Fortune's End
Urban Family Brewing Co.

2020-04-03
22oz bottle served in a WABL glass. Don't see a date.

Pours opaque brown with a reddish tinge and a huge head. Smell is beery and sour. Vaguely fruity.

Taste is tart, berries, kettle sour.

Mouthfeel is dry and medium to light. Overall, not bad, but too much kettle sour flavor for me.

500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black/purple color with a 2 finger fairly foamy and fluffy khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy blackberry, raspberry, cherry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red/green apple, currant, red grape/wine, oak, peppercorn, hay, straw, grass, caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa, and toasted/brown bread; with lighter notes of leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oaky earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of blackberries, fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oak barrels, and moderate dark/roast/bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge sour/tart/tangy blackberry, raspberry, cherry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red/green apple, currant, red grape/wine, oak, peppercorn, hay, straw, grass, caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa, and toasted/brown bread; with lighter notes of leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oaky earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and yeast/oak tannic spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy berries, cherry, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, peach, plum, pear, apricot, red/green apple, currant, red grape/wine, oak, peppercorn, hay, straw, grass, caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa, toasted/brown bread, leathery/musty/lacto funk, red wine vinegar, and yeast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oak barrels, and moderate dark/roast/bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness, tangy fruit, and spiciness balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering sour/tart/tangy/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, bready/grainy, and acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.5%. Overall this is an amazing fruited black sour ale. All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, fruity/funky/acidic/spicy yeast, oak barrels, and moderate dark/roast/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the moderately acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish. Overly lactic/tannic. Amazing balance of super jammy blackberries and Brett/Bacteria complexity; with a nice sized dark/roast/bready malt backbone against acidity. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp acidic/tangy/tannic dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example as expected of the brewery.