No. 27 - Wild Ale

Usually breweries collaborate with other breweries or brewers There are exceptions where beers are created in collaboration with bars, chefs, sommeliers or winemakers, but usually beer experts work with other beer experts

With its latest collaboration partner, Dutch brewery Oedipus is setting completely new standards in terms of beer-related cooperation: instead of sitting down at a table with other brewers, the team has brought the researchers from the world's first museum for microorganisms on board Micropia is a place where everything revolves around the life of microscopic creatures and presents them in a surprising variety Because beer is home to a whole host of active microorganisms, this unusual pairing came about

Together with the experts from Micropia, the brewers took a walk through the Amsterdam Royal Zoo ARTIS and found what they were looking for in the orchard: Wild yeasts are found on leaves, fruit and bark and the team chose lactic acid bacteria and a yeast culture called Pichia This unique combination of hand-picked yeasts gives the beer an elegant acidity that brings juicy notes of apricot and peach The result was married with a Pale Ale to give it a harmonious bitterness

The world is full of wonders and with the Wild Microbe Ale from Oedipus you can experience one of them up close!