7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(750ml bottle from the brewery) Pours opaque pale purplish red with a small bubbly pink head and light frit pulp lace. Aroma is relatively subdued for a smoothie, raspberry/blackberry with some sweet cherry, floral, soft tequila herbal quailty, tangy, a little earthy. Flavour is moderately tart, rather acidic for a typical smoothie actually, prominent notes of tequila (herbal/woodsy), cherry, moderate raspberry, some earthy wood, floral strawberry in the background, quite lactic/yoghurty, finish is moderate barrel/spirit with prominent cherry/raspberry, saline and mineral, a bit earthy, quite tart and tangy into the aftertaste. Moderate body, not super thick for a smoothie, softly carbonated. Very easy to drink, the barrel adds a nice dimension and the base feels more interesting and acidic than a typical kettle sour smoothie, but at the same time I found the fruit profile a little muddled. I am here for more BA/wild smoothies though.