7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Craft Brewed. Pours a deep brown with a small bit of beige head that dissipates. Raspberry and light cacao aromas on the nose. More raspberry on the palate with some light wild berry, salt and more cacao nib. Dry finish with a stronger lean on fruit than chocolate. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sliderule on 30 Mar 2019 at 00:21 - Score: 7. Original review text: Lots of raspberry and berry aromas. Palate has more of the same with some cacao nib flavors. Crushable.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2019
at 03:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Good, just a bit overly aggressive in its tart citric acidity, what with the lemon juice on top of the lacto sourness. Vanilla helps keep the tart center from overwhelming the pint, while a mild cherry sweet streak adds depth to the finish. Nice purple hue, but a tad boozy for the ABV.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2019
at 01:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sour, as it should be, with strong citrus and tart berry notes and a floral/herbal hop undertone. Maybe some orange, maybe some earth and bubblegum from the Mosaics, but the overwhelming tartness kinda obliterates any nuance. Eh. (RB says it's an IPA. Ha.)
Tried
on 28 Mar 2019
at 02:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This beer pours a cloudy reddish-purple color with a thick frothy purplish-white had that diminishes gradually to a film. Partial rings of lace. The aroma consists of tart berries, yeast, wheat and malt. Medium body with flavors of tart blackberry and raspberry, mildly funky yeast and doughy malt. The finish is sour berries and cherries. Good beer all around.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2019
at 20:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Currants, plum, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Murky purple with minimal head. Mildly sweet currant, plum, caramel malt, moderately sour vinegar, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Great body and balance. Very nice.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2019
at 23:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Blueberry, strawberry, malt, hay, and light vinegar aroma. Murky purple with minimal head. Mildly sweet blueberry, strawberry, malt, moderately sour vinegar and citric acid, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Tasty.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2019
at 23:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 12/26/2018. Pours hazy very dark ruby red/purple color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy pink head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy blackberries, raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, plum, apricot, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast, blackberries, raspberries, pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla notes; with great strength. Taste of huge sour/tart/tangy blackberries, raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, plum, apricot, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy blackberries, raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, plum, apricot, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light vanilla/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, blackberries, raspberries, pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness, and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, acidic/tangy, and lightly tannic balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.3%. Overall this is a fantastic fruited imperial kettle sour! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast, blackberries, raspberries, pale/wheat malts, and light vanilla flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, with the modestely acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish; not overly lactic. Amazing balance of super jammy berries, Lacto complexity, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example. Can said they only used 30 grams of vanilla beans for 30BBL, but it was still somewhat noticeable.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2019
at 02:38
7/10
12/12/18, pours like motor oil, smells like a malty chocolatey mess, tastes like raspberry juice. Oddly missing the chocolate in the flavor much. Ah chocolate burps, there it is! Nice oddity.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2019
at 18:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Not bad, almost like drinking an unsweetened carbonated yogurt beverage, what with the vanilla mimicking the creamy sweetness of a smoothie. So much sour berry, yet never grows cloy or overbearing, with a stubborn, yeasty tartness delivering a nice citric bite on the fade. Not overly complex, but the vanilla's a lovely addition. Doesn't change my mind about sours on the whole, but makes for a nice digression from my usual sea of IPAs and imperial stouts.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2019
at 00:55