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3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Garage Project, New Zealand, Sour Ale

Garage Project Beyond The Pale – Off-Piste

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Brewery: Garage Project
Country: New Zealand
ABV: 4.2%
Style: Sour Ale
Other Notes: 30 years at the Fringe

Brewer Description: (from can) A Garage tradition celebrating New Zealand’s own fantastic fringe festival with a very special avant-garde offering. This year our favourite festival turns 30 and to celebrate we’re going off-piste. It’s a very fringe affair – kettle-soured, spiked with beetroot juice and infused with blood orange and mint; a unique combination creating a startling crystal pink beer with a refreshing citrus palate and delicate lifted aroma. The perfect way to celebrate 30 years of fabulous fringe fun.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.91
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 330ml can, with a best before date of 21st November 2020. Poured into a Holy Mountain tulip glass.
Appearance: A nice clear orange pinkish colour with a two finger white head that had pretty good retention while leaving only some sparse lacing.
Aroma: Citrusy, blood orange, lime, sherbet like.
Taste: Sour, tart, blood orange, citrus sherbet, lime, candy.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Light and refreshing citrus sherbet notes. The beetroot and mint did not come through as strongly as I hoped though. But it still did make for some good easy drinking.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, German Berliner Weisse, Sweden, Wizard Brewing

Wizard Puppethead

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Brewery: Wizard Brewing
Country: Sweden
ABV: 4.5%
Style: German Berliner Weisse

Brewer Description: Berliner Weisse with raspberry & blackcurrant.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.12
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 330ml can, with a best before date of 13th September 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy murky beetroot like purple reddish colour with a one finger pink head that dissipated quickly and left no lacing.
Aroma: Lightly jammy, raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, berry gummy candies.
Taste: Sour, tart, blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry, with jammy and yoghurt notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Loved the aroma and flavours were full of nice berries. A good easy drinking Berliner Weisse.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, German Berliner Weisse, Sweden, Wizard Brewing

Wizard Gramoballoophone

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Brewery: Wizard Brewing
Country: Sweden
ABV: 4.5%
Style: German Berliner Weisse

Brewer Description: Berliner Weisse with mango, raspberries & passionfruit.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.04
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 330ml can, with a best before date of 8th November 2021. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy carrot juice deep orange with a one finger white head that disappeared immediately and left no lacing.
Aroma: Fruity passionfruit and raspberry with notes of mango.
Taste: Lightly sweet and sour, tart, raspberry, passionfruit, notes of mango, and a touch wheaty.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A very easy to drink Berliner Weisse with nice tropical fruits. There is a jammy raspberry lingering aftertaste that is especially enjoyable.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Hudson Valley Brewery, IPA - Sour, USA

Hudson Valley All Together

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Brewery: Hudson Valley Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 6.5%
Style: American Sour IPA
Other Notes: Sour India Pale Ale

Brewer Description: (from can) A worldwide collaboration brewed to support hospitality professionals. We are all in this together, hosted by Other Half Brewing. Worldwide beer collaboration – All Together.

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

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a Holy Mountain tulip glass.
Appearance: A hazy straw yellow colour with a big three finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly and left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Tart, grapefruit, mango, guava and peach gummy rings.
Taste: Sour, tart, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, guava, tangy, lemon zest.
Mouthfeel: Zingy, light to medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: A very nice HV interpretation of All Together. Due to its tart sourness, it is very different to all the others that I’ve tried. But at the same time it also worked out very well as the tart and fruity notes were full of citrus and tropical fruits. Just really easy and enjoyable to drink.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Equilibrium Brewery, IPA - New England / Hazy Triple, USA

Equilibrium Super Fractal Kangaroo Set

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Brewery: Equilibrium Brewery
Country: USA
ABV: 10%
Style: New England / Hazy Triple IPA
Other Notes: Triple India Pale Ale

Brewer Description: (from website) On Pete’s recent trip to Australia, he created a new Super Fractal without even knowing it. A can of Come At Me, Bro pictured with some of our new found friends being fresh sticking out her tongue with the baby roo looking longingly waiting for his 21st bday (look closely on the label). These are BuckWild Roos inside Roos inside Roos inside Roos with those Limited edition Payton Roo shoes. With Aussie forward hops and a picture like that, Super Fractal Kangaroo Set was born. (Note: no Roos were actually allowed to drink).
Super Fractal Kangaroo Set starts off with a fractal grain bill and keeping the hops All Aussie Everything, Galaxy leads the way on the dry hop with some support from Sabro and Citra. Super Fractal Kangaroo set pours a hazy intense yellow with aromas of tropical fruit, coconut, and assorted citrus. The flavors of orange, melon, and gummy bears permeate with under an umbrella of Pina colada. Tiki drinks on an Australian beach come to mind with each sip. This beer is extremely smooth for its size and contains our explosive #EQjuice profile giving you melon and gummy notes on the backend. It’s a great example of what happens with you let your mind fractals flow freely. Drink responsibly and enjoy this Kaleidoscope of Roos raised to the fifth dimension.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.29
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can with no clear canned on or best before date, although I believe it was canned on 8th May 2020. Poured into a Holy Mountain tulip glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a one finger white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Strong citrus, orange pulp, orange juice, mango, pineapple, coconut, with notes of melon.
Taste: Citrus rind, mandarin, orange, melon, pineapple, and notes of coconut.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Lots of fruit going on here, and although not my favourite combination, it was still enjoyable. In addition the alcohol was well hidden such that it was easy to drink.