Wild Beer Co

Location: Somerset
Head Brewer: Andrew Cooper

The Wild Beer Co was born out of a love of fermentation, barrel-ageing and most importantly, flavour. We believe exceptional brewing stems from imagination and passion. Our beers are brewed using modern creative techniques and ingredients while producing some of the world’s oldest beer styles guaranteed to give you a memorable drinking experience.

The Wild nature of our beer is displayed in the alternative fermentations and unorthodox yeasts we use alongside our barrel-ageing and blending program. Set against the backdrop of the Somerset countryside we are a truly farmhouse brewery sharing our space with Westcombe Dairy, whose cheese pairs incredibly with our beer...

Embracing individuality we think of our beers as having unique terroir; our house wild yeast was captured in a neighbouring Cider orchard and we often forage seasonal wild ingredients.

We believe that exceptional brewing stems from imagination and passion, unconstrained by stylistic guidelines and should be guided by flavour. We want to give you a truly memorable drinking experience, altering your perceptions and thrilling your taste buds.

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:4.1%
  

  2018 sees the sequel to our infamous mushroom beer - Breakfast of Champignons. This years new recipe uses Chanterelle mushrooms (as opposed to penny buns) seasoned with white peppercorns and parsley. Bright acidic character plays off of the earthiness of the mushrooms and the toasted oak nds synergy with cracked white pepper. Interesting doesn’t cover it!

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  Breakfast of Champignons II

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:4.1%
  

  2018 sees the sequel to our infamous mushroom beer - Breakfast of Champignons. This years new recipe uses Chanterelle mushrooms (as opposed to penny buns) seasoned with white peppercorns and parsley. Bright acidic character plays off of the earthiness of the mushrooms and the toasted oak finds synergy with cracked white pepper. Interesting doesn’t cover it!

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  Breakfast of Champignons II Keg

  Wild Beer Co KeyKeg 20 litre(s)
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• Style:Saison
  ABV:5.0%
  

  A transcontinental fusion of Belgium’s eclectic beer culture and the fiesty hops of North America. The hops deliver a big splash of tropical fruit, followed by ripples of well-seasoned spiciness.

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  Epic Saison

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• Style:Imperial Stout
  ABV:8.5%
  

  Imperial stout brewed with raspberries and Valrhona cocoa nibs. Rich flavours of chocolate and fruit collide with boozy heat. Perfect with desert - go berry heavy with a cheesecake to amplify the raspberry elements or chocolate torte to amp up the richness of Valrhona coca nibs in the beer.

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  Jambo!

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• Style:IPA
  ABV:6.8%
  

  Ratebeer: 97/100. Brett’s homage to his Californian homeland. Open the bottle to a tropical punchbowl of aromas, as this beer is all about the hops. There are masses and masses of late hops and dry hops to maximise the beautiful flavours and aromas so you can experience wave after wave of tropical and citrus fruits.

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  Madness IPA

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• Style:Saison
  ABV:9.0%
  

  Named after the ancient Greek goddess of beer, this Belgian Style Saison has copious amounts of New Zealand hops, freshly harvested Somerset apple juice and wild yeast. Once bottled the beer undergoes a secondary fermentation with Champagne yeast, giving a brisk spritzness on the tongue.

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  Ninkasi

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• Style:Saison
  ABV:9.0%
  

  A celebratory beer, fermented with champagne yeast on top of an elegant farmhouse saison. Brewed with 10% local apple juice it also has a place in the Somerset countryside.

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  Ninkasi

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:6.0%
  

  Rooting Around - Summer, utilises all aspects of the cherry tree apart from the fruit. Branches in the mash tun, buds and leaves in the boil and most importantly blossom (both white and pink) post fermentation. Finally aged in ex Modus Operandi barrels with our wild cultures, this beer is bold, tart, and robust yet full of the nuances and complexities of the cherry tree.

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  Rooting Around Summer

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• Style:Other (specify in description)
  ABV:3.6%
  

  Our take on a Gose beer. We have been preserving lemons in salt and lemon juice throughout the winter ready to brew this refreshing, zesty summer special. A fabulous citrus accompaniment to fish dishes, or it could act as a sour lemon pickle to Morrocan food.

