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Speciation Artisan Ales takes an evolutionary approach to brewing wild beer, wine, hard seltzer, and cider. We make use of oak aging, innovative ingredients, and a coolship.
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7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a near clear orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart citrus and lime upfront with a hint of grass and rum supporting. Flavor has sour lime and tart citrus with a bit of rum underlying.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2019 at 05:03

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange gold with a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has tart citrus and grass with a bit of pickle juice underlying. Flavor has pickle juice and tart citrus with some grass underlying.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2019 at 01:44

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Pours a hazy pinkish peach with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has tart hibiscus and lime with a hint wheat and citrus backing. Flavor has tart and earthy hibiscus with a bit of straw, lime and wheat backing.
Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2019 at 23:49

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2019 at 19:21

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
[5/11/2019] Draught sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2019. Green session. Cloudy yellow. Peach, funk, spicy note, earth, fruitiness, mildly tart, bitterish hint. Very nice.
Tried on 27 Jun 2019 at 21:13

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
[5/11/2019] Draught sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2019. Green session. Hazy pale yellow. Funk, wood, fresh fruits, sour, juicy. Great and refreshing.
Tried on 27 Jun 2019 at 21:12

7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Lime- and roselle-flavoured sour by a Michigan craft brewery having achieved some fame in the sour beer world, thanks Johan for sharing the can at Bierkoning in Amsterdam. Snow white, rather thin and loose, bubbly, open and quickly dissolving head, salmon pinkish-tinged rosé colour. Alluring aroma of sweetened hibiscus tea, fresh lime flesh, ripe melon, sweet onions, tomato juice, soap, pink grapefruit. Crisp, clean onset, fruity notes with a lively lime aspect to it – actual, fresh lime blending with lime-like esteriness and sourness – softish in carbonation, but still a bit minerally and in any case very refreshing; wheaty soapiness and thin breadiness under this ongoing lime factor, both gently and quenching sour and aromatic, drying softly, leads to a flowery, aromatic, perfumey but also very citric finish, with a gypsum-like note lingering. Unexpectedly nice little kettle sour, light-footed and thin, but very elegant, with the floral-perfumey aspect of the roselle (Hibiscus) and the tropical, soft sourness of the lime very cleverly integrated into the whole. Surprisingly well done, I need more from this brewery!
Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2019 at 14:59

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Lovely herbal/sour notes, grassy, straw, hay, citrus, malty backbone, lemon, soft carbo, light peppery notes, bit weird, hmm grisette.. Purchased at BeerTemple
Tried on 25 Jun 2019 at 09:16

9/10
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2019 at 21:05

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at BenH. It pours dark rich red with a thick, pinkish - white head. The aroma is bright, zingy, tart, tangy, blackberry, jammy, Victoria sponge cake and sherbet. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, zingy, bright, kick of acidity, cranberry, blackberry, purple chewits, puckering, granny smith apple, redcurrant and cranberry with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Big and punchy.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2019 at 17:36