Pearpawsterous
Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Cascade BrewingSour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
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Score
7.49
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Over the years, we’ve admired many of the beers coming from our friends at Cascade in Portland, Oregon. After visiting and sharing beers together we determined that we had very similar philosophies on sour beer making as well as similar histories with how our programs started. Naturally, we thought it would be awesome to make a beer together. Both programs are very focused on use of whole fruits, and balanced acidity. With similar wheat base beers, we aged our beers on whole paw paws from Indiana and a custom pear blend from Oregon.
Malt bill includes 30% Unmalted Wheat, which undergoes starch conversion by boiling during a “turbid mash”. The beer is then aged for long periods in oak barrels. During fermentation, yeast, Brettanomyces, and other souring microorganisms create a tart, dry and refreshing sour ale. Selected foudre beer was transferred and aged on a blend of Indiana paw paws and Oregon pears.
Pearpawsterous is straw to pale in color with the perfect balance of pawpaw and pear fruit flavors. With a zesty carbonation, it finishes tart and dry
Malt bill includes 30% Unmalted Wheat, which undergoes starch conversion by boiling during a “turbid mash”. The beer is then aged for long periods in oak barrels. During fermentation, yeast, Brettanomyces, and other souring microorganisms create a tart, dry and refreshing sour ale. Selected foudre beer was transferred and aged on a blend of Indiana paw paws and Oregon pears.
Pearpawsterous is straw to pale in color with the perfect balance of pawpaw and pear fruit flavors. With a zesty carbonation, it finishes tart and dry
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ MBCC 2018. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of sourness, malt, yeast, oak, tart fruity, peach, pear. Flavor is sour, malt, yeast, oak, tart fruity, peachy, pear. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, acidic finish. 120518
Tried
on 09 Jun 2018
at 15:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour at Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience 2018. Poured a golden straw color, clear with a small off-white head. Aroma was very mild, light fruity notes. Mild tartness, pleasant. Not much pear here, light fruit, pleasant tartness, mild sour. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2018
at 05:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 3/2018. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy melon, orange, peach, pear, fruit skin, apricot, lemon, lime, pineapple, banana, mango, hay, straw, oak, wheat, and cracker; with lighter notes of pepper, leathery/musty funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, fruit, oak, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy melon, orange, peach, pear, fruit skin, apricot, lemon, lime, pineapple, banana, mango, hay, straw, oak, wheat, and cracker; with lighter notes of pepper, leathery/musty funk, white wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and light yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy melon, orange, peach, pear, fruit skin, apricot, lemon, lime, pineapple, banana, mango, hay, straw, oak, wheat, cracker, light funk/vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, fruit, oak, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; with zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, fairly acidic/tangy, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol fruit 6.5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited sour/wild ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/acidic yeast, fruit, oak, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink; with the modestely acidic/tangy/drying finish, never overly lactic. Well rounded Brett/lacto complexity with balanced fruit; nice oak presence and pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity. A very enjoyable offering and well made style example, as expected of the 2 breweries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2018
at 23:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at MBCC 2018 Red (session Trois), 12/05/18. Hazed golden with a decent off white cap. Nose is pear drop, funk, damp straw, oak. Taste comprises damp hay, tarte stewed pears, vanilla oak, funk, light must. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
Tried
on 25 May 2018
at 08:20