7.9/10
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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