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Wild Beer Evolver IPA

Wild Beer (Curious Brewing - St. Peter's)
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Beer style: IPA - Sour / Wild
Ref: ratebeer.com May2024

Common descriptors are
Hops + Brettanomyces + Hops

Brettanomyces fermented IPA

The exploration of yeast strains and the different results we can achieve are beautifully exemplified in Evolver, a pale ale with a difference. 100% fermented with Brettanomyces. For the first 3 months the beer tastes the same as a fresh pale ale, then the differing flavour compounds start to shine through and after 6 months the Brett really takes hold.

The brettanomyces yeast is particularly good at keeping hop flavours fresh for far longer than traditional brewing yeasts. The Evolver takes on a more complex character over time as the yeast and the hops combine to produce a new and exciting beer that will continue to evolve as the yeast slowly matures the beer.

This is a beer that can be drunk fresh, as a normal pale ale or left to evolve and mature into a unique and unusual beer.