with big ripe fruit, guava and blackcurrant. The palate is unmistakably beer forward, focussed and light but with wonderful concentration of flavours. Red berries and blossoms. The gentle savoury phenolic hit comes late and gives such beautiful persistence to the beer. A wonderful, wonderful composition of them both."
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.