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Dead End Brew Machine Sauv Wild Pale

Name: Dead End Brew Machine Sauv Wild Pale
Brand: Dead End Brew Machine
SKU: 619317005709
Price: 8.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£8.00

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Producer Dead End Brew Machine

Country Scotland

Region Glasgow

Tasting Notes

Gooseberry, White Grape, Lemon Zest and Wild Herbs

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More About Dead End Brew Machine Sauv Wild Pale

A perpetual blend of wild pale ales fermented in a 500L ex-Sauvignon Blanc cask. The perpetual, or, "solera system" style brewing began in 2021. In 2022 half of the beer was moved out of the cask into a different barrel and fresh beer was added, and the same is done every year making this a blend of 4 year, 3 year and 2 year old beer.

The beer is not refermented in bottle and is still.

Brewed at Epochal Barrel Fermented Ales by Dead End Brew Machine.

BBE: Sept, 2035.

Meet the Producer, Dead End Brew Machine

Dead End Brew Machine

Style: Brewery & Blendery

Dead End Brew Machine sits firmly in the category of “beer for people who got slightly too interested in fermentation and never fully recovered”. Based in Glasgow, the brewery focuses heavily on barrel ageing, mixed fermentation and wild ales packed with Scottish fruit, foraged ingredients and all sorts of funky little complexities. Basically, this is not your easy-drinking lager for mowing the lawn.

The whole project leans much closer to lambic, natural wine and farmhouse brewing traditions than modern hazy craft beer. Patience is a huge part of the process here. Beers spend years ageing in barrels, blending together different vintages and developing layers of acidity, oak, funk and fruit character before eventually making their way into bottles.

A lot of the beers blur the line between beer, cider and wine in really interesting ways. Barrel-aged wild pales, spontaneous cider blends and mixed fermentation projects regularly appear, usually carrying plenty of tart fruit, earthy funk and wine-like acidity. Some releases feel almost closer to a natural pét-nat than traditional beer, which explains why fans of sour beer tend to lose their minds over new bottles landing.

What’s especially nice about Dead End Brew Machine is how local the whole thing feels. Scottish fruit, local ingredients and a very DIY small-batch mentality run through everything. Nothing feels rushed or mass-produced. It’s all slightly nerdy, slightly funky and very obviously made by people deeply obsessed with fermentation.

Not exactly “crack open six cans while watching football” beer. Much more “sit quietly and pretend you understand wild yeast” beer. Which honestly is sometimes exactly what you want.