Berliner Messe: Agnus Dei (2018 Harvest)

Name: Berliner Messe: Agnus Dei (2018 Harvest)
Brand: The Referend Bier Blendery
Rating: 4.2 (398 reviews)

The Referend Bier Blendery

Pennington, NJ

Tavour Rating

4.2

Style

Berliner Weisse

ABV

6.2%

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About This Beer

VinePair ranked Berliner Messe: Agnus Dei (2018 Harvest) number 5 on their Best Beers of 2020 list.

To make it, the brewers conditioned a spontaneously fermented Pale Wheat Ale base in oak for 18 months with Vidal Blanc white wine grapes. VinePair calls the resulting beer-wine hybrid “bright in every way,” referencing a “savory note that had us yearning for funky, forest-y mushrooms.”

Tasting Notes

A swirl of the glass awakens deep nuances of oaky tannins and leather, layered with a vinous minerality and notes of lemon zest and Granny Smith. The wheat base lends a mildly sweet, cereal tone at the beginning of the sip, balancing the brew’s sublime tartness.

Complex Fruity Tart Funky Wild Vinous

Noteworthy Ingredients

Oak Wine Grapes

Reviews

4.2

398 Ratings

yungdyno

3.25

honestly, just tastes like champagne and beer.

keith15

4.0

Unique that’s for sure, tastes like champagne and apple juice. I enjoyed it, especially mid-day.

Juice56

4.0

very good, kind of tastes like those “champagne” apple ciders they sell around the holidays for kids though

metaphysxlabs

5.0

delicious, bright, very drinkable. great summer beer.

zach2412

4.0

tasty sour wheat, sweet and unique

Seanze

5.0

simply amazing

simon__ferocious

5.0

Aromatic floral scent. Bright, light, and effervescent. Depth of flavor of a funky farmhouse ale, with the tartness of an especially sour Berliner Weisse and the dryness of a sparkling wine. Finishes with notes of oak and champagne.