Merlot Sour

Astral Project

The 2020 Merlot saw us win Champion Hybrid Beer at the Independent Beer Awards, so we’d be silly not to bring it back again this year! As opposed to the first five 2021 Astral Project releases, this brew used ‘wet’ skins not fresh skins. These wet skins were collected when digging out the fermenters before the press. The Wort used for the Merlot was the same recipe as used in the 2020 version. - a blend of Pale, Vienna and Wheat malts. It was fermented on skins for 5 days, being plunged twice daily. Following this, it was racked to stainless tanks to finished ferment and condition for packaging. Great acid drive, with flavours of strawberry, grape Hubba Bubba and confectionary Raspberry on the nose.

375mL Cans