This beer pours a cloudy reddish-purple color with a thick frothy purplish-white had that diminishes gradually to a film. Partial rings of lace. The aroma consists of tart berries, yeast, wheat and malt. Medium body with flavors of tart blackberry and raspberry, mildly funky yeast and doughy malt. The finish is sour berries and cherries. Good beer all around.

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 12/26/2018. Pours hazy very dark ruby red/purple color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy pink head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy blackberries, raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, plum, apricot, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, blackberries, raspberries, pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla notes; with great strength. Taste of huge sour/tart/tangy blackberries, raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, plum, apricot, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy blackberries, raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, plum, apricot, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, blackberries, raspberries, pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness, and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, acidic/tangy, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.3%. Overall this is a fantastic fruited imperial kettle sour! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, blackberries, raspberries, pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the modestely acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish; not overly lactic. Amazing balance of super jammy berries, Lacto complexity, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example. Can said they only used 30 grams of vanilla beans for 30BBL, but it was still somewhat noticeable.

Can from Craft Brewed. Pours a thick and viscous deep plum color with a small rose pink colored head that dissipates quickly. Big blackberry aromas with raspberry yogurt and plum notes. Thick and coating on the palate. Super viscous. Tart berry flavors with a yogurt-like finish. Lingering berry. Not beer, but great. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Gadget on 27 Jan 2019 at 00:52 - Score: 8

12oz can thanks to Toby pours out purple with ring of a head. Nose is big sweet berries with a touch of tart. Taste is more of the nice sweet berries cream and mores sweet berries.

12 oz can from share, courtesy of Toby. Murky purple, pours flat. Big fruity aroma, berries. Taste is more of the berries, fruity, sweet, thick. Mostly sweet, hint of tartness.

Bottle. Raspberry/blackberry, malt, and hay aroma. Purple amber with minimal head. Sweet-tart raspberry, light blackberry, biscuit malt, moderate sour vinegar, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body. Pleasant.