Kill Your Idles: Crantastic
Idle Hands Craft Ales in Malden, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series Out of Production|
Score
6.92
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A kettle soured ale loaded with flavors of cranberries, cherries and grape must.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned 11/20, drunk 12/4/18.
Lightly-to-moderately hazy, cherry red with some deep auburn hues. Pinkish-yellow-tinged, off-white head fades steadily to nothing.
Light lactic acidity parallels the strong cranberry character, both augmenting each other, it seems. Light floral and earthy notes emanate underneath from the blood orange, but this is definitely much more cranberry-forward. Malts are light, biscuity, mostly out-of-the-way. Smells a little more acidic/lactic than usual; not quite as much integration, but that's probably just because cranberry is so dry and acidic.
In the mouth it's tart, sweet and juicy all at the same time, making for an incredible flavor experience full of tart cranberry and lightly juicy, floral and earthy blood orange. Soft and malty with tight carbonation and good attenuation, the acidity lingers on gently but nicely. Surprisingly much more blood orange than the aroma lets on. Lactose/lactic acid is well-integrated in the flavor. As with the other entries in the series, the balance and flavors are just stellar. Always happy for a new release in this series.
Lightly-to-moderately hazy, cherry red with some deep auburn hues. Pinkish-yellow-tinged, off-white head fades steadily to nothing.
Light lactic acidity parallels the strong cranberry character, both augmenting each other, it seems. Light floral and earthy notes emanate underneath from the blood orange, but this is definitely much more cranberry-forward. Malts are light, biscuity, mostly out-of-the-way. Smells a little more acidic/lactic than usual; not quite as much integration, but that's probably just because cranberry is so dry and acidic.
In the mouth it's tart, sweet and juicy all at the same time, making for an incredible flavor experience full of tart cranberry and lightly juicy, floral and earthy blood orange. Soft and malty with tight carbonation and good attenuation, the acidity lingers on gently but nicely. Surprisingly much more blood orange than the aroma lets on. Lactose/lactic acid is well-integrated in the flavor. As with the other entries in the series, the balance and flavors are just stellar. Always happy for a new release in this series.
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on 04 Dec 2018
at 20:34