Drive Thru Tiger Blood
Parish Brewing Company

Looks like watermelon juice, cloudy, lot’s of large and small sediments. Small white head that doesn’t last long but leaves good lacing. Good smell, very fruity, coconut present as well as something else, smells like a slushee. Coconut is in the forefront and very strong, raw coconut specifically. Watermelon and strawberry also there but blended and more mellow. Absent of typical beer flavors, I can’t find the malt here, that’s not bad though. A little creamy, smoothy like, nice feel. Definitely like this but not the best.

On-draught at the brewery.

Muddled sweet and fruity with well hidden alcohol. Tastes more like a fruity cocktail than a proper sour, but it's nicely tart.

C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE

 

 

Hopefully Parish was smart and decided not to have this beer drawn straight from Charlie Sheen’s veins. Plethora of issues there… not so sure about the beer name either considering the circumstances of the man’s blood but, I bought it based on the name so I guess it works for marketing purposes.

Pours a murky, orange with reddish hints, that screams “yeah, I’m failing that drug test and I should probably see a doctor about that hue,” on the color wheel. Some floaters in there which I can assume to be coconut. — Almost no lasting head whatsoever, surprisingly? A sparse amount on the initial pour which, exited the business quickly.

Smells of overripe strawberries, melon, coconut, lemon lime, and sun ripened goddesses…naturally.

Taste follows; leading with massive strawberries and melon upfront with coconut finishing on the backend like a sip of fresh coconut milk, but with a nice acidic bite to balance. Bordering on like the suntan lotion off the back of Bree Olson sunbathing in Cabo. You know it’s wrong, but you like it.

Feel is a midway melted ICEE slushy you’ve been neglecting the last hour while shopping at your local KMart while your mom puts school clothes on layaway that you know, she is never coming back for. Too personal? (Do KMarts still exist?) Still sweet and thick but not too heavy. At 8% I had no damn idea, drinks like a Hi-C and orange slices after a soccer games. Gone I’m seconds if you aren’t careful.

Overall, a nicely done gimmick beer. It’s refreshing and flavorful, would I drink it on the regular? No, especially for the price of that can. But a solid offering worth a one time try if you like sours of the coconut variety! I’d drink it again if offered to me!

 

 

 

pour is a muddy red/orange - looks like murky grapefruit juice. good white head with a lasting cap of foam. good for a sour...though I'm not sure how it compares to carbonated-alcohol-infused-juice. good lacing.
nose is strawberry, coconut, daquiri.
taste is strawberry, hint of watermelon, coconut, daquiri. a bit of cherry. like drinking a slushy.

I typically do bot enjoy sour style beers. And frankly this one on the nose and looks makes me want to turn my nose away as I try to veer away from beers on the pink end of the color spectrum. But the taste… that’s what matters anyways right? This sucker tastes like a fizzy melted slushy. Beautiful hints of coconut, citrus, and a hint of cherry and watermelon. It’s a fruit punch explosion. Extremely crushable. Extremely tasty. I would recommend this even for those who don’t like sour style beers. Give it a whirl.

Absolute crusher. Not cloyingly sweet or thick, with loads of strawberry leading the way for undertones of fresh watermelon and just a touch of coconut on the finish. These would be dangerous as hell on a hot summer day.