Waratah 2018 (2019 Release)

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Waratah is a collaboration between Ryefield Hops (Bemboka, NSW), Voyager Craft Malt (Riverina, NSW), Batch Brewing Co (Sydney, NSW) and us.Waratah '18 was brewed at Batch on 11 May 2018. Its grains were grown and malted in NSW by Voyager Craft Malt. In the boil we used Cascade and Fuggle hops grown and dried in Bemboka, NSW by Ryefield Hops. The wort was transferred to Wildflower where it underwent primary fermentation in stainless for 5 days.After primary fermentation, the beer was transferred into a number of oak barrels. Three of them aged for 12 weeks and then were emptied and packaged in 2018 to make Waratah 2018. Two of the large, 300 litre hogsheads 1823 and 1825, however, we left and allowed them to age for 11 months. In early June, we racked the beer out and packaged it on 5 June 2019.At release, it has super fruity aromas of melon and melon perfume combined with vinous characters of matchstick and oak. An attractive palate of mild citrus with accompanying stone fruit and earthy spice. Mild acidity highlights the savoury oak finish.In many ways, Waratah epitomises our goals here at Wildflower. It is an agrarian beer, a product of the harvest conditions of each of the inputs. The recipe was built on what was grown here, not on what we could order from international malthouses and hop fields.