Song Of The South
Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company

Song Of The SouthSong Of The South
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From:
Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
 
Mississippi, United States
Style:
Berliner Weisse
ABV:
3.5%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.48 | pDev: 10.06%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
70
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 24, 2016
Added:
Apr 06, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by Adkins1203:
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Rated by Adkins1203 from Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%

May 31, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.42 by msumike89 from Colorado

Jun 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.7 by kingmaker from Louisiana

Oct 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by Whiskeydeez from Kansas

Aug 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4.14 by KensWorld from Florida

Apr 18, 2015
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Reviewed by DoctorZombies from Florida

3.44/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Gold pour with white head; looks like apple juice. Sour apple nose. Slightly sour apple start, pale malt idle and a slightly tart finish. Light mouthfeel and very effervescent. Tasty tingly beer.
Apr 17, 2015
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Reviewed by Floydster from California

2.95/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12 ounce bottle

Appearance is a light golden yellow color, small white head, bad lacing, and no retention

Smell is sour mash, granny smith apples, wheat, straw, touch of yeast, and grainy cereal

Taste starts off tart and finishes dry, flavor is too acidic, gets to a sour cereal taste as it warms, was not a big fan once this happens, luckily carbonation was strong and kept it crisp, not much sweetness and no hop presence

Mouthfeel is thin and light, tartiness works well with carbonation, just flavor was off, so hard to drink in that sense

Overall this was not a refreshing Berliner Weiss like most of the others I have tasted in the past, would steer clear
Apr 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by NorCalAussie from California

Feb 10, 2015
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Reviewed by Jadjunk from Georgia

3.27/5  rDev -6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
"Song of the south is a crisp and refreshing German Style Sour Wheat Ale, pouring a pale straw color under a bright and fluffy white head. Lightly tart, with a delicate blend of sweet wheat and malt flavors that balance this historic and celebratory ale." Brewed in the style of a German Berliner Weissbier. This was the premiere release in the Debutante series, available in single 12 oz. bottles and on limited draft.

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle to a snifter glass. Served above 54 degrees Fahrenheit.

(Appearance) Pours a crisp fizzy head of a pale straw white color over a very mildly hazy golden yellow body with very light very sparse carbonation. Retention is below average and lacing is thin and specked. 2.75

(Smell) Soured cereal wheat mash with a moderate acidity and a medium tartness. Subtle notes of pale cracker malt and crisp cider. Strikingly clean aromatically. Potency is medium. 3.25

(Taste) Very tart, moderately acidic up front with low sweetness and no sourness. Very simple flavor altogether, unsweetened wheat and pale malt body with very little accenting malt or yeast character, some moderate to high tartness, chalky dry. It finishes very clean with a hint of cereal wheat sweetness easing out from under the wave of tart acidity. Altogether it lacks in flavor and swings closer to a Gose for me than a Berliner Weiss but isn't particularly impressive posing for either style. 3.25

(Mouthfeel) The texture is lightly chewy, silky slick, and quite dry. Carbonation is moderate, generating a medium frothiness and a mild crispness. Body is shy of medium for the style, light+ overall. Balance is slightly tart over sweet throughout. Alcohol presence is very low and there are no off characters. Much more lively carbonation than the appearance gave off, it could have been even more lively, however. 3.75

(Overall) At first glance Song of the South doesn't have promising value. Nearly $5 for a 12 oz. single bottle of a low gravity Berliner Weiss from a brewery who hasn't commonly ventured into soured ales is a risky gamble on your money. Overall, it turned out to be a disappointment for me, as the beer was incredibly shallow on flavor and balance, which the Berliner Weiss should have in addition to an emphasis on striking tartness, funky sourness and high acidity levels. Alarmingly dry, very dull flavors and not even a respectable value for a style that should be packaged in far more generous portions than single 12 oz. bottles. This beer looks to exploit a niche in uncommon traditional styles, and inevitably falls flat of mastering the style itself. I recommend a pass on this beer. 3.25

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company's
Song of the South German Style Sour Ale
3.28/5.00
Jan 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.66 by zookerman182 from Alabama

Jan 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.4 by KG710 from Georgia

Nov 26, 2014
 
Rated: 2.84 by Wiseaxe from South Carolina

Nov 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.48 by jaswilson2 from South Carolina

Oct 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by BlackNotesIII from Alabama

Oct 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.3 by bigbluebeerguy from Kentucky

Oct 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by djtomain from Florida

Oct 18, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by Nuggetz from Texas

Oct 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by beernads from Florida

Oct 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by UltimateLivewire from South Carolina

Sep 28, 2014
 
Song Of The South from Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 70 ratings