Ninja Orchard
Belching Beaver Pub 980

when i think of belching beaver, its not wild ale i think about, but this is another good one from them, perhaps they deserve more credit than my subconscious seems to want to give them. this is done with peaches and nectarines, and heaps of them. its a barrel aged golden sour as a base, funky, acidic, citric, and pretty straightforward to me, more sourness than funk, some neutral oak and white wine, high tang, little from grain or hops, well refined though. the fruit really pops in this, peaches in front of nectarines to me, but the line is blurry, both are fresh, ripe, drippy juicy, and dosed highly. i get the skins and the flesh alike, the ripe sweetness offsets the high acidity of the base beer, and some oak comes through giving it some depth. really light on the grain side, just a little funkiness, and a real light body, so the fruit really leads the way here. lemony with the sourness, and orange hint too, and just a whole lot of the peach and nectarine the whole way through. maybe too sharp to drink a lot of, but the fruit is real and delicious and the base beer is good, this is summer more than winter for me, but the quality is there. more bretty character and less acidity would make this more drinkable, but they have done a real good job. this is a much more capable and dynamic brewery than i remember most of the time. this was delicious on tap.