Brewed in cooperation with one of the most prestigious craft breweries in the world, DeMolen, ART#18 is our take on the style of Wheat Wine. The strong, intense, and yeasty character of the Wheat Wine is balanced with lighter colour and subtle malty tones contrary to Barley Wine or RIS. We couldn’t have chosen a different beer style as John Brus, the founder and main brewer at DeMolen who has visited our brewery in WRCLW is well known for creating excellent, strong beers! We wanted it to be special so we have decided to try something new. That’s how we brewed Wheat Wine. Such a strong but well-balanced brew is ideal to show subtle ingredients. We have decided to produce two separate tanks. We are offering two versions: one with Polish acacia honey and Mexican vanilla sticks and the other one with more distinct canola honey and freshly roasted coconut chips added just before HopGun.

	ART+18 Honey and Vanilla Wheat Wine The strong, intense, and yeasty character of the Wheat Wine is balanced with lighter colour, subtler malty tones in contrast to Barley Wine or RIS.Such a strong but well-balanced brew is ideal to show subtle ingredients.

Style

The Wheat Wine is our variation on the Barley Wine style having its origins in England. The first commercial beer of this style was brewed in the second half of the 19 th century although some argue that barley beer had been brewed as early as in Ancient Greece. We have taken a fresh perspective on this style. In contrast to barley wine, wheat wine differs in colour. It is much lighter and thus less intense in terms of malty aromas. As a result, the beer is subtler and the bouquet is dominated mostly by yeast tones and extra ingredients. The common ground is high alcohol contents, sweetness and moderate bitterness level.

Malts/extract:

Achieving such a high extract with the use of wheat malts is quite an achievement. Using mostly light malts produces uniquely light colour of the brew. This is the reason for subdued malty tones.

Hops:

We have used traditional, continental hops, Magnum to produce bitterness, and Hersbrucker, to produce flowery aromas that go well with strong, light beer. Whereas Wheat Wine leans more towards the malty side. That’s why, hopping is less intense.

Extra ingredients:

The Honey and Vanilla version has been mixed with exceptionally light and aromatic acacia honey. Produced during the blooming season of black locust trees, the acacia honey is filled with flowery aromas. After adding honey, the beer has been pasteurized to preserve its qualities. Mexican vanilla sticks were added at the very end of the HopGun process to enrich the beer with this refined spice.

Ageing *

Such thick and intense beers age really well, similarly to good, strong wines. It is a great idea to store a few bottles and open them successively (every half a year every year) to experience its different taste. First, it is going to be quite fresh like a dessert wine. With time, it is going to obtain tones of sherry, white dry fruit (pear or light raisins) and mead. What an experience!

*If stored in proper conditions (temperature of about 10C, no sunlight), the beer will release refined tones produced by the oxidization process.

• Style: Wheat Wine
• Parameters
  • Extract: 27,0%
  • Alcohol: 10,0% obj.
  • IBU: 60
• Ingredients:
  • Malts: wheat, Pilsner, Caramel Pils
  • Hops:
    • Bitter: Hallertau Magnum (DE),
    • Aromatic: Herbrucker (DE)
  • Yeast strain: Danstar Nottingham
  • Extra ingredients: craft acacia honey; vanilla sticks
• Look: dark orange
• Aromas: honey, roasted coconut flakes, peaches, pineapple, mead, bananas
• Mouthfeel:
  • Trick, oily, low saturation
  • Sweet and sour, white fruit: pineapple, peach
  • Warming, slight sourness and sweetness
• Serving temperature: 9-11°C
• Glass: Snifter, Tulip
• Foodpairing:
  • Very intense and strong beer recommended with desserts only: Crème brûlée with gooseberry, rhubarb sorbet or strong cheese e.g. Łomnicki-type long-maturing goat cheese