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Sour Fractured Visions
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.42 | pDev: 25.15%
- Reviews:
- 2
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 01, 2020
- Added:
- May 07, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Notes:
A kettle soured version of our award winning double IPA, Fractured Visions. Notes of intense pineapple and mango with a melange of dank, tropical aromas and flavors leading into a dry, tart finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
2.62/5 rDev -23.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.62/5 rDev -23.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
At long last, I am finally getting around to an extensive brewery horizontal to clear out a massive backlog in support of The CANQuest (tm). I knew that I had a number of their beers in abeyance, but it was not until I beCAN assembling them that I realized just how extensive my inventory actually was. At last, the penultimate CAN of my initial run-through! 15/16.
From the CAN: "Sour Fractured Visions Double India Pale Ale"; "Proudly Brewed In Pennsylvania"; "Pizza. Beer. Happy."; "Please Enjoy Fresh, Preferably With Pizza. Do Not Age."
I beCAN with a Crack! of the vent, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. I was saddened when this failed to produce any discernible head, so I performed an in-glass swirl to get a brief two fingers of fizzy, foamy, bone-white head that quickly reverted to wisps. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5). Nose had a funky lemoniness, but where were the hops? This is supposed to be a DIPA! Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, shoddy for the style. The taste had a light tartness, more lemony than anything else, but where were the hops?!? Finish was tart & dry, but it was nothing like the style descriptors. A near-total fail! YMMV.
Jul 01, 2020From the CAN: "Sour Fractured Visions Double India Pale Ale"; "Proudly Brewed In Pennsylvania"; "Pizza. Beer. Happy."; "Please Enjoy Fresh, Preferably With Pizza. Do Not Age."
I beCAN with a Crack! of the vent, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. I was saddened when this failed to produce any discernible head, so I performed an in-glass swirl to get a brief two fingers of fizzy, foamy, bone-white head that quickly reverted to wisps. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5). Nose had a funky lemoniness, but where were the hops? This is supposed to be a DIPA! Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, shoddy for the style. The taste had a light tartness, more lemony than anything else, but where were the hops?!? Finish was tart & dry, but it was nothing like the style descriptors. A near-total fail! YMMV.
Reviewed by gbiello from Massachusetts
3.04/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Based upon the name and the taste, they tried to blend a sour and a DIPA. It just doesn't work for me. Some people might find this very refreshing on a hot summer day, but the sour/bitter blend is a no-go for me.
May 20, 2019
Sour Fractured Visions from Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
Beer rating:
3.42 out of
5 with
3 ratings
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