Donkey Venom 2018 Haskap Berries
500ml bottle 8.5% abv
Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto
Barrel-aged dark sour with haskap berries
One of the first aged sours to leave oak at Bellwoods, Donkey Venom is a complex beer that we've brewed and blended many times over the years -- constantly subject to our relentless process of refinement. At its roots its a rich porter, but the time it spends in barrels with brett and bacteria harmonizes the ingredients, yielding bright levels of acidity, complimentary fruit flavours, and and ultra fine carbonation well suited to the style. A hybrid of sorts, that effortlessly overlaps the categories of 'dark beer' and 'sour'.
This variant of Donkey Venom was conditioned on 1000 pounds of whole Haskap berries.
The addition of haskap berries introduces flavours and aromas of sweet dark cherry, plum and black currant cordial to an already voluptuous base beer. This combination of flavours enhances the impression of dark chocolate and toasted wood, while further drying the body and suggesting raspberry seeds and merlot grapes.
Available for in store pick up only.
Unpasteurized - Keep refrigerated..