Odd Side Ales Cherry Pomegranate Black Currant Fruitsicle

Cherry Pomegranate Black Currant Fruitsicle

 

Odd Side Ales in Grand Haven, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Fruit Beer Series
Score
7.09
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 1
Juicy, fruity, slightly tart ale brewed with lactose. Cherry, Pomegranate, and Black Currant added.
 

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12 ounce can into tulip glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy ruby red/orange/light pink color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light pink head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy cherries, pomegranate, cranberry, strawberry, fruit skin, black currant, lemon, pear, green apple, melon, red grape, hay, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit, light lacto/Brett funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, fruit, lactose, and pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy cherries, pomegranate, cranberry, strawberry, fruit skin, black currant, lemon, pear, green apple, melon, red grape, hay, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit, light lacto/Brett funk, and yeast earthiness. Light fruity/lactic tartness and fruit tang on the finish. Lingering notes of juicy/tart/tangy cherries, pomegranate, cranberry, strawberry, fruit skin, black currant, lemon, pear, green apple, melon, red grape, hay, grass, vanilla, cream, wheat, cracker, biscuit, light lacto/Brett funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, fruit, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness and tangy fruit balance; and zero cloying/puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and fairly crisp/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited milkshake sour! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, fruit, lactose, and pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Very flavorful for the low ABV. This one was a bit more tart/tangy/drying than most others with all the dark fruits, but just as impressive. Nicely jammy fruit, balanced milkshake-like sweetness; and solid Brett/lacto complexity like the rest. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example as expected.
Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2018 at 22:46