Floral sourish beginning. Easy to drink, very soft with a grainy and sour woody. Finish. Hints of floralness, dry bitter sour in the end, mild and fruity. Nice.

The BrewDog Overworks project of sour ales can use some help from experienced brewers I guess – so now presents this collab with Dutch Nevel, with name hinting at the Dutch language (“beide” meaning “both”, underscoring that this is indeed a collab – taking time from both breweries). Described as a ‘Scottish sour ale’ as if this were a new style – thereby creating confusion with actual Scottish ale, which is a very different thing. Thanks to Craftmember. Yellowish pale beige, thin and open head, leaving a thin veil in the middle over a misty, ruddy-caramel brown robe with copper red tinge. Aroma of hard caramel, wet wood, dried passionfruit flesh, sour apples, redcurrant juice, medlar, hints of pear syrup, unripe blackberries, oloroso, dusty dry earth but hardly any cognac. Sour onset in a fruity, crisp way, redcurrant and sour apple impressions, lively carbonated; the lactic and fruity acidity continues and gets a bit puckering, severely drying a basically rounded, caramelly malt core with hazelnutty edge. Lots of drying sourness in the finish, along with tannic woodiness accentuating the dryness further, so that everything does end as bone dry as I was expecting. Not without complexity, an ‘oud bruin’ the 21st-century way, in a sense, but perhaps a tad clean and one-sidedly sour; may well improve a lot with ageing.

Sourish, vinegarish, woody, plum stones, juicy, dry

Maitse on väga bland, nagu ka 5AM Saintil. Iseenesest muidugi hea biznezz projekt on müüa hapuks läinud õlut rumalale. Aga noh halb ju ei ole.

Hapu, marjane, äädikat ka nats, ok.

Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 19/02/21. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent khaki cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is dried berry fruits, cola cubes, dark malts, herb, dusty hops. Taste comprises tangy berry fruits, light pine, dusty hops, pissy tones, red berry skins, acidic bimble. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light puckering edge. Fun enough easy drinking sour and take on the base beer.

Bottled 330ml. -from Goblet Zagreb, shared with hrabren. Black coloured, small brownish head; chocolate, wood and light alcohol in the nose. Light roasted malt, medicine alcohol, rubber, burnt wood and some caramel with notes of berries and warming alcohol in the finish. Not so balanced.