Kill Your Idles: Concoction
Idle Hands Craft Ales
- From:
- Idle Hands Craft Ales
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Fruited Sour Ale
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.12 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 14, 2020
- Added:
- Sep 04, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Brewed with gauvasteen, passion fruit and lime. A tropical take on the Kill Your Idles series.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
4.12/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The latest KYI variant is in my glass right now, and it seems like an interesting one. It's just called "Concoction" and features guavasteen, passion fruit, and lime. The bottom of the can amusingly asks the question "what's a guavasteen?!" and I have to echo that same sentiment. Looks like I have something to research before drinking.
The pour here is pretty similar to most other KYIs of late, though I think it most reminds me of KYI: Tropical but with slightly more head. My first pour releases a striking collar of foam that laces pretty well and actually has some decent surface coverage, both of which are not typical hallmarks of kettle soured fruit beers. The color is hazy yellow with some fine particulate matter visible when held up to light and thoroughly scrutinized.
Nose is oddly menthol-forward with some prominent lime and papaya immediately jumping in. Apparently guavasteen can have a smell/flavor somewhat like a combination of strawberry and pineapple with some wintergreen/spearmint mixed in, so perhaps that is where the menthol is coming from. I don't get a lot of the more delicate passion fruit in the overall smell here, but perhaps it will come across in the flavor. There's definitely a good amount of acidity present, and I'm thinking this will be a pretty fun drink.
Refreshing and tropical on the tongue with definite mango, passion fruit, pineapple, and guava-like flavors that meld well with some biting citrusy character (tangelo/lime) and a touch of the mint from the nose. Luckily that element seems to be fading a bit as the beer acclimates to room temperature, as well, so it's possible it just needed some time to breathe. It was a little distracting so I'm glad that particular note is falling off a bit. I assume it's kinda volatile anyway, so that makes sense. As this warms, the lime comes out more and kind of eclipses some of the tropical fruit, suggesting a switch from tropical to citrus that I think feels kinda dynamic. If you are more into the mango, papaya, guava thing this had going initially, though, like I was, you're going to probably feel a bit disappointed as tangerine, grapefruit, and key lime take over. Worth a shot, but not my favorite KYI.
Sep 14, 2020The pour here is pretty similar to most other KYIs of late, though I think it most reminds me of KYI: Tropical but with slightly more head. My first pour releases a striking collar of foam that laces pretty well and actually has some decent surface coverage, both of which are not typical hallmarks of kettle soured fruit beers. The color is hazy yellow with some fine particulate matter visible when held up to light and thoroughly scrutinized.
Nose is oddly menthol-forward with some prominent lime and papaya immediately jumping in. Apparently guavasteen can have a smell/flavor somewhat like a combination of strawberry and pineapple with some wintergreen/spearmint mixed in, so perhaps that is where the menthol is coming from. I don't get a lot of the more delicate passion fruit in the overall smell here, but perhaps it will come across in the flavor. There's definitely a good amount of acidity present, and I'm thinking this will be a pretty fun drink.
Refreshing and tropical on the tongue with definite mango, passion fruit, pineapple, and guava-like flavors that meld well with some biting citrusy character (tangelo/lime) and a touch of the mint from the nose. Luckily that element seems to be fading a bit as the beer acclimates to room temperature, as well, so it's possible it just needed some time to breathe. It was a little distracting so I'm glad that particular note is falling off a bit. I assume it's kinda volatile anyway, so that makes sense. As this warms, the lime comes out more and kind of eclipses some of the tropical fruit, suggesting a switch from tropical to citrus that I think feels kinda dynamic. If you are more into the mango, papaya, guava thing this had going initially, though, like I was, you're going to probably feel a bit disappointed as tangerine, grapefruit, and key lime take over. Worth a shot, but not my favorite KYI.
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