Saturday, June 6, 2020

Odell's Sippin' Pretty Fruited Sour

After last night's pineapple catastrophe, my faith in fruit-flavored beers was restored. I'm keeping with this week's theme of sour beers, many of which have some kind of fruit flavor added. Sippin' Pretty has açai, guava and elderberry, as well as pink Himalayan Sea Salt added. It doesn't say so on their website, but Beer Advocate says that it's a wold ale, which sours often are. A wild ale is an ale that is fermented, not with yeast added in production, but by leaving the vats open to air and letting "wild" yeast, i.e. ambient yeast, do the job. Sippin' Pretty pours a delightful pink, similar to what you'd see with pink grapefruit, with an unexciting pinkish head. All of the aforementioned flavors meld beautifully, and the tartness is just right. 9/10 on the IGB Sour Scale.

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