Key Lime Pie Sour
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.81
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow color with a small white foamy head which dissipated fairly quick and barely left any lace.
Aroma: tart lime notes with a little bit of lactose, light sour character then some sweet wafer almost animal cracker-ish and/or pie crust note to it
Flavor: seems to copy the aroma fairly well - sweet to tart to semi-sour; finishes yes, somewhat like a liquified key lime pie
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; light smoothness but also a light tart assertiveness
Overall: I see it's labeled a "sour/wild beer" on Brewer which to me is possibly the closest this beer actually is, I mean I guess we could go one step further and say "pastry sour" but "flavor-ed" is also acceptable.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: golden yellow color with a small white foamy head which dissipated fairly quick and barely left any lace.
Aroma: tart lime notes with a little bit of lactose, light sour character then some sweet wafer almost animal cracker-ish and/or pie crust note to it
Flavor: seems to copy the aroma fairly well - sweet to tart to semi-sour; finishes yes, somewhat like a liquified key lime pie
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; light smoothness but also a light tart assertiveness
Overall: I see it's labeled a "sour/wild beer" on Brewer which to me is possibly the closest this beer actually is, I mean I guess we could go one step further and say "pastry sour" but "flavor-ed" is also acceptable.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 16:51
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Refrigerated pint can poured into a glass. Hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is sour lime, medium body, lower carbonation carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is sour lime.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2025
at 00:19
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Slightly hazy yellow with a medium sized white head that faded quickly. Dry and very tart with strong lime. Long lime finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2024
at 20:42
8/10
Hazy gold pour. Key lime flavor with vanilla notes. Key lime palate with Graham cracker crust finish.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2022
at 23:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tart lemon nose, mild. Hazy golden, headless. Tangy lime. Light body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2022
at 23:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Big 16 oz can from trader joes. Hazy yellow. First taste it quite a bit of tartness but then lots of lime peel zest comes thru, not lime as we know it, lime peel. Lots of curing carbonation and there is this sort of farmy feel to it as well. Smoother and easy. No real hops in this, just mostly tartness and lime zest. Interesting and kindah fun. Yes, could drink a few of these without any problem. Effeminately an interesting tart brew without any processed character about it.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2022
at 22:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours hazy pear into a tulip. Bright white head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Lime aromas. Crisp with straight up sour patch lactic punch upfront followed by lime peel and pith before the medium length pie crust finish.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2021
at 21:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can, from City Beer. Pours cloudy lemon yellow with small frothy off-white head, faint acidic aroma, medium carbonation, medium sour lime taste, smooth body, longish finish. Quite well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2020
at 15:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16 oz. can. Canned on 2/11/20. Bright hazy yellow. Aroma is lime zest and lemon juice. Flavor has the lime, lemon, and vanilla. Vanilla from milk sugar. Sweet and sour balanced. What the brewer intended.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2020
at 21:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a hazy pale yellow with a bit of a green note? Maybe I’m imagining things. Definitely lime and a bit of vanilla in the nose, lacto creamy sourness in the mouth. Pretty much tastes like a very sour piece of key lime pie. Good beer.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2020
at 18:17