Soursmith: Black Raspberry
Arclight Brewing Company in Watervliet, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series|
Score
7.84
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
MBBC. Black with a purple head. Aroma is sweet, malty, tart and raspberries. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. Oily. 100519
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
16 ounce prowler into tulip glass, filled on 1/18/2019. Pours crystal clear very dark ruby red/purple/brown color with a small dense dark pink/purple head with great retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge juicy/tart/tangy black raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, strawberry, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, mango, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, toasted oak, hay, straw, grass, honey, brown sugar, wheat, and bread dough; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, pepper, leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of black raspberries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malt, and wine barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of huge juicy/tart/tangy black raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, strawberry, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, mango, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, toasted oak, hay, straw, grass, honey, brown sugar, wheat, and bread dough; with lighter notes of oaken vanilla, pepper, leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness. Light fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and slight yeast/oak spiciness on the finish. lingering notes of black raspberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, strawberry, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, mango, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, toasted oak, hay, straw, grass, honey, brown sugar, wheat, bread dough, oaken vanilla, pepper, leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Insane complexity, robustness, and balance of black raspberries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malt, and wine barrel flavors; with an amazing malt/tart/sourness, and tangy fruit balance; with zero puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and fairly acidic/tangy/tannic mouthfeel that is insane. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is a mind blowing fruited sour/wild ale! All around insane complexity, robustness, and balance of black raspberries, fruity/funky/acidic yeast, dark/bready malt, and wine barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mellowly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Absolutely enormous juicy/jammy berries; with perfectly balanced Brett/Bacteria complexity, wine barrels, and dark/bready malts against acidity. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. Not overly sweet, or sour/tart/tangy either way. A truly mind blowing offering, and world class style example. Definitely the best imperial sour I've ever had, lives up to the hype.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottle share at Lucky Bamboo bottle share. Pours a deep, blackberry colored purple with a small magenta colored head that dissipates quickly. Strong aromas of blackberry flesh, grape juice and grape sugars. Quite sweet on the palate, very mead-like. Sweet berry flesh and grape juice flavors. Finish is coating in a grape juice like way. Lingering sweetness.