Wild Ones

Sauvages — Sour Ale with White Fir and Juniper — Brasserie Popihn x Cyclic Beer Farm

Sauvages was born from the collaboration between two excellent producers: Brasserie Popihn from Vaumort (Burgundy, France) and Cyclic Beer Farm from Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). Both specialize in unconventional fermentations and unique additions, so the choice naturally fell on something Sour. Sauvages is created by blending several barriques containing a mixed fermentation beer, which has been infused with white fir and juniper branches from the forêt du domaine de Vaumorin — the forest next to the French brewery. Wild nature in a glass.

The Vaumorin Forest: the ingredient you can’t buy

The white fir and juniper branches are not purchased: they are gathered directly from the forêt du domaine de Vaumorin, the forest surrounding Popihn’s brewery in Vaumort. A zero-kilometer, seasonal, unrepeatable ingredient — changing with every harvest and every vintage.

Technical sheet

• Style: Sour Ale with forest herbs
• Special ingredients: White fir + juniper branches from the forêt de Vaumorin
• Technique: Barrique blending, mixed fermentation
• Fermentation: Mixed / spontaneous
• Serving temperature: 10–12°C
• Recommended glass: Wine glass or tulip glass
• Producers: Brasserie Popihn (Vaumort, Burgundy, France) x Cyclic Beer Farm (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

Sensory profile

On the nose, it is wild and foresty: the white fir brings fresh resinous and balsamic notes, the juniper adds an intense aromatic spiciness, while the mixed fermentation contributes its funky and acidic complexity. On the palate, it is complex and layered, with the acidity of the mixed fermentation blending with the forest notes in a fascinating and unexpected balance.

Why choose Sauvages

• Branches from the Vaumorin forest — an ingredient you can’t buy: hand-harvested in the forest next to the brewery, unrepeatable and seasonal
• Popihn x Cyclic — two masters of unconventional fermentations united in a project that brings wild nature into the glass
• Barrique blending — the complexity that only wood and time can provide: each barrique contributes its unique character
• White fir + juniper — a rare and fascinating forest combination: the French forest in a Belgian-Catalan Sour

Recommended pairings

Blue and aged cheeses, game, smoked meats, sour fruit desserts. Perfect as a tasting or contemplative beer.

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