Category Archives: Wild Ale

Jolly Pumpkin Baudelaire Beer IO Saison

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Aschwin de Wolf

It may strike the reader as strange that I have never reviewed a Jolly Pumpkin beer. After all, Jolly Pumpkin is one of the major brewers of wild and sour ales in the United States. As a matter of fact, … Continue reading →

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L’enfant Terrible

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

The label of De Dochter van de Korenaar’s L’enfant Terrible informs me that this is a “special, gueuze-style ale brewed with wild yeast.” I am not completely sure what distinguishes a “gueuze-style” beer from an ordinary gueuze but perhaps it is … Continue reading →

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Mikkeller Yeast Series: Brettanomyces

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

Admittedly, I was a little hesitant about this beer because Mikkeler seems to show little restraint in what it releases to the market. But this “educational” beer designed solely to showcase the Brettanomyces yeast was too tempting to leave untouched … Continue reading →

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Anchorage brews with brettanomyces

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

When I ventured into the low-temperature walk-in beer section in my local Whole Foods recently, my eye caught no fewer than three bottles from Anchorage Brewing that all said “with brettanomyces:” a Saison (Love Buzz), a Wit Bier (Whiteout), and … Continue reading →

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Wild Yeast

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Aschwin de Wolf

Chris White and Jamil Zainasheff’s Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation is a thorough review of the subject of yeast, with the practical (home)brewer in mind. It is mostly a treatment of commercial brewer’s yeast but there are some … Continue reading →

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