Green Flash Cellar 3 Plum
Green Flash Cellar 3 Plum (officially released as Cellar 3: Natura Morta Plum) is the San Diego brewery's love letter to the wild side — a 5.5% ABV Belgian-style saison fermented in oak foudres with Brettanomyces, then aged six months in red wine barrels on Italian plum puree. It pours a pink-blushed gold with tart plum, rosewater and almond over barrel tannins and a dry, wine-like finish. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 5.5%
- Size: 750mL
- Style: Belgian-style saison / wild ale (14 IBU)
- Aging: 6 months in red wine barrels with Italian plum puree
- Fermentation: Oak foudres with Brettanomyces
- Origin: Green Flash Brewing, Cellar 3 facility, Poway/San Diego, California — first released July 2015
"Natura Morta": Still Life in a Bottle
"Natura morta" is Italian for still life — the painting genre — and the name fits: this is the brewery most famous for hop-bomb West Coast IPAs painting something delicate. Cellar 3 was Green Flash's dedicated barrel-aging program in Poway, and Natura Morta Plum was its third release, an intentional departure from the hop-forward playbook that reviewers called "the complete opposite" of the Green Flash they knew. Explore more sour and wild beers or the full Green Flash Brewing lineup at Del Mesa Liquor.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Tart plum, rosewater, white wine barrel. Palate: Juicy plum and almond over gentle Brett funk, balanced by barrel-drawn tannin. Finish: Dry, vinous, softly tart.
How to Enjoy
Chill and serve in a stemmed glass beside a cheese board — aged gouda, chèvre, prosciutto — where the beer's acidity plays sommelier. A wild ale this delicate deserves the good glassware.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does "Natura Morta" mean? Italian for "still life" — the name of the painting genre, a fitting title for Green Flash's plum-and-wine-barrel still life.
Is this a sour beer? It is a wild ale — tart and funky from Brettanomyces and barrel aging, but more vinous and delicate than a hard sour.
What did it rate? BeerAdvocate aggregates it at 4.15/5, with Untappd drinkers at 4.04.
A still life you can drink — order Green Flash Cellar 3 Plum online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.