Purple Grain
Smithers Brewing Co in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.69
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Barrel-aged Haskap Sour
A deep and complex sour, thrice conditioned on local haskap berries and pomace throughout its production. An extended stay in red wine barrels with wild yeast and bacteria has imparted a vinous and jammy profile, bright acidity, and a dry, tannic finish. Enjoy now or cellar for up to three years.
Fish in a Barrel barrel-aged series - This beer has been swimming in Hugarian oak barrels for just shy of 2 years.
A deep and complex sour, thrice conditioned on local haskap berries and pomace throughout its production. An extended stay in red wine barrels with wild yeast and bacteria has imparted a vinous and jammy profile, bright acidity, and a dry, tannic finish. Enjoy now or cellar for up to three years.
Fish in a Barrel barrel-aged series - This beer has been swimming in Hugarian oak barrels for just shy of 2 years.
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6.8
pictoman (9684) reviewed Purple Grain from Smithers Brewing Co 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Poured from 500mL bottle. Dark coppper brown with quickly dissipating white head. Medium acidity upfront, mild tannic haskap berry underlay, very feint vinous notes (moreso on the nose). If the acidity settles a bit, it may be fairly decent.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Howler's Private Liquor Store
on 19 Nov 2025
at 06:02
6.6
Oakes (33493) reviewed Purple Grain from Smithers Brewing Co 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Purply-brown colour and no head. Deep berries and wood, a bit of balsamic. A little too vinegary, a touch of berry, sharp acid in the finish, so overall it’s okay, a bit aggressive.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2021
at 03:35