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Simple Sour
Peekskill Brewery
- From:
- Peekskill Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 11.28%
- Reviews:
- 19
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 06, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 17, 2013
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 34
Brewed with wheat, corn and brettanomyces. This Sour is quick, dry and refreshing.
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Ratings by kingslotty:
Rated by kingslotty from New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 28, 2016
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
May 28, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Spike from England
4.03/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On draught at Gramercy Tavern, NYC. A beautifully restrained farmhouse-style sour ale. More than tart but not quite mouth-puckering. Body is light and clean with soft carbonation. The finish is short but refreshingly sharp. An excellent accompaniment to food where the acidity cuts through duck fat and butter and cleanses the palate. Highly enjoyable. So much so, I had three… along with my roast oysters and duck meatloaf.
Feb 06, 2022Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From the can, pours a clear yellow color with visible carbonation. A moderate bubbly head retains well.
The nose opens up with a touch of funk, evoking rustic notes of horse blanket. This is contrasted by the sweet aromas of wheat, bready malt and corn adjuncts. There are also tart aromas of lemon and lime, and a hint of floral hops.
The brett flavors produce a tartness that is assertive, yet not too acidic. Overall, the taste is redolent of an unsweetened lemonade, along with notes of lime, wheat, peppery hops and rustic dryness. Light and refreshing with a rather smooth mouthfeel despite the acidity. The carbonation is moderate and the finish is dry and tart with lemony notes.
Despite the tartness of this beer, it is not too mouth puckering and quite accessible. I enjoyed its relative simplicity, as the name implies.
Aug 13, 2020The nose opens up with a touch of funk, evoking rustic notes of horse blanket. This is contrasted by the sweet aromas of wheat, bready malt and corn adjuncts. There are also tart aromas of lemon and lime, and a hint of floral hops.
The brett flavors produce a tartness that is assertive, yet not too acidic. Overall, the taste is redolent of an unsweetened lemonade, along with notes of lime, wheat, peppery hops and rustic dryness. Light and refreshing with a rather smooth mouthfeel despite the acidity. The carbonation is moderate and the finish is dry and tart with lemony notes.
Despite the tartness of this beer, it is not too mouth puckering and quite accessible. I enjoyed its relative simplicity, as the name implies.
Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York
3/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -23.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Decanted from a 12 oz (355 ml) can into a conical pint glass; canned 5/11/18.
A: Pours a cloudy, lemon yellow with little or no head or lacing, and only a thin, white rim.
S: Savory aroma predominates, consistent with diacetyl, although a subtle lemoniness is appreciable.
T: Lightly tart for a sour. Light lemon, but funkiness predominates, verging on overpowering other flavors. Definitely a buttery flavor that cannot be denied. No appreciable lactic acid flavor or bitterness.
M: Light bodied and moderately to well carbonated.
O: Have tried this twice. Odd set of aroma and flavor characteristics for a sour. Simply did not do it for me. Drinkable, but just barely. Wound up blending it with sweetened fruit juice and that did not even really help.
Jun 26, 2018A: Pours a cloudy, lemon yellow with little or no head or lacing, and only a thin, white rim.
S: Savory aroma predominates, consistent with diacetyl, although a subtle lemoniness is appreciable.
T: Lightly tart for a sour. Light lemon, but funkiness predominates, verging on overpowering other flavors. Definitely a buttery flavor that cannot be denied. No appreciable lactic acid flavor or bitterness.
M: Light bodied and moderately to well carbonated.
O: Have tried this twice. Odd set of aroma and flavor characteristics for a sour. Simply did not do it for me. Drinkable, but just barely. Wound up blending it with sweetened fruit juice and that did not even really help.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
2.79/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
2.79/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Reviewed from notes taken February 2015.
Served on-draught into a tulip @ The Ginger Man, New York, NY.
HEAD: None. No lacing.
BODY: Light weak lemonade yellow with a cloudy murky haze. Clean, lacking any visible yeast or hop sediment.
AROMA: Mild tartness. Lemony twang. Citrusy fruity hop character. Wheat. Lemonade. Clean 2-row barley. Yeasty esters.
Sourness is light/weak, coming in at about a 2/10 in terms of intensity.
It's a weak aroma, almost suggesting a watery brew.
I detect no overt alcohol or off-notes.
TASTE: Lemonade-esque, with a watery sugary taste, mild tartness, and disappointingly restrained sourness (maybe a 2/10 in terms of intensity). The fresh what malt base is nice, but ultimately this is a painfully shallow (and true to its title, simple) brew, replete with hints of cider that may signal some off-flavour or even the use of cane sugar.
No overt alcohol or overt off-flavour comes through.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, as light-bodied as a beer can possibly be, watery, and well-carbonated. Thin and weak, lacking much of a presence on the palate.
This mouthfeel doesn't elevate the beer as a whole. Should feel more puckering and acidic.
OVERALL: A drinkable Berliner weisse with ill-enough tartness, sourness, or twang. I wouldn't bother with this again, but one could do worse.
Low C (2.79) / AVERAGE
Jul 01, 2017Served on-draught into a tulip @ The Ginger Man, New York, NY.
HEAD: None. No lacing.
BODY: Light weak lemonade yellow with a cloudy murky haze. Clean, lacking any visible yeast or hop sediment.
AROMA: Mild tartness. Lemony twang. Citrusy fruity hop character. Wheat. Lemonade. Clean 2-row barley. Yeasty esters.
Sourness is light/weak, coming in at about a 2/10 in terms of intensity.
It's a weak aroma, almost suggesting a watery brew.
I detect no overt alcohol or off-notes.
TASTE: Lemonade-esque, with a watery sugary taste, mild tartness, and disappointingly restrained sourness (maybe a 2/10 in terms of intensity). The fresh what malt base is nice, but ultimately this is a painfully shallow (and true to its title, simple) brew, replete with hints of cider that may signal some off-flavour or even the use of cane sugar.
No overt alcohol or overt off-flavour comes through.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, as light-bodied as a beer can possibly be, watery, and well-carbonated. Thin and weak, lacking much of a presence on the palate.
This mouthfeel doesn't elevate the beer as a whole. Should feel more puckering and acidic.
OVERALL: A drinkable Berliner weisse with ill-enough tartness, sourness, or twang. I wouldn't bother with this again, but one could do worse.
Low C (2.79) / AVERAGE
Simple Sour from Peekskill Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
279 ratings
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