Parrotdog Microflora Launch

Overview

What's better than this sun we're having? A new beer to sip while you bask in it. Parrotdog's new Microflora range is launching at Goldings, and you can try them on tap come Wednesday.

Microflora is a series of kettle soured beers. They've been formulated in celebration of organisms - the little invisible ones that contribute to our ecology, health and cuisine (among other things). They've given the Microflora range a clean acidity, a canvas to use for flavour experimentation. In their own words, we present the two beers in the series:

Specimen A begins with a very pale malt base that includes a touch of wheat, acidified by strains of Lactobacillus. A saison yeast then ferments the beer down dry (and adds a hint of spice) before we add a heap of Nelson boysenberries — a surprisingly-recent hybrid of various berries from the Rubus genus with a tart fruit flavour and striking maroon hue.

Specimen B takes a simple pale malt base and ferments it with an equally straightforward ale yeast, so as not to overshadow the work already done in the brew kettle by Lactobacillus, and finishes with a significant dry-hopping from several varieties of Humulus lupulus. An uncommon but uncomplicated combination, focused on the interplay between bacterial tartness and citrus hop flavours.