Wildflower Brewing & Blending - St Henry 2019: White Peach

St Henry 2019 is an Australian Wild Ale refermented with peaches. It is named for Chris and his wife's second son. Saint Henry II was a Holy Roman Emperor during the 11th century. In 2018, we made St Henry with Trevatt apricots from Thornbrook Orchard in Orange, NSW. However, during an unseasonal hailstorm in December 2018, all of Thornbrook's apricot crop was damaged and we were unable to harvest apricots for the 2019 version of the beer. The same storm dented a percentage of their white peaches as well, so in an effort to move with the conditions of the season, as well as make use of fruit that would otherwise been useless, we decided to switch St Henry to peaches for this harvest year of 2019. We doubled down and also made another version with yellow peaches however we believe this beer will benefit with additional time in bottle before release and hope to release it sometime next year. On release, it has a sweet aromatic nose of peach fuzz and peach skin, blossoms and subtle herbal spice. The palate is delicate and balanced. A pristine peach character flows from start to finish. Soft creamy acidity reminds me of the gold base used for the refermentation and gives great length and freshness. A really balanced, pretty beer.