tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post4712415958696806253..comments2024-02-29T11:54:28.419+00:00Comments on Ed's Beer Site: Wild, wild beerEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-83890715562442365342018-08-18T10:31:30.416+01:002018-08-18T10:31:30.416+01:00I had some samples of Wild Beer's beers back i...I had some samples of Wild Beer's beers <a href="https://edsbeer.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-white-horse-30th-old-ale-festival.html" rel="nofollow">back in the early days</a> and to be honest they were awful. But great branding and an interesting idea. I'd say they've got as far as making good beer, but I don't think I've had anything from them I think is great. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-50960551238333759242018-08-18T10:22:07.085+01:002018-08-18T10:22:07.085+01:00I'm still not sure how much the image matches ...I'm still not sure how much the image matches the production. <br />I knew I'd have trouble trying to do an ATJ as I'm quite terse when it comes to writing. I really need to work on my going off at a tangent I think. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-51277439604290863202018-08-18T06:59:40.719+01:002018-08-18T06:59:40.719+01:00It was interesting, 2013. What we were interested ...It was interesting, 2013. What we were interested in was the excitement around a new brewery that had hardly done *anything* at that point (the progression in terms of buzz was Magic Rock > Wild Beer > Cloudwater, as we recall it) but was talking about doing something that felt really new and a bit bonkers.<br /><br />There was clearly some serious interest in this idea of wild/sour/barrel-aged among a subset of a subset of beer geeks and, several years on, it's very much <a href="https://boakandbailey.com/2018/08/session-138-return-of-the-wood-part-ii-woodys-revenge/" rel="nofollow">become A Thing</a>.<br /><br />FWIW, Jess and I aren't mad keen on most Wild Beer Co beers in practice, but rather like the contribution they make to The Scene in terms of variety.Rayhttp://boakandbailey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-54261534425241768102018-08-15T13:12:32.419+01:002018-08-15T13:12:32.419+01:00I was a bit suspicious of Wild when they launched;...I was a bit suspicious of Wild when they launched; they got a big writeup in B&B's book, and it was only after several pages of hey! and wow! that they let slip that they weren't actually doing anything with wild yeast yet. Fair play to them that they're actually doing it now, and at scale.<br /><br />I've tried writing like ATJ myself; it looks like it should be the easiest thing in the world but it's really hard. Ars est celare artem and all that.Philhttp://ohgoodale.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com