Gradation - Peach
Austin Street Brewery in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series Out of Production|
Score
7.49
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Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Gradation - Peach from Austin Street Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at the brewery, 12/30/17.
Soft haze to this bright peach-golden beer. Butter-tinged, white head fades quickly to nothing.
Pure peach skin funk is among the most powerful and well-expressed that I've come across in recent memory. While this certainly puts it front-and-center in the nose, it doesn't feel dominated by it. Soft funk, earth, tart Brett and biscuity wheat back it nicely and keep the aroma beer-centric. No alcohol or flaw. Very nice attenuation on the peach, as well.
In the mouth it's peachy-sweet with soft, richly-extracted malt and a good level of attenuation. Tight, spritzy carbonation helps disperse the peach and Brett acidity throughout, balancing the light juiciness and honey-like maltiness. Tons of funky skin and pit-like character with good tannin throughout. Almost a candied peach character on the end. Very rich, powerful, juicy beer. Maybe a touch too much so, overall, for me, but it's hard not to marvel at the clarity and intensity of how well they've done the peaches here.
CLW (16720) reviewed Gradation - Peach from Austin Street Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle opened for on-site consumption at the source. Th aroma is enormous amounts of fuzzy peaches. Peach fuzz. All fruit, bold peach. Flavor is tart and not outrageous sour. Wow, huge peach and just the right level of tartness, not over done. Awesome!