Rainbow Sherbet
Prairie Artisan Ales

Mark-Leggett from Missouri

4.07/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Poured from a can. Straw in color and hazy with a small white head. Slightly fruity smell. Getting lime and lemon in the flavor. Not overly sour, very easy to drink. Let it warm up slightly and the flavors are more pronounced.

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patre_tim from Thailand

3.72/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Yellow and a slight haze and four fingers of off white head.

Smells like soda water with a hint of rainbow sherbet.

The taste follows the nose.

Extremely light body with very light carbonation.

I got this on the East Coast and I’m drinking in Redding California, July 19, 2020.

Jul 19, 2020

dd53grif from Michigan

4.1/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a light gold color with a minimal head that disappears quickly. Aroma is sweet fruit. Tastes of sweet, tart fruit. Crisp and dry with a good sour finish.

Jul 05, 2020

beersampler6 from Michigan

4.06/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

This was quite a nice wild ale from the always great Prairie. 5/20/20 date printed on can. Pours a very slightly pale golden color with just a touch of haze and some fluffy white head that faded to spotty lingering lacing. Aromas of ripe tart blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and some weaker floral hops. Also some bready malt, vanilla and faint lemon. Taste follows the nose, fairly good balance with a stronger yeast-like finish. Crisp, mild slightly thin mouthfeel with decent carbonation. Not usually my style, but quite enjoyable nonetheless.

Jun 26, 2020

jngrizzaffi from Texas

4.09/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25

Pours a very cloudy golden color with thin foamy head that quickly dissipates. Smells just like a fruity sherbet. Lime and orange creamsicle. Taste is the same. Very mild sourness. Decent tartness. Medium bodied with very mild carbonation. That may be due to the crowler.

May 17, 2020

Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4.08/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 12 fl oz can on March 20, 2020. Sour summer ale brewed with raspberry, pineapple and orange. Not quite rainbows and unicorns in a can but good nonetheless.

Apr 15, 2020

ThePrisoner from Colorado

4.56/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

L: The pour was nothing to write home about. Simple thick yellow pour with no head.
S: This beer smells exactly like a fruity Sherbet. Absolutely pleasing.
T: Rainbow sherbet through and through. Very fruity and tart, exactly what I am looking for in a good sour.
F: This beer will not be for everyone just simply because it is cheek puckering-ly sour but for me this is phenomenal.

O: This punch-in-the-jaw sour is a pinnacle sour in my book. Tastes and smells exactly as its name would suggest.

Apr 08, 2020

Scotchboy from Idaho

3.91/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

12oz can into a teku.

A: Cloudy gold with minimal head.

S Pretty big tart citrus and fruitiness, tropical fruits peek through but it’s primarily lemon and lime, sour tangerine and pineapple, big raspberry comes through as well. Fairly funky as well.

T: Follows the nose, lots of lemon sourness, raspberry tartness, citrus and tropical fruitiness (melon?) and citrus peel/pith, sour funk. Good stuff.

MF: Light and tart, appropriate carbonation, dryness on the finish.

O: Not bracingly sour but tart enough to distance it from the rash of recent fruit beers masquerading as sour beers.

Mar 21, 2020

animal69 from Louisiana

3.38/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

I am truly hoping this is just a bad can, pours cloudy med gold and completely flat with no head or lacing, smell is lemon peel and chemically, taste is similar, very tart with notes of lemon bitterness raspberry peeking through the odd chemical taste. Very thin with 0 carbonation, overall not very good, never had a prairie brew i didnt like until now, really hope it was just a bad can

Feb 26, 2020

DrDemento456 from Pennsylvania

4.24/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A - Looks like a decent sour a bit of a darker yellow with just a 1/4 inch of foam that settles to nothing.
S - Sour but interesting like a touch of cream maybe some strawberry or lime? It's sour that I know is true.
T - I can taste the sugary tones of raspberry and strawberry with notes of lime shaved Italian ice and a slightly zest peel finish. GREAT!
M - On par with the style light to medium smooth with every sip a touch of sour twang.

