Nevel Wild Ales Beer Purper
Nevel Wild Ales Beer Purper

Purper

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ABV 4.5% Size 375ml
Country Netherlands
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Purper - Barrel-aged aged wild light beer with buckwheat, lavender and aronia. Nostalgic, soft and tart beer, aged for 3 months on oak barrels. We concocted something that has "gezellig" written all over it. Purper is best described as a childhood visit to your dearest granny. Remember how she baked you pancakes with cinnamon and syrup, while her homemade apple pie was cooling in the window sill? There was an old persian rug in the hallway, small potpourri bags in her linen closet and she grew fragrant roses and lavender in her garden. All these homy scents and flavours can be found in Purper, quite possibly the most nostalgic beer you've ever tasted. It is a dry, mildly bitter wild ale with a light malt body and intense aromatics that are reminiscent of apple pie. The lavender is laced through this beer in a warm, subtle way; a roselike floral presence with a hint of cinnamon. [Batch #4: bottled on 11 APR 2022] [Batch #3: bottled on 11 NOV 2020] [Batch #2: bottled on 5 NOV 2019] [Batch #1: bottled on 2 AUG 2018]

Wild Ales & Herring

The funky nature of the wild yeast in wild ales make them some of the most complex beers around. Notes of green apple, chalky minerality and horseblanket funk dominate the beer. Any food pairing needs to allow for the beer to shine. The food cannot overpower the wild ale but rather enhance the nuanced and balanced characters of the beer. A beetroot salad and a herring Smørrebrød are the way to go here. The sweet nature of the beetroot help ease potential tartness of the beer and the salinity in the fish stands up to the funky wild character of the beer.

Wild Ale

Wild ale is a term generally used to classify beers that are brewed using techniques akin to lambic, but that is made outside of the Pajottenland region. This means that spontaneous fermentation and a high reliance on local microflora is quintessential to the flavour components of this type of beer. As such, adding fruits is not uncommon.