7.3

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

Sour ale flavoured with strawberry and vanilla; from tap at Mikkeller & Friends, thanks to my girlfriend Goedele for sharing. No head whatsoever, not even a very thin one; hazy orange-glowing peach blonde robe with salmon pink hue. Aroma of strawberry jam, strawberry sherbet, vanilla ice cream, ripe nectarine, Cape gooseberries, dragon fruit, cocktails à la Strawberry Daiquiri and even Pisco Sour, lime juice. Tart, lactic-sour but spritzy onset, natural strawberry acidity apart from that unmistakable strawberry aroma, lime flesh and pitaya impressions too, finely tingling effervescence; smooth, slick body, a thinly white-bready core buried under a crisp lime-like citrusy sourness and strong retronasal strawberry aroma, with the vanilla playing the second violin. Pisco Sour and Strawberry Daiquiri spring to mind again, while that edgy lactic sourness keeps things refreshing; very fruity and focused, so even if this kind of pastry sours are not always my thing, I must admit this is very well executed – even my girlfriend, who normally detests vanilla, liked this one a lot. Another hipster drink stripped of its classical ‘beeriness’ and turned into some exotic cocktail – mission accomplished, in that sense.