Overall it does remind me a bit of raspberry sherbet. Great beer!

Feb 12, 2020

breakakeg from Kentucky

4.85/5  rDev +18%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Had this last night and it was great. Not too sour and the taste was exceptional. Went back today to grab a growler. Keep up the excellent brewing Prairie!

Feb 02, 2020

hoptheology from South Dakota

4.05/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz can
Ommegang Snifter

Bright pear juice color with a thin little wispy head receding to nothing.

Aroma is sure enough rainbow sherbet, an emphasis on cherry, with some underlying mineral and other sour notes. Sprite pop comes to mind.

Flavor brings a flash of rainbow sherbet, followed by lime seltzer, stony mineral, orange tic-tac, smarties, and strawberry nerds. It's sour candy in a glass.

Feel is effervescent, crisp, real easy drinking, it's gone before you know it.

Overall a stellar sour ale. Drinks straight down. Had to pick this up out of curiosity and they nailed the rainbow sherbet/candy vibe. Well done.

Nov 22, 2019

ScaryEd from New Hampshire

3.9/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz can into a tulip glass.

Pours a hazy, amber gold color with minimal white head. The head leaves no lacing as it settles into a thin ring.

The aroma is definitely interesting. It's a bit like 7-Up, but if you mixed in some other flavored sodas as well. There's lots of lemon and orange cream, as well as some strawberry and pink lemonade.

The taste is...well, I'm not sure what I expected. It's lemon ice with some orange creamsicle and strawberries. There's a fair bit of doughy malt. Finishes sweet and tart, like Smarties candy.

The feel is light bodied with very good carbonation. Extremely bubbly and crisp. Very drinkable.

Overall, a great and relatively unique sour ale. It comes exactly as advertised, and never becomes too tart or too sweet.

Sep 10, 2019

jjamadorphd from Florida

4.17/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Full disclosure - I am not one to gravitate to sours and though I try them, I normally don't ending liking. But this sour might just make me a believer...

About the only thing I didn't like about this beer was it's look. It was your run-off-the-mill looking beer, and also-ran with no head or lacing to mention. Ah, but the rest of it was truly special. Sweet smell to the nose with a nice blending of malt, a mouthfeel that was lightly carbonated and a taste I could actually enjoy through the firm sour base the flavor that it gives. Another great offering from a brewer is up there on my list I always keep an eye out to try.

Aug 18, 2019

mrdibber from Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

This sour was amazingly complex. At first it tastes like a normal sour beer, but then the aftertaste is like a mixture of a few different Sherbet's. This beer lives up to it's name in the most fantastic way.

Jul 31, 2019

Tilley4 from Tennessee

4.16/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Makes me nostalgic for those rainbow snow cones I would get at the Little League ballparks...

Tart...fruity...refreshing...

I would purchase this again if I came across it...

Jul 27, 2019

JakeSip from Pennsylvania

4.12/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Hazy orange with no head at all. Bright and sweet smells of orange, lime, strawberry. It smells exactly like a bowl of rainbow sherbet. Taste is tart, citrusy, fruity, and acidic, balanced by a slight sweetness. Feel is moderately acidic. A very enjoyable sour to drink, and incredibly faithful to its namesake.

Jul 24, 2019

BEERchitect from Kentucky

4.15/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Becoming seriously adept at sour ale making, the Prairie artisans get to work piling onto the somewhat generic but super clean sour ale with copious amounts of flavors to not just suggest rainbow sherbet but replacing it identically in beer form.

Peachy gold and nearly turbid with haze, the frothy ale strikes the nose with unmistakable aromas of that promised rainbow sherbet. With nuanced scents of fermented must, light pastry and sour candy; these do little to detract or add to the sherbet character. Candied, sweet and fruit punch in taste, these flavors only allow the beer to taste more like sherbet itself.

The middle palate offers much of the same while slowly pulling away from candied or malty sweetness and soon replaced by tanginess, then tartness and then full blown clean lactic sourness and all its lemon, lime, crabapple, gooseberry glory. A late palate of wheat is but a glimpse into the fact that there's a beer in here somewhere.

