Gold Blend #39

Gold is a soft, balanced barrel aged ale wholly fermented by a diversity of yeasts and bacteria collected from native flowers from NSW.    

Gold Blend #39 is a blend of five barrels, 1728 (22 month old Gold), 1731 (17 month old Gold), 1763 (14 month old Gold), 1836 (16 month old Gold) and 1852 (12 month old Gold).

Delicately balanced, the palate is effervescent and dry with a subtle bitterness, pillowy body and developing acidity from the indigenous flora. This beer undergoes a warm primary fermentation by our house mixed culture of foraged wild yeast and naturally occurring souring bacteria in a wide vessel before being transferred into French oak barrels for maturation. Mature barrels (averaging 12 months) are then selected and blended to meet our desired character before being packaged and naturally bottle conditioned for a minimum of 3 months. Only then do we release this unspiced wild ale to be enjoyed at table with your favourite foods and best of friends. 

Luke's tasting notes - Beautiful beautiful nose that screams nectarines/passito soda. By far the best Gold nose for a very long time. Almost perfect, such complexity but vibrancy as well. The palate is equally delicious. Light and delicate orange citrus juice and mild stonefruit glide across the palate. There's a touch more funk and the oak provides some extra length but it finishes full of fruit albeit a touch succinctly. 

100 bottles available online - limit 6 per person. 

For full production and tasting notes, please see our corresponding blog post.