Aaron Tan

9.5

Blend 3. Winey ale's very tasty. Producer's notes are pretty spot on imo, even the [reductive?] funk when first opened.

From Wildflower's website:

Gold is a blended, barrel aged Australian Wild Ale. Blend #3 is a blend of two barrels, 1726 and NoSai. The beer in 1726 was brewed on 27 February 2017 and racked into the barrel on the last day of that month. At blending, this barrel was showing great signs of both our house culture and a fresh example of Gold. It had a subtle acidity while still displaying fresh lime and citrus characteristics. NoSai, the sister of sponsai in Blend #1, was brewed clean and remained intentionally uninfected for the majority of its life. Alone, the beer was quite oaky with a lengthy body from the raw wheat and extended maturation in oak. The intention for this blend was to bring some fresher characteristics to Gold like stone fruit, lime, grapefruit and lemon. Ongoing, this is really what we would like to see; however, the blended beer still has great notes of barrel character with a long mouthfeel and oak.

The base beer is brewed entirely with New South Wales cereals: Single Origin (S.O.) Moree, NSW grown Gairdner ale malt and North Star, NSW grown Spitfire S.O. raw wheat thanks to Provenance Malt, and Riverina grown Janz S.O. raw wheat from Voyager Craft Malt. It is made with filtered Sydney water and 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 May 4 2017 and naturally conditioned through refermentation for 4 weeks. At bottling it was 5.0% ABV, 25 IBU and 0.8°P (FG= 1.003 SG). — 8 years ago

Bentley Johnson

9.0

Love it! Just my kind of wine- clean, woody, pepper on the nose which is mimicked on the palate. It's like I just licked an old oak wine barrel! Why I do I like these flavor profiles? Maybe because the aromas remind me of my grandparents house growing up- they always had a musty/woody scent...or that they transport me to a rustic cabin in the mountains! It's amazing how aromas can trigger certain things in your brain! — 8 years ago

Stephen Gagnon

9.1

Farm House Ale aged in oak barrels with Tangerines and Oranges and Dry Hopped with Citra — 9 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

10

WOW!!!!!!!! Okay, as you probably know, Im not shy about giving a perfect score. If I could change one thing, the initial palate is a tad sweet. But Holy Stars!!!!!!!
The cork is so perfectly preserved its unbelievable. It looks like a one year old wine cork. The bouquet is pure oak and cedar with remnants of charcoal. Talk about barrel aged! The color is dark dark dark midnight purple. The legs are long and thick lasting a full 12 seconds. Now after decanting for 5 min the sweet beginning is gone. It is now perfect! This is my new favorite wine! The initial palate is blackberry currant and spice. The beginning of the finish is black pepper. The finish is milk chocolate and very buttery which dissipates very fast and leaves you grasping the stem for another indulgence.
I will keep this in my cellar as my house wine for serious wine lovers such as myself! — 9 years ago