Wildflower - St Walter 2024: Gamay

A golden barrel aged ale wholly fermented by a diversity of yeasts and bacteria collected from native flowers in NSW refermented with plums. Saint Walter was an 11th century monk from the Loire Valley in France and is the patron saint of vintners.

NERD NOTES

In 2024, St Walter: Gamay was made by blending barrel aged golden mixed culture fermentation ale with 515kg of handpicked, whole bunch Gamay from Johansen Vineyard in Tumbarumba, NSW. After a four month maceration and refermentation of fruit and beer, it was bottled and allowed to naturally carbonate and mature before release.

The base beer is brewed entirely with certified organic cereals from Chris and Sam Greenwood's farm in Coleambally NSW. Organic raw red wheat with organic Schooner barley malted to a pale roast by Voyager Craft Malt. It is made with filtered Sydney water and Motueka (NZ) hops. Finally, it was fermented with our house culture of microflora wholly foraged from native flowers in NSW. It was bottled in July 2024 and naturally conditioned through refermentation for 12 weeks until release. At bottling it was 6.2% ABV and 10.0°P.