So convincingly in its rainbow sherbet taste, texture and scent, a hint of freezer burn and carton lining can even be sensed. Rainbow Sherbet (the beer) is a perfect spiked punch beverage for the craft beer lover in all of us. It may be a gimmick, but what a gimmick it is!

Jul 23, 2019

stoumi from California

4.4/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Rainbow Sherbet pours a semi-opaque golden yellow with a quick wispy head that disappearing leaving nothing at all. The smell is a vibrant lemon sweet tart, pineapple and orange sherbet. Hell compare it those Smarties candies. The taste has a light mouthfeel with a crisp tartness across the palette. It almost tastes like a tart lemonade with a kiss of sweetness and a hint of orange and pineapple

Jun 30, 2019

Cylinsier from Pennsylvania

3.67/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12 oz can

Pours slightly hazy golden. No head retains.

Smells of lemon, strawberry, and cotton candy.

Tastes of tart citrus and strawberries with smarties.

Light body, tingly carbonation on the tongue.

Interesting candy/fruity sour ale. It's decent, worth trying. A little too artificial tasting for me.

Jun 30, 2019

Dinglehacker from Oklahoma

4.29/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

On tap at Picasso Cafe in OKC. A dim golden color, no head to speak of. Lemon zesty nose.

Taste is candy sour & sweet, like downing a bag of assorted flavors. Very fruity pebbles. Blueberry & lemon are most discernible, as if Prairie split the difference between their Hulk Hands and Blueberry Boyfriend beers. Mouth is actually pretty light, though it leaves a faint coat on the tongue.

This enamel-peeler won’t please everyone, but the adventurous who like the sour end will be very, very pleased. Slainte, Prairie.

Jun 26, 2019

lordofthewiens from New Mexico

4.24/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A hazy orange color with a small white head that disappears in seconds.
Nice fruity, tart aroma.
Orange, lemon, lime, berry taste. Tart.
Just the right amount of tartness.

Jun 20, 2019

russpowell from Arkansas

4/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 1.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Pours an effervescent & hazed gold ZERO head retention.

S: Orange sherbet, grapefruit

T: Follows the nose, with plenty of dryness, plus a little lime & saltyness up front. Almost like lemonade with just a a kiss of lime with plenty dryness and some tartness once warm. Finishes tart, a little sour with lemon and lime

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation

Pretty drinkable with of plenty sour citrus. This will go down a treat in the pending hot weather

Jun 16, 2019

TreyIsWilson from Michigan

4.4/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A - Pours a hazy golden with a fizzy white head. The head dissapates very quickly leaving no type of lacing.

S - Aroma smells just like smarties candy (orange, cherry, lemon and lime).

T - The taste is lemon, lime, orange, cherry, raspberry and some light lacto funk.

O - Very tasty fruited sour. This tastes like liquid smarties. Definetly recommended.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Soft mouthfeel with a crisp dry finish.

Jun 09, 2019

superspak from Michigan

4.1/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 5/6/2019. Pours very hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a small fairly dense and fluffy white head with solid retention, that reduces to a minimal spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal lacing, some clinging bubbles, and a fair amount of streaming carbonation on the glass. Aromas of big sour/tart/tangy lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, raspberry, fruit skin/seeds, pineapple, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruit, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big sour/tart/tangy lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, raspberry, fruit skin/seeds, pineapple, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tart/sourness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of sour/tart/tangy lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, raspberry, fruit skin/seeds, pineapple, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light peppercorn/lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruit, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/tart/sourness and tangy fruit balance; with no puckering flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering tart/sourness, tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately grainy/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is an awesome fruited kettle sour. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of fruit, fruity/acidic yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/clean/refreshing to drink with the modestly acidic/tangy/tannic/drying finish; not overly lactic. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of juicy/vibrant/jammy fruit and Lacto complexity; with a nice clean pale/wheat malt backbone against acidity. Zero residual sweetness with crisp acidic/tangy fruit dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and outstanding kettle soured style example as expected. Great rainbow sherbet flavors all around.

May 19, 2019