Trial & Ale Brewing A Cordial Invitation

A Cordial Invitation

 

Trial & Ale Brewing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
Score
7.36
ABV: 6.9% IBU: 5 Ticks: 16
Utilizing our pale sour base beer as a canvas, we opted for a rather restrained (for us) amount of cherries in order to highlight the deep, jammy pie filling texture and flavour depth of the cherries, but thinning and brightening these flavours with the lactic acid forward nature of the underlying base blend. Although the wait was long, we are excited to bring you our take on what we consider to be a very special style.

​Hops: A Minuscule Addition of German Hallertau
Malts: Pilsner, Wheat, Oats
Yeast: A Melange of Several Different House Primary Strains, Several Select Brettanomyces Strains, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus brevis, Additional House Cultures, Saccharomyces bayanus for bottle conditioning
 

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Big cherries on the nose then a super sour kick at thr end. Quite tart. Grapefruit in there, the characteristic yeast strain these guys seem to rock. Reddish clear pour without head. Tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft at Trial & Ale Brewing (Lore) on 19 Jun 2025 at 21:10


9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Patricks. Golden color with some bubbles. Aroma and flavor is sourness, horseblanket, orange zest, lemon, berries, funk, oak. Wow.

Tried from Bottle at Patricks Pub og Restaurant on 23 Apr 2025 at 09:27


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

[notes] Poured from bottle @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Cloudy orange with minimal white head. Cherry, tartness, funk, okay.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2025 at 07:42


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16oz can pours out hazy golden topped with a small white head. Nose is nice sweet tart cherries and some barrel notes. Taste is more of the cherry notes some big tart kick.

Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2024 at 00:40


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16oz can from Boise Co-op. Cloudy dark golden, bubbles fade to flat. Aroma is caramel and cherries, tart. Taste is tart and sweet, cherries, malty. The pucker picks up at the back.

Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2024 at 00:33


7.9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Slightly hazy . Very tart cherry character. Very dry and acetone notes. Medium body. Some dried apricot notes in the background. Nice stuff

Tried on 24 Jul 2024 at 06:30


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at graf. Pours deep amber, nose is huge funk, sherbert, taste is sharp funk, zesty, cherry.

Tried on 07 Jun 2024 at 19:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from RAD at home. Reddish orange colour with a white thin head. Aroma and taste are tart to sour. Wiodh and slight cherry. Crisp body.

Tried from Can on 25 Apr 2024 at 20:49


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tåkete brun med gulbrunt skum. Lukter sure bær og urter. Veldig sur. Smaker bæreddik, kirsebær og noe plommer og trevirke. Lang.

Tried on 24 Oct 2023 at 09:46


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Shared bottle @ Patricks. Clear golden body with almost no head. Aroma is acidic berries with wood and funk. Taste is smooth with balancing acidity, red berries, mild lemon, oak and funk. Balanced body with a long lasting, quite acidic aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2023 at 18:10