Farmageddon - Niagara Montmorency Cherry
Bellwoods Brewery

Farmageddon - Niagara Montmorency CherryFarmageddon - Niagara Montmorency Cherry
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From:
Bellwoods Brewery
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #178
ABV:
6.3%
Score:
94
Ranked #2,585
Avg:
4.28 | pDev: 4.67%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
48
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 05, 2022
Added:
Sep 19, 2015
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  6
Farmageddon is our wild farmhouse ale that we've been brewing, blending, and aging for almost as many years as we've been open. The blending process allows us to maintain a common thread across batches, the aging adds nuanced layers, while the brett and bacteria work hard to create small idiosyncrasies in each release. It's a refined, effervescent, and delicious beer worthy of special occasions and idle weeknights.

And every so often we decide to age a batch with Montmorency cherries from Niagara because sometimes the cliche "with a cherry on top" is both figurative and literal. Not to mention, delicious.
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Ratings by peensteen:
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Reviewed by peensteen from Canada (ON)

4.35/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Reddish pink colour, ring of pink-whit head, little to no lace. Smell is full on cherry, brett and funky, comes off a bit like a fresh kriek lambic in some regards, oak and slight white wine, red jolly ranchers and light acidity. Taste is of cherry that goes from tart to sweet, fruity and some cereal grains, funky, light brett throughout, oak, a bit of a riesling meets apple cider flavour going on, dry in the finish. Lightly carbonated, dry medium body. Truly excellent stuff, another exceptional beer from a brewery that very rarely disappoints.
Sep 28, 2015
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

3.99/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bellwoods Brewery 'Farmageddon' Barrel Aged Wild Ale @ 6.3% , served from a 500 ml bottle (2019 vintage)
A-pour is a light pink from the bottle to a dark fuchsia in the glass with a small size off-white head leaving a fine spotty lace along the tulip
S-Niagara Montmorency & Morello cherries
T-thirst quenching wild ale , very tart sour cherry swallow
MF-ok carbonation , big medium body
Ov-2019 vintage bottle opened & enjoyed on Labour Day weekend 2022 , not sure about being a saison
prost LampertLand
Sep 05, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by Long813 from Canada (ON)

Dec 07, 2020
 
Rated: 4.32 by Simon212 from Canada (ON)

Jul 11, 2020
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Reviewed by octortus from Canada (ON)

4.09/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
500 mL Bottle. ABV 6.3%.
Appearance: Veiled orange/red/salmon, Just over half a finger of off white fizzy head, Little retention, Broken collar remains.
Aroma: Brett, Hay, Sweat, Lemon, Slight juicy cherry.
Mouthfeel: Just under medium body, Medium carbonation, Off dry, Mouth coating finish.
Flavour: Brett, Lemon, Cherry, Sweat, Very slight tropical fruit (guava/passion fruit).
Overall: 2019 Version. Much more Brett than cherry, but it was detectable. I felt like a bit more cherry was warranted, but all in all - nicely done.

Review: 142
Feb 24, 2020
 
Rated: 3.95 by jfreeze from Canada (NB)

Jan 28, 2020
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Rated by Ghrymm from Canada (BC)

4.09/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2019 edition poured from a 500ml bottle.
Aug 29, 2019
 
Rated: 4.45 by Scottsbeer from Florida

Jul 31, 2019
 
Rated: 4.13 by groleau from Canada (QC)

Jun 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4.04 by csmrx7 from Canada (AB)

Apr 27, 2019
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Reviewed by npolachek from New York

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Definitely a Brett beat with solid cherry overtones - almost like a Kriek or Flemish red. Solid lambic esque aroma and taste with a clean and crisp aftertaste.
Feb 10, 2019
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

4.1/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle: Poured a reddish color ale with a large off-white foamy head. Aroma of tart cherry with light rustic malt notes is quite enticing. Taste is a nice of tart cherry with no acidity, light rustic malt presence with light oak notes also perceptible. Body is about average with good carbonation. Refreshing, complex and seems to hold the route even after two years in the bottle.
Aug 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)

Jul 19, 2018
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

4.2/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Hazy pink color with pinkish head. Aroma has lambic style funk with barnyard notes and earthy cherry pits. Taste is quite tart with cherry flavor and cherry pit bitterness on the finish, quite funky yeast. Medium body and carbonation. Really nice wild ale, similar to a lambic in yeast profile.
Jan 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.72 by StormAles from Canada (ON)

Jun 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.39 by mtomlins from Canada (ON)

May 07, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Apr 23, 2017
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.52/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle purchased from the reserve list at Bellwoods Brewery in Ontario, ON.

This one pours a nice vibrant red color, with a small head, and just a hint of lacing.

This smells like bright and juicy sour cherry, with some oak, with fruity and Bretty funk, some hay and leather and lemon. This smells phenomenal.

This is a tremendous cherry stained banger. There's some nice oaky bitterness, offset by a wonderfully forward and evocative sour cherry flavor, sweet cherry pie and cherry pit, with light lemony and leathery funk. It's incredibly drinkable and tasty, I could have like three bottles of this easily and feel no pain.

Can Bellwoods make a bad beer? Probably not.
Apr 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.48 by deonreds from New York

Feb 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.92 by IrishColonial from Texas

Feb 16, 2017
Farmageddon - Niagara Montmorency Cherry from Bellwoods Brewery
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 48 ratings