Straffe Hendrik Wild is only bottled once a year.
The official release date for edition 2021 in Belgium is April 19th!
Contact your local distributor for more information.
The beer needs a longer maturing period in the bottle before it can be released and therefore first matures in the bottle for three months in the cellars of the brewery. The refermentation with wild yeast is only finished after three months and the young beer is palatable.
The beer will conitue developing in the subsequent years. The bitter hop aromas will become softer, whereas the wild Brettanomyces yeasts will conitue working and creating hints of fruit, flowers and wine.