Syrligt
Dugges Ale- & Porterbryggeri AB

 

330 ml bottle into tulip glass, best before 7/2/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy lingonberry, cranberry, rhubarb, strawberry, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, gummy bears, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of lingonberry, rhubarb, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big sour/tart/tangy lingonberry, cranberry, rhubarb, strawberry, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, gummy bears, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/sour lingonberry, cranberry, rhubarb, strawberry, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, gummy bears, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light pepper/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of lingonberry, rhubarb, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/sourness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness and tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately grainy/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited kettle sour. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of lingonberry, rhubarb, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/clean/refreshing to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish; not overly lactic. Pretty gummy candy like for a sour as I hoped. Great balance of juicy/jammy fruit and Lacto complexity; with a nice pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity for the ABV. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp acidic drying. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example as expected. Held up very well for the age and ABV.

Pours a honey blonde color with a very thin ring of head. Bubbles are left on top.

Aromas are typical berliner - sour apples, flinstone vitamins, fresh bakery bread.

Flavor is very tart, on the lemon-lime side of things, thinking green pixie stix here; some bread and rhubarb, and then you get that true Swedish Fish candy flavor towards the end.

Feel is so heavily carbonated it almost hurts. Scrapes the tongue and then leaves it numb and raw at the end.

Overall, it's not a WOW beer, but it is a pretty decent Berliner - and tastes just like most Berliners do. Vitamins, sour apples, lemons, berries, it's all here.

 

330 ml bottle, bottle cap has a best by date of 2017-07-02 printed on it. Served in a MadTree Teku, the beer pours a hazy golden/orange color with about a half inch off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both decent. The brew smells like grainy malt, tart berries, rhubarb and some hay. Taste is similar to the aroma, there's grainy malt, tart berries, lemon, rhubarb and earthy flavors. Good amount of tart/sourness. Mouthfeel/body is light/medium, it's a bit slick with a moderate amount of carbonation. I thought it was a good tart enjoyable brew, tasty now but I'd really like it on a hot summer day. Certainly worth picking up if you've never had it before! $4.99 a bottle.

Bottle poured into a Cigar City snifter.

L: Light golden color with a quickly dissipating thing white head. Doesn't leave much lacing.

S: Fruit, wet hay.

T: Lemon, sour fruit. I'm not really familiar with what rhubarb or lingonberries taste like but maybe thats the flavor I get. I actually think this does have a slight swedish fish flavor. lactose sourness but nothing over the top.

F: Not much here for carbonation. Soft feel. Sour level is moderate and makes this a pretty quaffable brew.

O: Fairly drinkable fruit-forward sour. A bit one dimensional and pricey but a fine beer nonetheless.

 

330mL bottle from Sprayberry Bottle Shop (Marietta, GA). 4.99. Bottled 7/2/16. Served in a Barrel and Barley teku.

Pours a hazy straw yellow with a little more than a finger of white head. The foam fades, leaving a thin, partial veneer and small belt but almost no lacing.

Smells of sour fruit. Tart berries, rhubarb and wet hay. Prettt nice.

The flavor is sharply sour from the opening sip. Sour lingonberry jam, rhubarb, old hay and a faint earthy woodsy note. A nice mix of sour and fruit.

Light feel with slightly zesty carbonation. Finishes with some sour wheat malt and tart fruit.

Syrligt is some pretty good stuff. Pleasantly sour with a distinctive lingonberry note that goes down easy. I rather wish this was priced for more regular consumption.

L: Poured from a bottle to a pint glass. Had an orange-ish color and a somewhat cloudy consistency. There was a thin amount of foamy head that quickly dissipated. Sparse lacing.

S: A good aroma of light fruit, an herbal quality, citrus, and a sour quality.

T: Tasted of some citrus (a lot of lemon, but not too much), light amounts of the advertised lingonberry, a hint of rhubarb, a definite sourness, and light malt notes. An interesting flavor that seems more like a Belgian sour than anything else. Light, fruity, and tasty.

F: A below average amount of carbonation with a slightly slick finish. Light-bodied.

O: This is a likable, easy to drink beer. A little unusual, but in a good way. Worth a look.

This one pours a light orange-ish amber, with a small head, and no lacing.

Smells like rhubarb, sour fruit (I don't know exactly what lingonberry smells like), lemon, and a bit of lacto.

These Dugges sours are all very basic, they set out to accomplish a single flavor, and mostly achieve it. This kinda tastes like a sour Swedish fish, with a candied sour fruit flavor. The rhubarb adds a nice dimension to the sourness, which is about a 3/10- not all that sour, really.

This is pretty light bodied, with a crisp mouthfeel, and a juicy finish.

Not too bad, but not their best.

The label pretty well sums this one up. It's like drinking a sour, less sweet Swedish Fish.

It has a nice rose gold body with near perfect clarity. There is no substantial head to this beer but that is fairly standard for this style. What head it does have is a thin white ring of bubbles with slight lacing.

The nose is that of a Swedish Fish. It has a sweet dusty cherry smell with some hints of gelatin.

The taste is of tart strawberry with hints of rhubarb. I'm sure there is some lingenberry in there, I'm just unfamiliar with that fruit. To me, there is dark berry flavors as well such as blackberry and marionberry. Very fruit forward sour.

The mouthfeel is perfect for a sour. Light-medium body with a nice carbonation zing that adds to the tart flavor.

I really liked this novel sour and I would drink it again. I purchased it at the Craft Beer Cellar in Framingham and they still have some, so lets get to 10 reviews!

 

Dry champagne like. Fruity, kind of odd, but pretty cool. I like.

 

 

 

 

Probably the worse sour beer I've had. Something really off tasting with this one. Don't recommend at all

 

Not much head and low carbonation, with a thick, sticky body, about what you'd expect from this kind of sour. I'm getting rhubarb and some lime, but I'm not sure what a lingonberry tastes like so jury is out. This one is quite tart, with a slightly sweet first sip but a much dryer finish. No complaints here!