Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company / Tagwerk Beer Witbier with Quince Witbier at 6.9% ABV (C$7.39 at Willow Park Wine & Spirits, 600 ml, packaged on 5-Jul-2018, acquired 7-Sep-2018, reviewed 15-Sep-2018)
Appearance: cloudy pinkish amber with two fingers of creamy pale pink head, good retention and moderate soapy lacing. (4/5) Aroma: pome fruit, grainy malt, citrus, herbal. (6/10) Taste: moderate sweet, moderate tart, low bitter. (6/10) Medium-light body, moderate-high carbonation, off-dry lightly tart finish. (4/5)
I’m not clear whether Tagwerk is an actual arms-length entity in collaboration with Beau’s, or whether it’s just a Beau’s side project – though the B Side Brewing Label cap (super cool design, by the way, and I suspect there are relatively few of us dinosaurs who recognize that device in the middle) suggests the former and not the latter. Deeply weird beer, either way. I mean, seriously: quince? I’m almost completely certain I’ve never actually previously encountered quince in any shape or form, so I had to spend far too long diving into the Wikipedia rabbit hole to get some idea of what I was dealing with. (Relevant details: they’re yellow-skinned and white-fleshed, look like and are related to pears, and the juice turns red if cooked with sugar.) Ultimately the oddball fruit flavour just overwhelms everything else, and although it’s decently executed in terms of structure, it’s not something I’d go back to in a hurry. (14/20)
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