Kveik - Peach Apricot Blueberry Cobbler
Shades Brewing

Looks like a berry smoothie. Smells like berry smoothie— blackberries, peaches, lots of vanilla, with a slightly sweet floral character. Taste is initially tart, with blackberry and blueberry, followed by sweet peach and vanilla ice cream, then graham cracker and pie crust, with a hint of hibiscus. Lots of acidity in the body, which is brought out on the tongue by the carbonation. In short, the name of this thing tells you exactly how it tastes, and I’m all the more happy for it.

 

the latest iteration of this increasingly impressive series, three fruits in this one, thick and delicious. the color is amazing, the blueberry has stained it an almost violet reddish purple, looks creamy and dense, and the chalky sediment at the bottom of the can is real, but the thickness works for it this time, and the flavors here are just insane. its tannic from the blueberries, sweet and jammy from the stone fruit, with a little more apricot than peach to me, stewed and cooked and concentrated. its so cool how they get the crust part of this too, graham cracker and cinnamon and vanilla, it compliments the fruit so well and is wonderfully proportioned in this, all of that can be tasted easily. the fruits all go super well together too, even if this isnt a common cobbler dessert in real life, it sure works as a beer! not too much of the sweetness either, i found the sour to offset it nicely, and keep this on the cleaner side for what it is, very clean lactic pucker without an overdeveloped acidity at all. smooth to drink, tons of body, no real grain flavor but its not missed here, and enough carbonation pushing through, still kind of a milkshake texture, but i dont mind it with these flavors, its so long and extended and good. its also cool that peach and apricot can be tasted separately from one another, uncommon and neat. this is delicious, not superbly well refined, but none of these are. wonderful flavors.

edit: important to drink relatively fresh, this gets real thick, jelly-like, and sedimented as it ages, still a pretty color, but not nice to drink, dense like a smoothie, i liked this less the second time around, months later.