Category Archives: Sour Ale – Smoothie / Soda / Pastry

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Sour Ale - Smoothie / Soda / Pastry, The Veil Brewing Co., USA

The Veil Tastee Shibuya Sundae

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Brewery: The Veil Brewing Co.
Country: USA
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Sour Ale – Smoothie

Brewer Description: (from can) Smoothie-style sour ale conditioned on persimmons, yuzu, strawberries, peaches, toasted black sesame seeds, and milk sugar.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a Holy Mountain tulip glass.
Appearance: A not so appetising murky brownish orange colour, with a half finger tanned head that dissipated fairly quickly and left fruit like sediment and only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Fruity, yuzu, strawberry, vanilla, yoghurt, ice cream smoothie.
Taste: Sour, sweet, fruity, yuzu, strawberry, Sprite, sweetened milk, vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Purely on its appearance, it did not look appetising at all. Luckily, it’s aroma and flavours were many times better and enjoyable with lots of fruit, especially yuzu.

3 Sons Brewing Company, 4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Sour Ale - Smoothie / Soda / Pastry, USA

3 Sons Raspberry Dazed

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Brewery: 3 Sons Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: Sour Ale – Smoothie

Brewer Description: (from can) Imperial sour ale with raspberries.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.17
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 13th October 2020, ‘dazed & confused’. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A hazy beetroot purple colour with a one finger pinkish purple head that had decent retention, but left only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Sweet, candied, raspberry, mixed berries.
Taste: Slightly tart, sweet, jammy, candied, raspberry, mixed berries.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Aroma and flavours were nice with lots of raspberry, but it was just a bit too sweet for me. Would have preferred more sour and tartness to balance out the sweetness.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Evil Twin Brewing NYC x Burley Oak Brewing Company, Sour Ale - Smoothie / Soda / Pastry, USA

Evil Twin NYC x Burley Oak Midtown Dew J.R.E.A.M. Code Red

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Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing NYC x Burley Oak Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: Sour Ale – Smoothie
Other Notes: Sour Ale brewed with milk sugar

Brewer Description: (from website) The third version of our collaborative soda series! A perfect balance of sweet and sour cherries with a blast of candied lemon. Medium-full bodied. Tart.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.21
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 17th September 2020. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A cloudy deep reddish purple colour with a one finger pinkish head that had decent retention while leaving nice lacing.
Aroma: Cherry coke with a splash of lemonade.
Taste: Sweet, syrupy sweet, with maybe slight sour notes. Cherry, candied lemon, coke, caramel syrup.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: It’s a self-styled Cola-style Sour Ale, but it’s actually way more sweet than sour, even more so than sour cola candies. The aroma is great and despite the sweetness, I do actually enjoy sipping this cherry, lemon, coke mix flavour.