Wild Mind Spontane' 2018-1 & 2 Year Blend

Wild Mind Spontane' 2018-1 & 2 Year Blend.
5.4 % ABV. 5 IBU. Wild Mind Artisan Ales, Minneapolis, MN.

This bottle's been in the fridge far too long, and would be celebrating it's 2nd birthday, if I waited too much longer. After a brief struggle with the cork, the beer is free and ready for the glass. Pours clear, bright gold, with a slim, soon-gone head.

In the nose: Straight up funk from the start. Traces of stone fruit and a touch of citrus surround the sides. Wild and wooly.

In the mouth: Blast of sour greets the palate. Lemon and lime mixes it up with apricot/ punk and some definitive Belgian-Style lambic funk. Thin-bodied, with a long, sour finish. Sour hits the lips and smacks the tongue, time after time. Glimmers of fruit offer strains of sweet, quickly subsiding and finishing dry and crisp.

A very admirable version of the Belgian lambic style. Wish I could have snagged bottles of the fruited variants. Ah, well, there will be more. Must try a little harder to get my hands on them next time.

Spontané 2018 is a blend of one and two year old spontaneously-fermented wild ales that were brewed using our custom-built coolship, where the beers picked up loads of flora and bacteria to create a funky base. After aging in barrels and foeders, beers were chosen from several different batches to create a complementary blend of funk, acid, and tartness. The blended sour was then refermented in the bottle to help round-out this complex, truly spontaneous ale.