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Thundercurrant 5.4%, Holy Goat Brewing, Scotland
6 ratings
3.6
Thundercurrant
5.4% Sour / Wild Ale
Inspired by the Belgian cassis, our version is primary fermented with a Brettanomyces blend which produces intense juicy stone fruit and citrus flavours. Blended from two batches of base beer, which were transferred onto around 300g/l of locally grown and freshly harvested Scottish blackcurrants. All ingredients were harvested within 33 miles of the brewery. Drink young or age, this will get weirder. Artwork by Jimbob Isaac.

Reviews

Post author: Tom
Tom
5 months ago
3.8

Post author: KozelFan
KozelFan
@ BrewDog Castlegate - Aberdeen
8 months ago
Thundercurrant, Scotland
3.6
Well it's purple and yes it's sour.

Post author: Bobby B Smooth
Bobby B Smooth
8 months ago
Thundercurrant, Scotland
4.0

Post author: Kenny Rodger
Kenny Rodger
@ Discovery Beers
9 months ago
4.5
Sweet Berry smell and taste with a lovely sour finish

Post author: Henbarris
Henbarris
11 months ago
Thundercurrant, Scotland
4.5

Post author: Paul G
Paul G
@ Home
1 year ago
Thundercurrant, Scotland
4.0
Such colour! Solid ruby with an almost luminous thin head. Cassis is known for its use in cocktails or added to champagne traditionally, I don't know if I've ever had it so I guess a reference to Ribena might occur! On the nose it's got the familiar sour base from holy goat but this time it's not just the base golden sour, it's been attacked by tons of blackcurrant. First sip is proper sour indeed and at first it's like any other sour until you can pick up on the differentiator, which grows with each moment. The base sour is rich enough already with stone fruit like peach and sharp like grapefruit as per but the blackcurrant really shines through and makes this brew overall complex and a tongue batterer! Does it taste like Ribena? No, not really, Ribena is sweet and watered down once you drink it, I suppose it's closer to neat cordial but even then no, because this isn't sweet and the sourness doesn't reduce much if at all. Some sours only stay sour for a couple of sips then your acclimatised, this one is sharp throughout. It's almost refreshing, if it weren't for the extreme levels of sharpness and taste assaulting you. It's luscious in it's own way and from my limited experience with cassis I'd say this brew is most akin to it. You probably could mix this with champers too! It's not the most complex ever from Holy Goat, as it's not barrel aged and it's only got one adjunct. But as always, it's local produce and high quality. And as always, it's great. All hail the kings of the wild mixed fermentation sour, Holy Goat!