Description
Soul Barrel Brewing Co has won the Best Beer in Africa title at the 2022 African Beer Cup with their Live Culture Grand Cru. This farmhouse ale is fermented in an oak barrel with a wild yeast culture, resulting in unique flavors that reflect the seasonal brewing conditions and local ingredients. After aging, it is blended with citrus, sage fynbos, and a large amount of hops. Each batch is unique, but typically has notes of citrus, herbal spiced pear, pineapple, and a tart dry finish. It has an ABV of 8.5% and an IBU of 25, and is brewed and bottled at Soul Barrel Brewery in Paarl.
Soul Barrel has taken the top spot in the 2022 African Beer Cup, Africas biggest beer competition. The brewery took the coveted title of Best Beer in Africa with their Live Culture, which beat 250 entries from 14 different African countries.
The latest edition of our flagship wild ale, this is a cuvee of multiple vintages aged between one and six years. This beer showcases the dynamic flavour and evolution of our mixed yeast culture. The older parts of the blend show an intense brett spicy and funk character, enhanced by a fruity tartness, and peach, honey and lemon notes of more recent vintages. This blend is the pinnacle of our barrel aging program.
The beer was fermented in a large French oak barrel, with the native Live Culture yeast blend that live in the wood. A long aging period followed, during which the wild yeast slowly continued to work, contributing the dry, funky, peppery, light fruit notes the Live Culture is known for. After aging it was blended with fresh citrus fynbos and hops. It reminds us of aged, dry champagne. The beer is thoroughly imprinted with our environment. The process of growing the grain, in the brewery, fermenting the beer with our native wild yeast, and aging it with our homegrown fynbos gives a unique sense of place.
ABV 6.7%
IBU: 22Bottle size: 340ml
Brewed & Bottled at Soul Barrel Brewery in Paarl.
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