Kill Your Idles: Red Berry
Idle Hands Craft Ales in Malden, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series|
Score
7.09
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: copper to red sort of meshed color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated fairly quick to leave some light lace
Aroma: strawberry sweet and tart vibes, raspberry tart and sweet character and a light creamy sweet note
Flavor: blends the tart and the sweet tones of those berries to a light creamy lactose quality; finishes with the strawberries and raspberries
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable, some light smoothness but also a little bit of tart assertiveness
Overall: nice mixed red berry ale that I would come back to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can drunk 8/16/18.
Moderately hazy-to-cloudy, tangerine-copper-brass. Small, off-white head atop shows moderate retention.
Well-aged acid with integrated, attenuated fruits are both aromatic and bright, not dampened by any excess lactose and showing round, lightly juicy citrus and seedy, lightly jammy red fruit. Vanilla, honey and cracker sit behind it, confidently, with no alcohol, flaw or excess sourness. The lactose, malt and juicy fruit notes all achieve a very nice balance.
Soft, malty and juicy with lactose and honey-like malt textures, engaging carbonation and juicy citrus. Again, it's quite balanced and very flavorful, with a good attenuation and integration of the fruit. No excessive lactic acid component, nor any heavily tart, dominating raspberry character (which I find to be a problem quite often in raspberry sours). Great mix of soft, sweet and juicy, with tart/acidic. Clean and showing no alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
[2/3/17] Draught at Bukowski Tavern in Boston. Cloudy red. Aroma of berries, yeast, a bit of malt, lacto. Sour flavor, yogurt. Very good.