Mackerel Skies - 2023
Crossover Blendery in Weston, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.24
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Brewser. Deep golden and clear colour with a pale off white head. Aroma and taste are funky damp basement and citrus acidic and apricot. Rich body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at the CBJ tasting, thanks to Fergus, 12/06/24. Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a decent off white head. Nose is tarte citric zest, damp wood, funk, grains, grape must. Taste comprises tangy green berries, funk, herb, hedgerow, damp straw, greengage tang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic rise. Solid sour.
Leighton (34888) reviewed Mackerel Skies - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared at CBJ - cheers to Fergus. Pours lightly unclear orange-gold with a creamy, white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of citrus peel, grass, moderate acidity. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Woody finish, grassy hops, tart lemon. Sound.
madmitch76 (40205) reviewed Mackerel Skies - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12th June 2024
Bottleshare at CBJ, thanks to Mr Frog. Almost clear burnished gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Earthy ripe fruity funk. Greengage. Very mild acid on the airy finish. Good approachable sour.
Fergus (31281) reviewed Mackerel Skies - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. A mostly clear deep orange coloured pour with a a fine off white head. Aroma is tangy, green citrus, Mellow sour, grass, lemon, horsey funk, gooseberry. Flavour is composed, tart lemon juice, pithy citrus, grass, funky lacto, lingering pithy lime. Palate is chalky, tart, prickly carbonation, sour. Salty citrus.. Nice.
WingmanWillis (38005) ticked Mackerel Skies - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 1 year ago
Marko (21878) reviewed Mackerel Skies - 2023 from Crossover Blendery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Prague Beer Fest 2024. Hazy golden body, off-white head. Brett-driven aroma, sweetish-seeming orange-like touches. Lean, dry taste, citric notes, primarily lemony, fair bit of herbal touches, brett, some bitterness even. Or at least noted as such. In my notes as Blendery, being the most likely culprit, but I tried it later in the night, noting it under the right name, liking it slightly less (3.3, focus on citrus and brett), but I was slightly less fresh then, so I'll ignore that one.