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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Burley Oak Brewing Company, Sour Ale, USA

Burley Oak J.R.E.A.M. Blackberry Yuzu Cherry

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Brewery: Burley Oak Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: Sour Ale
Other Notes: Due to the use of natural fruit this beer must be kept cold

Brewer Description: (from can) Sour Ale with blackberry, yuzu, cherry, and lactose.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.17

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a Bokke tasting glass.
Appearance: A hazy reddish purple colour with a half finger pinkish head that dissipated quickly to nothing, while leaving only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Tart and sweet, blackberry, cherry, black cherry juice.
Taste: Very lightly sweet and tart, blackberry, cherry, and a hint of citrus zest.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Not getting much yuzu, but this flavour combination is what I like and enjoy.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Burley Oak Brewing Company, Sour Ale, USA

Burley Oak J.R.E.A.M. Blood Orange Strawberry Pineapple

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Brewery: Burley Oak Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: Sour Ale
Other Notes: Due to the use of natural fruit this beer must be kept cold

Brewer Description: (from can) Sour Ale with blood orange, strawberry, pineapple, and lactose.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.25

Intro: A 1 pint can, with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a Bokke tasting glass.
Appearance: A hazy orange colour with a slight pinkish tinge, and a half finger white head that dissipated quickly to nothing and left only sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Fruit punch with mainly, strawberry, pineapple, and orange zest.
Taste: Carbonated fruit punch, slightly sour, sweet notes, Fanta orange, strawberry, pineapple.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: It’s the kind of thing (aroma and flavour) that I would enjoy, but I get that it’s not for everyone. Drinks easy and more like carbonated fruit punch than beer though.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Brew Your Mind, Hungary, Sour Ale

Brew Your Mind Fruit Works – Raspberry-Blackberry-Blueberry

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Brewery: Brew Your Mind
Country: Hungary
ABV: 5.5%
Style: Sour Ale

Brewer Description: (from can) Raspberry, blackberry, blueberry.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.12

Intro: A 440ml can, poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A very nice deep purple colour with a slight reddish tinge, and a big two finger pinkish head, that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Sweet mixed berry sauce, jammy, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, vanilla.
Taste: Light sweetness, a touch sour, blackberry, blueberry, with a hint of vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Nice easy drinking, with a good amount of fruit.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Bottle Logic Brewing, Sour Ale, USA

Bottle Logic Upside Down

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Brewery: Bottle Logic Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 5.3%
Style: Sour Ale

Brewer Description: (from can) Tart ale brewed with blackberries & vanilla.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 17th January 2024. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A deep red colour with a dark purple hue, and a just over one finger lavender head that had decent retention, eventually settling to a ring around the glass, while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: Sweet, tart, jammy, blackberries, and vanilla.
Taste: Sour, tart, light jammy sweetness, blackberries, with light vanilla notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.
Overall: Great aroma, nice flavours, refreshing and enjoyable to drink.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales, Sour Ale, USA

Black Project Mallow

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Brewery: Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales
Country: USA
ABV: 7.4%
Style: Sour Ale

Brewer Description: (from can) Sour Ale with blueberry and vanilla.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.75
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 473ml can, canned on 21st July 2021, poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy copper orange with a pinkish hue, and a two finger lightly pinkish head that dissipated quickly while leaving some lacing.
Aroma: A bit weak but what’s there is nice, tart, blueberry, lemon zest, vanilla.
Taste: Sour, tart, bubbly, blueberry, vanilla, lemon zest.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with overly high carbonation.
Overall: This sounded good, but in the end I was a bit disappointed. The vanilla definitely saved this beer, and without it, I don’t think I would’ve like it at all. Other than that, it was also overly carbonated as each sip just coated my gums with bubbles.