Wild Sour Series: Suckerpunch Dill Pickle Sour Beer
Destihl Brewery in Normal, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Gose - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.70
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The tart, citrusy flavors of a DESTIHL gose ale combine with the unmistakable zesty, garlicky flavor of a Suckerpunch dill pickle to create a uniquely delicious, knockout flavor experience. Cheers!
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Why did I buy this beer? I don’t even like pickles! I am such a ratings whore. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. It has an intense dill pickle aroma. Oof. The flavor is horrific. I’d imagine if you drink the pickle brine from a jar of dill pickles, it tastes like this beer. Absolutely disgusting. I managed two sips and poured it out. I rinsed the glass with water a few times and it still smells of pickles. I would award negative points if I could. This is an abomination.
Is it fair that someone who doesn’t like pickles is rating a pickle beer? Maybe not, but life isn’t fair.
Is it fair that someone who doesn’t like pickles is rating a pickle beer? Maybe not, but life isn’t fair.
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 07 Feb 2026
at 06:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Slightly hazy golden yellow with minimal head and moderate effervescence. Dill, cucumber, biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Mildly sweet dill pickle, biscuit malt, mildly sour vinegar, mildly salty, and minimally bitter straw flavor. Good body - nice balance. Way better than I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2026
at 04:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Poured a vibrant yellow color with a fluffy white head. Can pour. I really like their spicy pickle beer, but hadn't had this one yet. While it does nail the mark with it being like pickle juice. Okay, but needs either some more brine and sharp tartness to it.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2025
at 03:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours gold with a smallish white head. Dill pickle wafts from the pour. Med body or so. Very puckerish. Dry, salty and maybe bitter. Dill for sure. Definitely very pickle.
Tried
from Can
from
Total Wine & More - Vacaville, CA
on 17 Sep 2025
at 23:40
5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Tried from can. Poured sightly cloudy with a paper thin lace that quickly evaporated. True to its name it has an odor and taste of pickle brine with a lingering sour, salty finish. I typically find sour ales to be crisp, refreshing, easy to drink but to me, this beer is the opposite to those expectations.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2025
at 01:30
Can: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is pickle, spicy, pungent. Taste is sour, pickle, spicy, tangy. This one hits for a pickle beer.
Tried
from Can
from
Earlybird's Bottle Shop
on 26 May 2025
at 00:44
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 19:03
7.5/10
Tried
on 10 Oct 2024
at 17:42
2.6/10
Way too sour and it's pretty much like drinking pickle juice. Needs to be more subtle, could barely do half of it
Tried
on 14 Jan 2024
at 12:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz can at Hops & Bottles. Cloudy golden pour, non-existent head. Aroma is pickle brine. Taste, yup...pickle brine. Dill and cucumber notes detectable. Quite a nice pucker.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2023
at 00:13