Defying Gravity - Kuiper Belt
D9 Brewing Company in Cornelius, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.29
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Super clear golden and light orange coloured body with no head at all - not when poured vigorously or at anytime during the opening - crazy and still, beautifully clear copper glowing body. Aroma of soured lime, tequilla, oaky and lightly biscuity notes show in the nose with a ton of soured, tart and funky quotients, but nothing overtly suggesting the power of this, in the nose, at least. Light-bodied; Strong lime and tequilla, agave flavours show at first with some honey and light graininess, but this is pretty clean-drinking, slightly soured and tart with a lot of sweetness, but nothing overly done or pungent, especially any alcohol in the flavour with a clean bite showing a bunch of sugars, but not really much in terms of pungency or alcohol - this is pretty easy-drinking, somehow! Aftertaste shows some light limey and very tequilla-y notes that bring off a bit of a soured and funky, slightly lactobilly notes in the immediate flavours with a tiny hint of alcohol here and some additional sugars, but nowhere close to double-digits nor any cloying qualities in the sugars. Overall, a very nice, super unexpecting and funky, tart beer that shows around 6 or at most 7 per cent alcohol that is super deceiving, but perhaps that has to do with the age of this, but without there being sediment here and bottle-conditioned qualities, I'm not sure how much really did change in this one, but I do know it is SUPER easy-drinking if the alcohol content (14%!?!) is correct. I sampled this twelve ounce (I swear it's actually 33 cL) bottle purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop in Arlington, Virginia on 19-July-2019 for US$4,59 sampled about three and a half years later at my house here in Washington, just a few blocks away on 28-January-2023.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Total Wine and More in Reston, VA Aroma: molasses, limes, Appearance: hazy golden, white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium tartness Mouthfeel: average carbonation, sticky feel, medium body, long finish Delicious