I love all Stone & Wood beers, I’ve visited the brewery, tried as many beers of their’s as possible and LOVED them all until now. My wife and I were so excited to see ‘The Gatherer’ had landed in our local bottle shop, so we raced down on Sunday afternoon to grab a couple of the 600ml bottles.
We poured it, it was cloudy, light in colour and everything you’d expect from a wheat beer. Then came the smell, fresh cucumber and water melon were evident, just as the description had said.
This was a hot afternoon and we’d been lifting garden furniture up and down stairs for a couple of hours. We were ready for a nice cold beer… and sadly, this wasn’t that (well it was cold, but not nice). The cucumber and water melon were too strong in flavour, it was refreshing yes, but not particularly nice. The aftertaste was a bit funky, and in all honesty I was really surprised that it was a beer I didn’t like. Stone & Wood are amazing brewers and I love everything else I’ve tried of theirs, this one, not for me sadly.