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Mirage Beer Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Lowercase BrewingSour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular
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Score
6.95
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from the tap. Hazy pinkish orange with small white head. Mild gin barrel permeates in the background, some apricot, light tartness, barely any cherry. Slightly jumbled, but okay.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tasting at Matt's, bottle
Hazy reddish colour, no head retention. The aroma is mildly herbal and fruity, sobe funk. Acidic, sharp, fruity, a bit herbal too.
Ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
375ml @ Matt's new place. Appearance: hazy copper with a white head. Aroma: sour, gin, barrel, some fruity character, cherries are not really recognizable. Taste: same. Overall: ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Slight haze, and pinkish. There's a mellow cherry, woody character to it. Fairly dry. Light apricot accent. Quite a dry brett accent and it blends nicely with the fruit. I don't really get that gin barrel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
375mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark orange amber with a small white head. Aroma is full of gin botanicals, light oak, subtle apricots, acidity, and a hint of faded cherries. Flavour is quite gin-dominated upfront, with lots of botanicals, apricot acidity, and seltzery notes. A bit muted, but the gin and bugs come through nicely. Interesting concoction here. Not really that elegant or cohesive, but it's solid stuff.