Hop Grail
Red Wine Barrel Aged Farmhouse Sour Ale
- Wild / Brett / Lambic-style
- 5.7% ABV
- Label approved Oct 4, 2019
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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A Homestead Brew's Wild / Brett / Lambic-style. Label approved 4 October 2019.
Lighter than 78% of the 297 Wild Ale labels we've read.
From the label“Aged in red wine American oak barrels for nine months, the delicious stone fruit esters come through with barrel characteristics. It is amber and crystal clear in appearance, with light acidity and a woody, spicy finish. Take Me Home Our brewery is built on the same land our grandfather built his homestead on over 100 years ago. Visit us and see why we call South Dakota, home.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 46–54°F (8–12°C)
- Glass
- Teku: a stemmed bowl that gathers aroma, built for sour and hoppy beers
- Goes with
- Goat cheese and brie, Mushroom dishes, Fruit desserts
About 145–175 calories and 8–16 g carbs
About 110 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Wild / Brett / Lambic-style. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 2nd of 7 labels we have from A Homestead Brew. It is one of 78 wild / brett / lambic-style labels approved in October 2019. Its label was approved 18 days after it was submitted. The label carries barrel-aged on the front. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
Brew it
A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: SourBrewery: A Homestead Brew