Chuckleberry – Mills Brewing

Description

Wild Ale – Other – Bottle 750ml – 6.0%

Chuckleberry is a blend of two brews produced in June and September 2019. Made from a turbid wort, using rye malt and aged hops, they started life as potential blending options for our ‘house’ beer, Running Beer. Fermentation and maturation took place in barriques which formerly housed red Bordeaux. We chose three barrels to make a blend that would best fit the fruit: relatively soft and full on the palate to accommodate the fruit’s acidity and tannin, complementary aromatics from the red Bordeaux and French oak, and a balancing funk to cut (but not obscure) the fruit. The resulting blend was added to a large quantity of locally grown chuckleberries to referment for five months. The beer conditioned in bottle for a further three months.

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