Skully Barrel No. 40: Pineapple Upside-Down Sour
Paradox Beer Company

Skully Barrel No. 40: Pineapple Upside-Down SourSkully Barrel No. 40: Pineapple Upside-Down Sour
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From:
Paradox Beer Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Fruited Kettle Sour
ABV:
7.6%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.08 | pDev: 7.6%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
41
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 21, 2018
Added:
Jun 21, 2016
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  9
The aroma of a freshly baked pineapple upside-down cake is a powerful force that often draws the entire family to the kitchen. To pay tribute to this classic gooey goodness, we've blended molasses-rich Muscovado sugar and caramelized crushed pineapple into our mixed-fermentation, Nicaraguan rum barrel-aged golden ale. Feel at home, right where you are.
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Ratings by gehille:
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Rated by gehille from Pennsylvania

4.47/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Very good .Proper sour with pineapple rare find.
This beer had it all great taste and huge finish of pineapple juice.
Feb 13, 2017
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.24 by Zaphog from Michigan

Apr 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.08 by M_chav from New Mexico

Apr 16, 2018
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Reviewed by Vidblain from Minnesota

3.68/5  rDev -9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Something about this was intangibly disappointing to me.

The beer pours a nice gold hue with a decent white head. It smells fantastic - lots of pineapple just bursting forth as soon is the cap is removed. Promising.

The taste is quite tart, but very sweet - so sweet that my teeth are hurting. Maybe I need to see a dentist, this has been happening all day long. But it's still sweet, and tart. The letdown, however, is that the beer is really lacking in barrel notes. I'm also note picking up any of the "upside down cake". There's loads of pineapple (which could go any which way, honestly - this stuff could be interpreted as sour apple if you were creative), but the cake part is entirely lacking.

Disappointing. I was quite excited when I saw this one.
Jan 19, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jan 07, 2018
 
Rated: 3.43 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Jan 06, 2018
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Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado

3.68/5  rDev -9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L: Pours a brilliant yellow-orange color with a small fizzy head that dissipates quickly and leaves no lacing on the glass.

S: Notes of tart pineapple and some rum, mixed with a strong sourness and a bit of Brett.

T: Tart pineapple, a slight plastic taste, some rum in the background but very faint, and a strong tart and sour, I wish the pineapple was a little sweeter in this beer. A slight bit of fruity Brett. Some toasted grain.

F: Medium body to light body with higher carbonation.

O: This isn't a bad sour but I wish the pineapple was a little sweeter.
Dec 31, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by Stofko1992 from Pennsylvania

Jul 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.91 by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

Jul 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.7 by vheissu15 from North Dakota

Jul 26, 2017
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
500ml Bottle
Bottle Conditioned

Poured into a chalice a very nice slightly cloudy reddish/pinkish color, very nice carbonation, with a pretty nice one-finger foamy/creamy off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice small islands and sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, with some nice grapefruit notes, slightly oaky. The taste is very nice, malty, bitter/sour, yeasty, real nice funkyness, very nice grapefruit, with some oak. Medium body, very nice bitter/dry finish. Overall, this is a very nice brew. Definitely one of the best from them.
Apr 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Zuidman from Illinois

Jan 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.28 by micropale from Pennsylvania

Jan 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.96 by hozersr from Pennsylvania

Jan 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by spycow from Illinois

Dec 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4.16 by Nmgreen from New York

Dec 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.21 by dbrauneis from North Carolina

Nov 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by shoegueuze from California

Nov 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4.21 by sd123 from Georgia

Oct 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4.19 by msumike89 from Colorado

Oct 24, 2016
Skully Barrel No. 40: Pineapple Upside-Down Sour from Paradox Beer Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 41 ratings