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  Sleeping Lemons

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• Style:Smoked
  ABV:4.0%
  

  We wanted to create something as thirst-quenching and refreshing as possible while incorporating intense smoke. Bringing all the elements of sour, salt, smoke and the taste of blood oranges into what is reminiscent of a beery twist on a Smoky Whisky Sour cocktail.

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  Smoke n Barrels 17

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:5.0%
  

  A beer with the acidity of a white wine or a farmhouse cider, and with a depth, complexity and drinkability that makes it a wonderful and refreshing match for food. This is a magic Wild Beer to enjoy with fish, particularly oily fish such as mackerel or sardines, or even better why not try it with a ceviche.

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  Somerset Wild

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• Style:Other (specify in description)
  ABV:5.0%
  

  Spontaneously fermented using wild yeasts harvested from cider orchards in our local area, Somerset Wild embraces our ‘terroir’ and sense of place in the Somerset Countryside. Fresh, bright and tart this is a beer like no other.

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  Somerset Wild

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• Style:Other (specify in description)
  ABV:3.6%
  

  Loosely based on a Berliner Weisse with a Wild Beer twist. We have used 58 year old sourdough culture and a little brettanomyces and put the beer straight into oak barrels for its primary fermentation. It is slowly fermented, matured and soured for 4 months in the barrel and will continue to evolve in the bottle.

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  Sourdough

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:5.0%
  

  Incorporating new and unusual ingredients in beer is as integral to what we do, at Wild Beer Co, as using the most local ingredients we can. So we teamed up with a local wine producer to relieve them of their grape must and use it in making a sour beer. Grape must is the juice and pomace left behind after the grapes have been pressed. These skins are laden with wild yeasts which would’ve tradition- ally fermented the juice into wine. We thought it was about time that we utilised the wild funk available from wine grapes.

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  Squashed Grapes

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:4.9%
  

  The Blend is an expression of what we do and why we do it. It is a celebration of our love affair with wild yeast, sour beers, slow maturation, barrel-ageing and blending. Inspired by Belgian Gueuze-style beers, we have blended together carefully selected sour beers from our barrel library, and used all of our experiences from the last five years to create the 2017 vintage.

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  Summer Blend 2017

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:6.0%
  

  Our beer man, Stuart, put together a traditional Tepache as an adult drink for one of our brewery events and it was an instant success. With those flavours in mind, he set about creating a recipe to scale this from a 20L batch of sweet so drink to a 6000L x-rated version. Packed with Latin American influence, we used our understanding of flavour development to balance funky brett, tart lacto with a combination of sweet fruit and dry spice character to tickle your fancy.

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  Tepache

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:4.0%
  

  A beer inspired from a Tom Yum soup but with the salty kick of a Gose; a German-style sour wheat beer usually brewed with coriander and salt. This style has been recently resurrected in recent times and provides the perfect base to this weird and wonderful beer. Tom Yum Gose brings together the fresh aromatic spices of Laos and Thailand, the natural wild yeasts of Somerset and carefully sourced salt to make a truly remarkable and refreshing beer.

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  Tom Yum Gose

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:4.5%
  

  The “all -day” wild beer, tart and fruity, yet well hopped and drinkable. We have been chasing this beer since we started and love the com- bination. The juicy, tart gooseberries and our own culture of wild yeast from local orchards give this a gentle acidity, whilst the generous “dry-hop” enhances the fruitiness.

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  Wild Goose Chase

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:4.5%
  

  The “all -day” wild beer, tart and fruity, yet well hopped and drinkable. We have been chasing this beer since we started and love the com- bination. The juicy, tart gooseberries and our own culture of wild yeast from local orchards give this a gentle acidity, whilst the generous “dry-hop” enhances the fruitiness.

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  Wild Goose Chase

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• Style:Belgian Abbey Style
  ABV:13.0%
  

  Our sake-inspired beer brewed with Sea Buckthorn, Sea Salt, Sea Weed (Kombu and Hijiki) and Yuzu juice. The result is a beautifully rounded, beer packed full of intensity and umami character!

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  Yadokai

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• Style:Sour
  ABV:7.3%
  

  Zintuki is the younger sister of Ninkasi, mythologically and beerologically. She was the Goddess of food and dining, laying on feasts and aptly eponymous on this beer as it pairs so perfectly with food.

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  Zintuki

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