Bellwoods Jelly King Pineapple Tangerine Grapefruit

Brewery: Bellwoods Brewery
Country: Canada
ABV: 5.6%
Style: American Wild Ale
Other Notes: Dry-hopped sour ale w/ fruit

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Jelly King is a juicy dry hopped sour with punchy hop aromatics and tart, tropical, fruity flavours. To this batch we added a healthy dose of pineapple, tangerine and grapefruit for exponential fruit enjoyment.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.28
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 500ml bottle, bottled on 1st March 2021, and poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy golden orange colour with a two finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly but left only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Tart, sweet hard candy, citrus cordial, pineapple, grapefruit and tangerine.
Taste: Sour, sweet and bitter, sour gummy candy, pineapple, grapefruit, tangerine, and citrus pith.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: I enjoyed this. It was like drinking liquid candy. Good easy drinking flavours and very refreshing.

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