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8 Wired Chardonnay Barrel Aged Saeson

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8 Wired Brewing
Brewed at Renaissance Brewing

Style: Saison
Warkworth, New Zealand
Serve in Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 70   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.65   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Ale aged in chardonnay barrels with Brettanomyces


3.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 9/20
TourDeBeer (122) - your mummas pants, AUSTRALIA - OCT 9, 2015
Aroma, lemon and barnyard funk, white head, deep orange in colour, clear with the carbonation bubbles on show. Tart and sharp, with a dry ending. Its a weird taste, im not experienced in brett, its interesting carbonation is perfect, it has a medium body and not watery at all. Yep leaves you dry afterwards, save it for the last of the session. Uptown funk you up

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
laiti (7708) - Helsinki, FINLAND - OCT 5, 2015
50 cl bottle vintage 2012 @ home
Aroma is rather tart with bretta notes and lemon. Flavour has orange candy, lemon, leathery bretta tones and hints of biscuits. White wine is not that present here – which is a good thing. Quite smooth and not that aggressive I expected by the aroma.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
tiong (5234) - Espoo, FINLAND - OCT 5, 2015
500ml bottle. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma of sour bretta notes, funky yeast, farmyard and vinous berries. Taste is smooth, sweetish and earthy with some farmyard, funky yeast, tartish bretta and vinous notes. Finish is sweet, sugary and candy like with some earthiness, hints of funky yeast and bretta. Interesting. Tastes totally different than what you would expect from the aroma.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
joe19612 (2235) - camberley, Surrey, ENGLAND - AUG 15, 2015
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange colour with no head, aroma is fruity and hint of the wine from the barrels, taste is light bitterness with some sourness and a dry finish.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Idiosynkrasie (5182) - Bielefeld, GERMANY - AUG 8, 2015
500ml bottle. Cloudy golden colour with small to average, frothy, diminishing, white head. Funky, citrusy hoppy, mildly bretty aroma, Chardonnay notes, hints of grapes, a touch of apricot. Taste is quite identical without the funk, a tart touch of white wine acidic flavours. Superbly balanced, integrated, overall mild and most drinkable.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Japalo (1522) - DENMARK - JUL 14, 2015
Bottle@guren. Small head. Low carbonation. Golden haze. Funky oak. Mild. Not sour. Only Brett. Love it.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
alex_leit (789) - Minsk, BELARUS - JUN 15, 2015
Draft. Aroma: wild yeast, sour wine, wet skin, fruits, pear vinegar and oak barrels. Taste is very similar to the real homemade of Chardonnay, only a little more fruit, wild sour, grapes, pear, oak, very, very interesting.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ShaneJ (756) - AUSTRALIA - MAY 2, 2015
Bottle from Beer Cartel (August 2014). Clear bright orange, quickly dissipating white head, sour, oaky aroma, sour apple, earthy, Brett, thin, slippery texture, sour finish. Not a huge fan.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
FatPhil (11547) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - APR 21, 2015
Keg (Alus Celle, Riga) Vintage 2012
Beautiful sour aroma, reminiscent of a cuvee de ranke, but with even more apricot. Lovely crisp palate. Wine barrel ageing has brought out the best in this saison. Beautiful refreshing palate. No sign of 7% at all. Went back the next day for more, and was offered nothing but the contents of the pipes - but that did fill a couple of small glasses! Less apricotty, but still beautiful, brett dancing with the sharper white wine aspects brilliantly, and the saison aspects being so clean, not grungy at all. Yet again, 8 Wired stamp their authority as the best brewers in the southern and eastern hemispheres.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Ktwse (2881) - SWEDEN - APR 18, 2015
Pours hazy orange with flat head. Aroma of green grapes, apple, white wine, slightly gueuze-like. Taste is mild sour, slightly bland, grassy and fruity. Body is light and crisp with soft carbonation.


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