Phillips Brewing Company Sour Note Pucker Plucker Cherry Sour Ale Sour / Wild Ale at 6.3% ABV (C$7.99 at Quarry Park Calgary Co-Op, 650 ml, best before 12-Dec-2016, acquired 17-Aug-2016, reviewed 20-Aug-2016)
Appearance: hazy slightly pink-tinted pale gold with one fat finger of rocky ivory head settling rapidly to a thin skim, no lacing. (3/5) Aroma: cherry candy, stone fruit, bready pale malt, light sour cream. (7/10) Taste: moderate sweet, mild tart, low bitter. (7/10) Medium body, moderate-soft carbonation, off-dry tart finish. (4/5)
I went into this with no small amount of trepidation, given the sink pour train wreck that was the last Sour Note (Sax in the Dark, to name and shame). But this isn’t bad. It isn’t great, either, but it isn’t bad. At least there’s no cough syrup aspect to the cherries. It’s pretty much what you’d expect from a lacto sour, with no real complexity or depth, but on the other hand it’s easy drinking, with essentially no contribution from the ABV at all. That’ll do, Phillips. That’ll do. (14/20)
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